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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|German politician and diplomat (1914–2006)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Herbert Fischer<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|04|10|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Herrnhut]], [[Kingdom of Saxony]], [[German Empire]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|02|03|1914|04|10|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = Germany<br />
| occupation = Diplomat<br>Writer<br>Indologist<br />
| known for = Writings on [[Gandhiji]]<br />
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br>[[Patriotic Order of Merit]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Herbert Fischer''' (1914–2006) was a German diplomat, indologist and the ambassador of the erstwhile [[German Democratic Republic]] to India from 1972 to 1976.<ref name="Herbert Fischer German diplomat ">{{cite web | url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Herbert+Fischer/0/13492.html | title=Herbert Fischer German diplomat | publisher=Munzinger | date=2016 | access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> Fischer was born on 10 April 1914 in [[Herrnhut]], in East Germany to a craftsman. He migrated to western Europe in 1933, where he completed his studies. Fischer moved to India in 1936, which gave him the opportunity to get acquainted with [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. After [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence in 1947]], he returned to the German Democratic Republic, where he joined the [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (East Germany)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] in 1956.<ref name="Herbert Fischer German diplomat " /> He served as the Chief of the East German Trade Mission in the late 1960s,<ref name="East German Recognition">{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19681220&id=ja0cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J4wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6120,3693679&hl=en | title=East German Recognition | publisher=Sarasota Journal | date=20 December 1968 | access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> before becoming the East German ambassador to India in 1972.<ref name="A memory of Herbert Fischer">{{cite web | url=https://www.jungewelt.de/loginFailed.php?ref=/2014/04-10/015.php | title=A memory of Herbert Fischer | publisher=Junglewelt | date=2016 | access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> He was the author of many [[Indology|Indological]] books,<ref name="Fischer, Herbert">{{cite web | url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm;jsessionid=823D60F509170670F14D3782BFFE2B7D.prod-worker0?method=showFullRecord&currentResultId=%22118691252%22%26any&currentPosition=5 | title=Fischer, Herbert | publisher=Catalogue of the German National Library | date=2016 | access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Mahatma Gandhi: Personality and Leader">{{cite web | url=http://www.bagchee.com/books/BB34194/mahatma-gandhi-personality-and-leader/ | title=Mahatma Gandhi: Personality and Leader | publisher=Bagchee | date=2016 | access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> including ''Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi'', a biography of the Indian leader.<ref name="Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi">{{cite web | url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=showFullRecord&currentResultId=%22118691252%22%26any&currentPosition=0 | title=Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | publisher=Catalogue of the German National Library | date=2016 | access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> He was a recipient of the [[Patriotic Order of Merit]] III Class.<ref name="Herbert Fischer German diplomat " /> In 2003, the [[Government of India]] awarded him the [[Padma Bhushan]], their third highest civilian honour, for his contributions to public affairs.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=January 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*Alexander Benatar (2021). "[https://www.projekt-mida.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Benatar-Alexander-Herbert-Fischer-%E2%80%93-An-Entangled-German-Indian-Biography.pdf Herbert Fischer – An Entangled German Indian Biography]." ''[https://www.projekt-mida.de/rechercheportal/reflexicon/ MIDA Archival Reflexicon]''. pp.&nbsp;7.<br />
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