Jagtar Singh Grewal (1927 – 11 August 2022) was an Indian writer, historian, scholar, and a vice-chancellor of the

Guru Nanak Dev University Guru Nanak Dev University is a Public State University in Amritsar, India. It also offers many higher studies degree courses online. The university's campus is spread over . Campus Guru Nanak Dev University campus is spread over 500 acres (2 ...

(GNDU).

Career

After securing his Ph.D. and DLitt from London, he joined the GNDU, where he founded the Department of History. He was the first Dean of the Academic Affairs of the University and was a former member of faculty at the

Panjab University Panjab University (PU) is an Indian collegiate public state university located in Chandigarh. Funded through both State and Union governments, it is considered a state university. It traces its origins to the University of the Punjab in Lahor ...

Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...

. After his

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from GNDU in 1984, he joined the

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as its director. Grewal was a member of the Religious Advisory Council of the

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and the head of the Institute of Punjab Studies,

. He had published several articles and books on

Sikh history Guru Nanak founded the Sikhism, Sikh religion in the Punjab region of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent in the 15th century and opposed many traditional practices like fasting, janeu, Upanayana, idolatry, caste system in India, caste ...

and is considered by many as a scholar on the subject. ''Contesting Interpretations of the Sikh Tradition'', ''The Sikhs of the Punjab'', ''Sikh Ideology, Polity and Social Order'', ''Social and Cultural History of the Punjab'', ''Maharja Ranjit Singh: Polity, Economy and Society'', ''Kinship and State Formation'', ''The Sikhs: Ideology, Institutions, and Identity'', ''Guru Nanak in History'' and ''Historical Writings on the Sikhs (1784–2011)'' are some of his notable works and his researches have been subjected to studies on academic level. The

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awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the

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, in 2005, for his contributions to Indian literature.

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* 1927 births 2022 deaths Indian male writers 20th-century Indian historians Sikh writers Scholars of Sikhism Scholars from Punjab, India Heads of universities and colleges in India Guru Nanak Dev University People from Faisalabad {{India-academic-bio-stub People from Punjab Province (British India)

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