Bhagwan Singh Josh (born 1949) is an Indian historian, specialising in social and political history of modern India. He is Professor of Contemporary History at the Centre for Historical Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is one of the project committee members of the Europe–South Asia Maritime Heritage Project. He has also been co-director of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) project, History of the Indian National Congress, 1885–1947.
Author - Bhagwan Josh - Sage Publications
/ref> He has specialized on the Indian national liberation movement and is considered to be one India's foremost scholars on communist movements in India. His best known book is ''Struggle for Hegemony in India'' which combines the various perspectives of India's history—the colonial state, the various political parties, the trade unions, and the mobilization of the work force—to form a cohesive whole on the basis of Antonio Gramsci's hegemonic concepts.
See also
*Marxist historiography
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*Bipan Chandra
Bipan Chandra (24 May 1928 – 30 August 2014) was an Indian historian, specialising in Economic history of India#Republic of India, economic and Politics of India, political history of modern India. An emeritus professor of modern history ...
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1949 births
Historians of India
Living people
Academic staff of Jawaharlal Nehru University
Panjab University alumni