https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=B._Ch._Chhabra B. Ch. Chhabra - Revision history 2026-07-31T22:42:11Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=B._Ch._Chhabra&diff=51344&oldid=prev >Tom.Reding at 16:40, 19 February 2021 2021-02-19T16:40:24Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Bahadur Chand Chhabra&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 3 April 1908), popularly known as &#039;&#039;&#039;B. Ch. Chhabra&#039;&#039;&#039;, was an Indian Sanskritist and epigraphist who served as Assistant and Joint Director General of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI).<br /> <br /> == Early life and education ==<br /> Chhabra was born at [[Kohat]] near [[Peshawar]] in the then [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North-West Frontier Province]] (NWFP) of [[British India]] on 3 April 1908. Chhabra graduated from the Punjab University, Lahore and earned a doctorate. In the early 1930s, he joined the Archaeological Survey of India as an epigraphist under [[J. Ph. Vogel]].<br /> <br /> == In the ASI ==<br /> Chhabra succeeded Vogel as Chief Epigraphist in 1935 and served till 1953. In 1953, he reached the pinnacle of his career becoming Assistant Director General and then, Joint Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India. Chhabra retired from ASI in 1966.<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> * {{cite book|title=Svasti Sri Dr. B. Ch. Chhabra Felicitation Volume|author=K. V. Ramesh|author-link=K. V. Ramesh|author2=Agam Prasad|author3=S. P. Tiwari|chapter=Dr. B. Ch. Chhabra: A Biographical Sketch|year=1984}} <br /> * {{cite web|title=Prominent Epigraphists of Sanskrit and Dravidian|url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_epigraphical_sans_epigraphists.asp|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Chhabra, B. Ch.}}<br /> [[Category:1908 births]]<br /> [[Category:Year of death missing]]<br /> [[Category:People from Kohat District]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-scientist-stub}}<br /> {{Archaeologist-stub}}</div> >Tom.Reding