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| occupation = co-founder and chairman [[Neemrana Hotels]]<ref name="Neemrana founder">{{cite web|url = http://neemranahotels.com/founders-and-chairman|title = Founders and Chairmen|website = Neemrana Hotels|access-date = 21 April 2016}}</ref><br />
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'''Aman Nath''' (born 1951) is an Indian writer, hotelier, and [[Building restoration|architectural restorer]]. He is the co-founder and co-chairman of the [[Neemrana Hotels]] chain, along with Francis Wacziarg. Both are today credited for pioneering the heritage hotels movement in India.<ref name=forbes2009/><ref name=forbes2011/> They started in 1991. Since then, they have acquired over 25 heritage properties and converted them into heritage hotels after restoration. Nath has published several illustrated books on Rajasthan and Indian arts.<ref name="forbes2009">{{cite web|url = http://forbesindia.com/article/work-in-progress/two-unlikely-maharajas/3352/1|title = Two Unlikely Maharajas|last = Goyal|first = Malini|date = 24 August 2009|website = Forbes India|access-date = 21 April 2016}}</ref><ref name=forbes2011/><br />
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In June 2016, Nath and five others, all members of the [[LGBT community]] themselves, filed a writ petition in the [[Supreme Court of India]] challenging [[Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/many-ups-and-downs-in-battle-against-ipc-section-377-homosexuality-lgbtq-5019604/|title=Many ups and downs in battle against 377|date=2018-01-11|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-01-28|language=en-US}}</ref> This resulted in the 2018 landmark judgment in ''[[Navtej Singh Johar and others v. Union of India]]'' in which the Supreme Court unanimously declared the law unconstitutional "in so far as it criminalises consensual sexual conduct between adults of the same sex".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/indian-supreme-court-decriminalises-homosexuality|title=Campaigners celebrate as India decriminalises homosexuality|last=Safi|first=Michael|date=2018-09-06|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-09-09}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Born and brought up in [[New Delhi]], Aman Nath's family migrated from [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]] during the [[partition of India]] to settle in [[Delhi]]. He completed his education with a post-graduate degree in medieval Indian history from [[Delhi University]].<ref name="forbes2011">{{cite web|url = http://forbesindia.com/article/zen-garden/the-neemrana-art-of-resurrection/20942/1|title = The Neemrana Art of Resurrection|last = Bagchi|first = Subroto|date = 1 January 2011|website = Forbes India|access-date = 21 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="frontline">Pande, Alka (1 August 1999). "{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20010910035527/http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo9908/99080400.htm A new lease of life]}}". ''[[The Hindu]]''.</ref> He also has an adopted daughter named Aadya Nath.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
[[File:Aman Nath 1.jpg|thumb|200 px|Aman Nath with his book Jaipur: The last Destination]]<br />
Nath started his career as a [[Copywriting|copywriter]] and [[graphic designer]] in advertising. He was one of the founding members of [[INTACH]], a heritage and conservation organisation, established in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intach.org/people-fmembers.php|title=Founder Members|website=[[INTACH]]|access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref> He became the arts editor for the magazine [[India Today]], and later remained curator of "Art Today"—an art gallery of the India Today group, situated at Connaught Place, New Delhi—for seven years. Meanwhile, he started publishing books on history and heritage, including "Jaipur: the Last Destination", "Arts and Crafts of Rajasthan", and "Dome Over India: Rashtrapati Bhavan.".<ref name=hindu2004/><br />
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He first came across the ruined 15th-century Neemarana Fort, about 120&nbsp;km from Delhi, in 1981 while researching for a book on [[Shekhawati]] painting and frescoes with Francis Wacziarg, former French diplomat and resident of India since 1969.<ref name=forbes2009/> After restoring two [[haveli]]s in Rajasthan, they had developed enough expertise to take on the fort. Thus in 1986, they acquired the fort and, after restoration, a 12-room heritage hotel was opened in 1991.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} Over the years, they have acquired many heritage forts and palaces and converted them into successful heritage hotels, including Neemrana Fort Palace, [[Hill Fort Kesroli]], [[Pataudi Palace]], and Baradari Palace in [[Patiala]].<ref name="hindu2004">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/07/29/stories/2004072900680300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041210064550/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/07/29/stories/2004072900680300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 December 2004|title=Ruins revisited|last=Gautam|first=Savitha|date=29 July 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/the-heritage-tourism-specialists/704943/0|title=The heritage tourism specialists|last=Talreja|first=Vishakha|date=31 October 2010|work=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]|access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Holding+fort/1/21122.html|title=Holding fort|last=Subramanyam|first=Chitra|date=27 November 2008|website=[[India Today]]|access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref><br />
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In 2011, Neemrana Hotels had 25 properties in 17 locations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?279971|title=Neemrana hotels: Making History Hip|date=18 February 2012|website=Outlook Business|access-date=1 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229155056/http://business.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?279971|archive-date=29 February 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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Nath lives in the [[Nizamuddin East]] area of New Delhi.<br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''Rajasthan: the painted walls of Shekhavati'', with Francis Wacziarg. Vikas Publications, 1982. {{ISBN|0706920872}}.<br />
* ''Goa''. Vikas Publishing House, 1984. {{ISBN|0706923855}}.<br />
* ''Arts and crafts of Rajasthan'', with Francis Wacziarg. Mapin Publishing, 1997. {{ISBN|0944142060}}.<br />
* ''Horizons: the Tata-India century, 1904–2004'', with Jay Vithalani, Tulsi Vatsal, Amit Pasricha (photographs). [[India Book House]], 2004. {{ISBN|8175084316}}.<br />
* ''Larger Than Life: The Popular Arts of India''. India Book House, 2004. {{ISBN|8175083042}}.<br />
* ''Palaces of Rajasthan'', with George Michell, Antonio Martinelli (photographs). [[Frances Lincoln]], 2005.<br />
* ''Brahma's Pushkar: ancient Indian pilgrimage''. Rajan Kapoor (photographs). India Book House, 2005. {{ISBN|8175083719}}.<br />
* ''Jaipur: The Last Destination'', with Samar Singh Jodha (photographs), India Book House, 2006. {{ISBN|978-81-7508-188-8}}.<br />
* ''Dome Over India''. India Book House, 2006. {{ISBN|8175083522}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600510100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030624165152/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/26/stories/2002092600510100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 June 2003|title=Dome over Hardinge's Delhi...|last=Salam|first=Ziya Us|date=26 September 2002|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref><br />
* ''Jodhpur's Umaid Bhawan: The Maharaja of palaces : a book'', with Fred R. Holmes, Anna Newton Holmes, Amit Paschira (photographer). India Book House, 2008. {{ISBN|8175085118}}.<br />
* ''The Monumental India book''. Amit Pasricha (photographer). Constable, 2008. {{ISBN|1845298829}}.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101225045009/http://thehindujobs.com/thehindu/jobs/0012/05200014.htm "An interview with Mr. Aman Nath, architect, interior designer and art restorer"]. ''[[The Hindu]]''. 20 December 2000.<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120607184855/http://outlookindia.com/peoplehome3.aspx?pid=4614&author=Aman+Nath Aman Nath articles] at [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.neemranahotels.com/ Neemrana Hotels]<br />
* {{YouTube|GINTEMI8zXI|Talk by Aman Nath}} at [[TED (conference)|TEDx]]<br />
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