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{{Short description|Indian political scientist (1933–2020)}}
{{Infobox academic
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth-date|March 28, 1933}}
| birth_place = Multan, India
| death_date = {{death-date and age|November 8, 2020|March 28, 1933}}
| workplaces = [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], New Delhi; [[University of Rajasthan]] in Jaipur; Moradabad Degree College and Meerut College
| alma_mater = Agra University
| thesis_title = Agra on Parliamentary Control over State Enterprise in India
| thesis_year = 1959
| known_for = Indian political process, Marxist analysis
}}

'''C.P Bhambri''' was an Indian [[political scientist]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-11-09|title=Political scientist CP Bhambri dies at 87|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/political-scientist-cp-bhambri-dies-at-87-7016876/|access-date=2021-05-13|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> He was the former dean of the School of Social Sciences, [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bhambhri|first=C. P.|date=2018-01-09|title=Many faces of nationalism|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/many-faces-of-nationalism-118010901316_1.html|access-date=2021-05-13}}</ref>

== Life ==
Chandra Prakash Bhambhri was born in Multan on March 28, 1933.<ref name=":0" /> After the India-Pakistan partition, he moved to Kanpur with his family.<ref name=":0" /> His wife is Krishna Bhambri.<ref name=":1" /> He died on November 8, 2020.<ref name=":1" />

== Education ==
C.P Bhambri completed his bachelor's degree, Masters and PhD in political science from [[Agra university|Agra University]] in 1951,1953 and 1959 respectively.<ref name=":0" /> His PhD thesis was on "Parliamentary Control over State Enterprise in India."<ref name=":0" /> He received Post-Doctoral Training in 1969-70 from Department of Policial Science, [[University of Michigan]], Ann Arbor, USA.<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
C.P Bhambri was one of the founding faculty members of the Centre for Political Studies (CPS), [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=November 9, 2020|first1=Aysha|last=Anam |title=JNU Professor CP Bhambri dies at 87: All about him|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/jnu-professor-cp-bhambri-dies-at-87-all-about-him-1739285-2020-11-09|access-date=2021-05-13|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> He served as Chairperson of CPS for three terms and was also Dean of School of Social Sciences, [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] from 1984 to 1986.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sahu|first=S.N.|title=Professor C.P. Bhambri, the Quintessential Marxist|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/19599/Professor-CP-Bhambri-the-Quintessential-Marxist|access-date=2021-05-13|website=The Citizen|language=en-US}}</ref> Before being a faculty of JNU, he taught at the University of Rajasthan in Jaipur, Moradabad Degree College and Meerut College.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> Moreover, he authored 25 political science books.<ref name=":1" />

He has been a visiting fellow in political science to several international universities, including Mcgill University, Montreal Canada from 1978 to 1979, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London UK from January–February 1977, School of Oriental and African Studies, London from August–October 1980, Maison des Sciences, Paris, France in 1986 and 1994, nstitute of Social Sciences, The Hague, Netherlands in 1986, Aachhen University, Germany 2003.

C.P Bhambri is known for staunch secular and Marxist stance in academic writings.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2020-11-10|title=C P Bhambhri was a lively intellectual, as staunchly secular as he was Marxist|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/c-p-bhambhri-political-scientist-dead-7033700/|access-date=2021-05-13|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> In the late 1960s and 1970s, when studies on Indian politics were dominated by reflections on the “dominance of one party” and the “Congress system,” C.P Bhambri made his signature in Indian academia by undertaking class analysis.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|date=2015-06-05|title=A Committed Scholar|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/47/commentary/committed-scholar.html|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|language=en|volume=55|issue=47|pages=7–8}}</ref> He did not follow the behavioural approach or the structural-functional approach to explain power politics and political persuasion in Indian politics. This new perspective enabled the observers of Indian politics to look beyond personality clashes and understand the subsequent split within the Congress party as well as coalitions that emerged on the scene.<ref name=":2" /> Therefore, he often contested the ideas of professor [[Rajni Kothari]], the founder of Centre for Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi. Bhambhri's Marxist critique of Kothari in the ''Indian Journal of Political Science'' is arguably considered as the first scholarly debate in the annals of Indian political science, famously bringing rival ideological perspectives to bear on the analysis of Indian politics.<ref name=":3" /> The imperialising propensities of modernisation theory however came to be widely acknowledged.<ref name=":3" />

