Ram Gopal (born 1925) is an Indian writer and historian.

Life

His biography of

Lokmanya Tilak Bal Gangadhar Tilak (; born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak (pronunciation: eʃəʋ ɡəŋɡaːd̪ʱəɾ ʈiɭək; 23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920), endeared as Lokmanya (IAST: ''Lokmānya''), was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence a ...

was considered by the press as 'an admirable history and authoritative and standard work'. Reviewing it ''The Times'' said: "it is extremely well done". His ''Indian Muslims – A Political History (1858–1947)'' also brought him high praises.

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said reviewing it in ''International Affairs'': "The author has taken the greatest possible pains to maintain impartiality, and his book is the product of much industrious research and is exceedingly well written". He was also author of several books on civics and politics. For some time he did research for the Union Ministry of Education in the Board of the History of the Indian Freedom Movement. He was arrested in connection with the (August 1942) "

Quit India The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Kranti Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8th August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule i ...

" Movement and detained in Lucknow Central Jail. He worked in editorial position in prominent English language newspaper published from allahbad in UP during his initial career. He was Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative council .

Works

English

* ''Lokmanya Tilak—A Biography'' * ''Indian Muslims—A political Study (1858–1947)'' * ''British Rule in India—An Assessment'', Asia Publishing House, 1983 * ''Trails of Nehru'' * ''How the British Occupied Bengal'' * ''Linguistic Affairs of India'' * ''Indo-Pakistan War and Peace'' *'' How India Struggled for Freedom'' * ''Man and Reason'' * ''Spotlight on Democracy in India'', Pustak Kendra, 1970 *'' India Under Indra'' * ''Eight Leading Lights'' * ''Indian Freedom Rhetorics & Realities'' * * https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=1757&recCount=25&recPointer=0&bibId=755993 https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=1788&recCount=25&recPointer=6&bibId=560577Indian ( Muslims, a political history, 1858-1947) https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=1757&recCount=25&recPointer=0&bibId=755993 (Linguistic affairs of India) https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=1839&recCount=25&recPointer=20&bibId=1698310 (Lokamanya Tilak: a biography) https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=1972&recCount=25&recPointer=87&bibId=8937110 (Svatantratā-pūrva Hindī ke saṅgharsha kā itihāsa) https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=1972&recCount=25&recPointer=89&bibId=8478868 (Man and reason) https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=1972&recCount=25&recPointer=90&bibId=8451345 (How the British occupied Bengal; a corrected account of the 1756-1765 events)

Hindi

* Bhartiya Raajneeti Victoriya se Nehru Tak * Hindi ke sangharsh (Svatantratā-pūrva Hindī ke saṅgharsha kā itihāsa)https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=1972&recCount=25&recPointer=87&bibId=8937110 * Tapaswani

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gopal, Ram 20th-century Indian historians 1925 births Living people English-language writers from India Indian political writers Quit India Movement 20th-century Indian biographers