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'''Bal Ram Nanda''' (1917&nbsp;– 30 May 2010) was a writer from [[New Delhi]], [[India]].<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50-26583 Bal Ram Nanda] World catalogue.</ref> He was the preeminent Indian biographer of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
After studying student of History at [[Lahore University]], B.R. Nanda joined the [[Indian Railways]] Services, of which he was a senior railway officer.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Gandhian Writer, Bal Ram Nanda, Sughosh India |url=http://bapu.sughosh.in/2012/08/the-gandhian-writer-bal-ram-nanda }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}Complete Life of Bapu, Sughosh India</ref><br />
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He was the first [[Curator|Director]] of the [[Nehru Memorial Museum & Library]], New Delhi.<ref name=raj/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
*[[Padma Bhushan]], 1988, <br />
*[[Padma Vibhushan]], 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2007) |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |date=2007-05-30 |url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/PadmaAwards1954-2007.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410024701/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/PadmaAwards1954-2007.pdf |archive-date=2009-04-10 }}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Nanda died on 30 May 2010 at his New Delhi residence.<ref name=raj>[http://www.rajbhavansikkim.gov.in/MessageDetl.aspx?MsgID=21 BALRAM NANDA (1917-2010)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019234345/http://rajbhavansikkim.gov.in/MessageDetl.aspx?MsgID=21 |date=19 October 2011 }} [[Raj Bhavan (Sikkim)]], 1 June 2010</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=_6FAAAAAMAAJ&dq=Bal%20Ram%20Nanda&source=gbs_similarbooks ''Mahatma Gandhi: A biography''] (translated into French, Spanish, Italian and several Indian languages).<ref name=raj/> <br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=zDJuAAAAMAAJ&dq=Bal%20Ram%20Nanda&source=gbs_similarbooks ''Gandhi and his critics''] <br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=7-C1AAAAIAAJ&dq=Bal%20Ram%20Nanda&source=gbs_similarbooks ''Gokhale, Gandhi, and the Nehrus'']<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=2jNuAAAAMAAJ&dq=Bal%20Ram%20Nanda&source=gbs_similarbooks ''In Search of Gandhi: Essays and Reflections''] <br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=DU50PwAACAAJ&dq=Bal+Ram+Nanda&hl=en&ei=a-4gTtTnHMXy0gGEorm2Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ ''Gandhi: pan-Islamism, imperialism, and nationalism in India''] <br />
*''Motilal Nehru'' (Builders of modern India), Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1964<br />
*''Socialism in India'', Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. Vikas Publications, 1972<br />
*{{cite book |title= Gandhi: a Pictorial Biography |url= https://archive.org/details/gandhipictorialb00nand |year= 1972 |publisher= New Delhi Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |oclc= 540771 }}<br />
*''Gandhi and his critics'', Oxford Univ. Pr., 1985<br />
*''Road to Pakistan'' 2010<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Nanda,%20Bal%20Ram]<br />
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