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| birth_date = 21 February 1924<ref name=family-tree/><br />
| birth_place = Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh<br />
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'''Krishna Prakesh Bahadur''' (K.P. Bahadur) (1924-2000) was an Indian writer from [[Allahabad]], India who authored a large number of books, including many works of history, philosophy and poetry.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Krishna Prakash Bahadur was born on 21 February 1924 in Allahabad.<ref name=bio>''The Poems of Suradusa'' by Sūradāsa, Krishna Prakash Bahadur {{ISBN|81-7017-369-8}}</ref><ref name=family-tree/> He attended St Joseph's and St Mary's and [[La Martiniere Lucknow|La Martiniere]] in [[Lucknow]], and later received his M.A. degree from the [[University of Allahabad]]. He married Prem Lata Bahadur, also an author.<br />
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Bahadur is the author of over fifty works<ref name=bio/> of religion, philosophy, history, sociology, fiction, humour, and translation, as well as children's books.<br />
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Bahadur died in Lucknow on 10 December 2000.<ref name=family-tree/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
*Vidya Visharada<br />
*Vidya Ratmakara<br />
*"Proud Past Alumnus" of the University of Allahabad.<ref>https://www.academia.edu/3259791/_Allahabad_University_Alumni_Association_AUAA_Proud_Past_Alumni_Gaurav_Alma_Mator_of_Allahabad_University {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Major works (incomplete)==<br />
* ''Folk tales of Uttar Pradesh'', New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1972, 117pp.<br />
* ''Rāmacaritmānasa: a Study in Perspective''. Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 1976, 365pp.<br />
* ''The wisdom of Yoga: a study of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra'', New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1977, 116pp. {{ISBN|0-8002-0185-X}}<br />
* ''Population Crisis in India'', New Delhi : National Publishing House, 1977, 180pp.<br />
* ''Castes, Tribes and Cultures of India'', 7 vols, Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 1977-1985. (Vols 8-9 by Sukhdev Singh Chib)<br />
* ''The Wisdom of Nyaaya'', New Delhi: Sterling, c1978, 246pp.<br />
* ''The Wisdom of Saankhya'', New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1978, 222pp. {{ISBN|0-8002-0186-8}}.<br />
* ''Upaniṣads: Hindu scriptures of spiritual truth'' (ed), New Delhi: Heritage, 1979, 308pp.<br />
* ''The Wisdom of Vaisheshika'', New Delhi : Sterling Publishers, c1979, 207pp.<br />
* ''The Seen and the Unseen'', Lucknow : Anuj Publications, 1980, 116pp.<br />
* ''A History of Indian Civilisation'', 7 vols, New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 1979-1983.<br />
* ''The Wisdom of Vedanta'', New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, c1983, 412pp.<br />
* ''Rajiv Gandhi: Man with Destiny'', New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 1985, 154pp. {{ISBN|81-7000-004-1}}<br />
* ''History of the Freedom Movement in India'', 5 Vols, New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 1986-1989.<br />
* ''The Wisdom of Yoga: a Study of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra'', Sterling Publishers Private Ltd 1988 {{ISBN|81-207-0330-8}}<br />
* ''A Source Book of Hindu Philosophy'', New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 1995, 403pp. {{ISBN|81-7000-174-9}}<br />
* ''The Raj and After'', New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 1996, 244 pp.&nbsp;{{ISBN|81-7000-170-6}}<br />
* ''A New Look at Kabir''. New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 1997, 288pp. {{ISBN|81-7000-205-2}}<br />
* ''Sufi Mysticism'', New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications, 1998, 265pp. {{ISBN|81-7000-250-8}}.<br />
* ''The Poems of Suradusa'' by Suradusa, Knishna Prakash Bahadur Abinhay publications. {{ISBN|81-7017-369-8}}<br />
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===Translations into English===<br />
* ''The Rasikapriyā of Keshavadāsa'', Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1972, 248pp.<br />
*''Selections from Rāmacandrikā of Keśavadāsa'', Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1976, 177pp.<br />
*''Love poems of Ghananand'', Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1977. 202pp. {{ISBN|81-208-0836-3}}<br />
* ''The Parrot and the Starling'' Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1977, 183pp. {{ISBN|0-8426-1034-0}}<br />
* ''One Hundred Songs of India'', Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1978, 198pp.<br />
*''Bangla Love Poems''. Dreamland Publications, 1978, 97pp. (A collection of medieval Vaishnavite poems)<br />
*''The Satasaī/ Bihārī '', London: Penguin/Unesco, 1992, 404pp. {{ISBN|0-14-044576-5}}<br />
*''Mīrā Bāī and her Padas'', New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1998, 115<br />
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