Bambri argued that while centrality of human labour enabled Marxists to understand history and explain the material dimensions of society.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-10|title=What we Learned from C.P. Bhambri|url=https://www.newsclick.in/What-we-Learned-from-CP-Bhambri|access-date=2021-05-13|website=NewsClick|language=en}}</ref> He however opposed caste based and community reservation theories, which according to him legitimized status quoist politics and impeded the move towards a progressive classless or casteless society.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Batabyal|first=Rakesh|date=2020-11-12|title=Political Science meant to unmask people in power, believed Prof. C.P. Bhambri (1933-2020)|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/political-science-meant-to-unmask-people-in-power-believed-prof-cp-bhambri-1933-2020|access-date=2021-05-13|website=National Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Prof C P Bhambri's long intellectual journey cames to an end {{!}} Radhakanta (...) - Mainstream|url=https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article10110.html|access-date=2021-05-13|website=www.mainstreamweekly.net}}</ref> Bambri believed that "Political Science meant to unmask people in power."<ref name=":4" />

== Key works ==
=== Books ===
Some of his notable works include:

Substance of Hindu Polity (1959), Politics in India, 1991-92 (1992), The Indian State, Fifty Years (1997), Politics in India, 1947-1987 (1988), Political Process in India, 1947-1991 (1991), BJP Led Government and Elections 1999 (2000), World Bank and India (1980), Bureaucracy and Politics in India (1971), Administration in a Changing Society (1972), Parliamentary Control Over State Enterprise in India (1960), Hindutva: A Challenge to Multi-cultural Democracy (2003), The Janata Party: A Profile (1980), The Indian State After Independence (2000), The Indian State Since Independence: 70 Years (2017), A Primer of Hindu Polity (1969), Public Administration: Theory and Practice (1963), Coalition Politics in India: First Decade of 21st Century (2010), The Indian State and Political Process (2007), Bharatiya Janata Party: Periphery To Centre (2001).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhambhri|first=Chandra Prakash|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DGPXAAAAMAAJ|title=Hindutva: A Challenge to Multi-cultural Democracy|date=2003|publisher=Shipra Publications|isbn=978-81-7541-137-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hindutva: A Challenge to Multi-cultural Democracy|first=C.P.|last=Bhambri|edition=Hardcover, First |date=2003|url=https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Hindutva-Challenge-Multi-cultural-Democracy-C.P-Bhambri/2960251769/bd|access-date=2021-05-13|website=www.abebooks.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ahmad|first=Ahrar|date=November 2003|title=Bharatiya Janata Party: Periphery to Centre. By C. P. Bhambri. Delhi: Shipra Publications, 2001. xx, 339 pp. $50.00 (cloth).|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-studies/article/abs/bharatiya-janata-party-periphery-to-centre-by-c-p-bhambri-delhi-shipra-publications-2001-xx-339-pp-5000-cloth/3C56470932FC2AD4783BBDA94B21AFCC|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|language=en|volume=62|issue=4|pages=1269–1271|doi=10.2307/3591805|jstor=3591805|issn=1752-0401}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhambhri|first=Chandra Prakash|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5M-AAAAIAAJ|title=Parliamentary Control Over State Enterprise in India: A Study in Public Administration|date=1960|publisher=Metropolitan Book Company|language=en}}</ref>

=== Journal articles ===
* Role of Paramilitary Forces in Centre-State Relations. ''Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 13, Issue No. 17, 29 Apr, 1978.''<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2015-06-05|title=Role of Paramilitary Forces in Centre-State Relations|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/1978/17/special-articles/role-paramilitary-forces-centre-state-relations.html|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|language=en|volume=13|issue=17|pages=7–8}}</ref>
* Revolutionary Armed Struggle in India. ''Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 50, Issue No. 7, 14 Feb, 2015.''<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2015-06-05|title=Revolutionary Armed Struggle in India|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2015/7/discussion/revolutionary-armed-struggle-india.html|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|language=en|volume=50|issue=7|pages=7–8}}</ref>
* United Front of the Oppressed. ''Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 48, Issue No. 32, 10 Aug, 2013.''<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2015-06-05|title=United Front of the Oppressed|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2013/32/discussion/united-front-oppressed.html|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|language=en|volume=48|issue=32|pages=7–8}}</ref>

=== Other writings ===
*Super-Patriot Games. ''Outlook.'' July 19, 1999<ref>{{Cite web|title=Super-Patriot Games {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/super-patriot-games/207778|access-date=2021-05-13| website=magazine.outlookindia.com/}}</ref>
* The Dalit question as answer to Hindutva. ''The Tribune.'' January 31, 2016<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Dalit question as answer to Hindutva|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/comment/the-dalit-question-as-answer-to-hindutva-190216|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref>
* Parivar's wish: Education for Hinduisation. ''The Tribune.'' March 11, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Parivar's wish: Education for Hinduisation|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/comment/parivars-wish-education-for-hinduisation-207214|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref>

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