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Kirpal Singh Narang | |
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Born | |
Died | Chandigarh | 5 July 2019
Awards | Padma Bhushan |
Kirpal Singh Narang was an Indian historian, educationist and the vice-chancellor of Punjabi University.[1] He was the second in line of the vice-chancellors of the university (1966–75) and the longest serving among them.[2] Born on 12 April 1912 in Amritsar in Punjab of the British India,[3] he published several books on the history of Punjab and Sikhs,[4][5][6][7] which included four volumes of Punjab history and a book on Islam.[8] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1975, for his contributions to education and literature.[9]