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. ...

. 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

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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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