Kirpal Singh Narang was an Indian historian, educationist and the vice-chancellor of
Punjabi University
Punjabi University is a collegiate state public university located in Patiala, Punjab, India. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language, after Hebrew University of Israel. ...
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He was the second in line of the vice-chancellors of the university (1966–75) and the longest serving among them.
Born on 12 April 1912 in
Amritsar in
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...
of the
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
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he published several books on the history of Punjab and
Sikhs,
which included four volumes of Punjab history and a book on Islam.
The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the
Padma Bhushan
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...
, in 1975, for his contributions to education and literature.
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Punjabi University
Punjabi University is a collegiate state public university located in Patiala, Punjab, India. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language, after Hebrew University of Israel. ...
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1912 births
2019 deaths
Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education
Scholars from Amritsar
20th-century Indian historians
Heads of universities and colleges in India
Year of death missing
20th-century Indian educational theorists
Indian centenarians
Men centenarians
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