Girija Shankar Sharma (born March 1938 in

Bikaner Bikaner () is a city in the northwest of the States and territories of India, state of Rajasthan, India. It is located northwest of the state capital, Jaipur. It is the administrative headquarters of Bikaner District and Bikaner division. Fo ...

, India) is a historian and scholar of

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as well as

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language literature. He received a Master of Arts (M.A.) in History from Dungar College and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from the

University of Rajasthan The University of Rajasthan, informally known as Rajasthan University (RU, ISO: Rājasthān Viśvavidyālaya), is a public state university located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. It was founded in 1947 by an Act of the State Legislative Assembl ...

, Jaipur. He joined the

Rajasthan State Archives Rajasthan State Archives is an archive located in Bikaner city of Rajasthan state in India. It has a rich collection of administrative record of the Mughal period like Persian Farmans, Nishans, Manshurs, Akbarat, Vakil Report, Arzdasht, Khatoot a ...

(Bikaner) in 1963 and retired as deputy director of the Archives in 1996.

Biography

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Vypari, ek aitehasik aur samajik vivechan'' (The role of Marwari traders specially their financial and social aspects related to former Bikaner state in 19th century), Publisher: Krishna Janasevi, Dauji Road, Bikaner 1988. *''Itihaas-Ro-Saach'' (Historical articles about Rajasthan in the Rajasthani language) Publisher: ''Aacharya Tulsi Rajasthani Sodh Sansthan'', Gangashahar, Bikaner 2002. *''Hamarey Purodha'': Dr Dasharatha Sharma (On the life and works of Dasharatha Sharma, Hindi author and historian), in Hindi (includes passages in Rajasthani language). Publisher: ''Rajasthan Sahitya Akadami'', Udaipur 2003, *Sources on social and economic history of Rajasthan, 17th-20th century A.D., Publisher: ''Vikas Prakashan'', Bikaner 2005. *''Bikaner ki chitrankan parampara'' (Traditional wall and door decorative arts in Bikaner), in Hindi. Publisher: ''Jawahar Kala Kendra evam Kalasan Prakashan'', Bikaner 2005. *''Sindhyacha Dayaldas'' (On the life and works of a 19th-century Rajasthani poet, includes a sampling of his works), in Rajasthani language. Publisher: Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi 2006. *''Ehasan ka ehasas: Kahani sangraha'' (Short stories) in Hindi, Publisher: ''Prakhyata Prakashan'', Bikaner 2007. *''Sannatta Cheerte Shabd'': (Hindi Poetry) Publisher: ''Prakhyata Prakashan'', Bikaner 2007. *''Rajasthan mein shiksha ka itihaas'' (History of education in Rajasthan) Publisher: ''Kalashan Prakashan'', Bikaner 2009. *''Marwari Drishti-Pratidrishti'' (A critical analysis of the Marwari community in the 19th century). Publisher: ''Vikas Prakashan'', Nagri Bhandar, Bikaner 2012.

Co-Edited works

*''Deshdarpana: Bikaner Rajya ka ithihas/ Sindhyacha Dayaldas'', (Monograph in Rajasthani on the Rajasthani poet) Principal Editor: J. K. Jain, Editors: Girija Shankar Sharma, Sanatkumar Swami, Satyanarayan Swami, Publisher: ''Rajasthan Rajya Abhilekhgara'' 1989. *''Kurmavilasa: Jaipur Rajya ke Kachvaha Shaskon ka itihas/Chanda kavi virachi''t (Extended narrative poem on rulers of the Princely State of Jaipur, in Rajasthani language). Publisher: ''Rajasthan Rajya Abhilekhgar'' 1991.

External links

*Permalink to ''Marwari Vypari'' at Library of Congres

*Permalink to 'Sources on Social and Economic history of Rajasthan' at Library of Congres

*Permalink to ''Sindayacha Dayaldas'' at Library of Congres

*Permalink to ''Bikaner ki chitrankan parampara'' at Library of Congres

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Girija Shankar 20th-century Indian historians Rajasthani people 1938 births Living people University of Rajasthan alumni People from Bikaner Scientists from Rajasthan Historians of India