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'''Jagtar Singh Grewal''' is an Indian writer, historian, scholar and a former vice chancellor of the [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] (GNDU).<ref name="Religious Advisory Council">{{cite web | url=http://tonyblairfaithfoundation.org/foundation/leadership/religious-advisory-council | title=Religious Advisory Council | publisher=Tony Blair Faith Foundation | date=2015 | access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> After securing his PhD and DLitt from London, he joined the Guru Nanak Dev University where he founded the Department of History.<ref name="Vice Chancellors of Guru Nanak Dev University">{{cite web | url=http://www.gnduaa.org/University/OurViceChancellors/tabid/71/Default.aspx | title=Vice Chancellors of Guru Nanak Dev University | publisher=Guru Nanak Dev University | date=2015 | access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> He was the first Dean of the Academic Affairs of the University and is a former member of faculty at [[Panjab University]], [[Chandigarh]]. After his superannuation from GNDU in 1984, he joined the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, [[Shimla]] as its director.<ref name="Vice Chancellors of Guru Nanak Dev University" /><br />
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Grewal is a member of the Religious Advisory Council of the [[Tony Blair Faith Foundation]]<ref name="Religious Advisory Council" /> and the head of the Institute of Punjab Studies, [[Chandigarh]].<ref name="Geography in India: Selected Themes">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KmqKri7VyjcC&q=%22Institute+of+Punjab+Studies%22&pg=RA4-PA1998 | title=Geography in India: Selected Themes | publisher=Pearson Education India | author=L. S. Bhat | year=1999 | pages=99 of 307 | isbn=9788131726648}}</ref> He has published several articles<ref name="Geography in India: Selected Themes" /> and books on [[Sikh history]]<ref name="Amazon profile">{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001IYVH6I | title=Amazon profile | publisher=Amazon | date=2015 | access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref> and is considered by many as a scholar on the subject.<ref name="Vice Chancellors of Guru Nanak Dev University" /> ''Contesting Interpretations of the Sikh Tradition'',<ref name="Contesting Interpretations of the Sikh Tradition">{{cite book | url=https://sikhcentre.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/review-of-j-s-grewals-contesting-interpretations/ | title=Contesting Interpretations of the Sikh Tradition | publisher=Manohar Publishers | author=J. S. Grewal | year=1998 | pages=315 | isbn=9788173042553}}</ref> ''The Sikhs of the Punjab'',<ref name="The Sikhs of the Punjab">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab0000grew/page/308 | title=The Sikhs of the Punjab | publisher=Cambridge University Press | author=J. S. Grewal | year=1998 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab0000grew/page/308 308] | isbn=9780521637640 }}</ref> ''Sikh Ideology, Polity and Social Order'',<ref name="Sikh Ideology, Polity and Social Order">{{cite book | title=Sikh Ideology, Polity and Social Order | publisher=Manohar Publishers | author=J. S. Grewal | year=2007 | pages=303 | isbn=9788173047374}}</ref> ''Social and Cultural History of the Punjab'',<ref name="Social and Cultural History of the Punjab">{{cite book | title=Social and Cultural History of the Punjab | publisher=Manohar Publishers | author=J. S. Grewal | year=2004 | pages=185 | isbn=9788173045653}}</ref> ''Maharja Ranjit Singh: Polity, Economy and Society'',<ref name="Maharja Ranjit Singh: Polity, Economy and Society">{{cite book | title=Maharja Ranjit Singh: Polity, Economy and Society | publisher=Guru Nanak Dev University | author=J. S. Grewal | year=2001 | pages=112 | isbn=9788177700268}}</ref> ''Kinship and State Formation'',<ref name="Kinship and State Formation">{{cite book | title=Kinship and State Formation | publisher=Manohar Publishers | author=J. S. Grewal, Veena Sachdeva | year=2007 | pages=112 | isbn=9788173047183}}</ref> ''The Sikhs: Ideology, Institutions, and Identity'',<ref name="The Sikhs: Ideology, Institutions, and Identity">{{cite book | title=The Sikhs: Ideology, Institutions, and Identity | publisher=Oxford University Press India | author=J. S. Grewal | year=2009 | pages=400 | isbn=9780195694949}}</ref> ''Guru Nanak in History''<ref name="Guru Nanak in History">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2tlWAAAAMAAJ | title=Guru Nanak in History | publisher=Punjab University Press | author=J. S. Grewal | year=1969 | pages=348}}</ref> and ''Historical Writings on the Sikhs (1784-2011)''<ref name="Historical Writings on the Sikhs (1784-2011)">{{cite book | title=Historical Writings on the Sikhs (1784-2011) | publisher=SAB | author=J. S. Grewal | year=2012 | asin=B00A3K71R2}}</ref> are some of his notable works and his researches have been subjected to studies on academic level.<ref name="J.S. Grewal on Sikh History, Historiography and Recent Debates">{{cite journal | url=http://www.global.ucsb.edu/punjab/journal/v20_1_2/13-Indu%20Banga%2020.pdf | title=J.S. Grewal on Sikh History, Historiography and Recent Debates | author=Indu Banga | journal=Institute of Punjab Studies, Chandigarh | pages=301–326}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2005, for his contributions to Indian literature.<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=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref><br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{cite book | title=Guru Nanak in History | publisher=Punjab University Press | author=J. S. Grewal | year=1969 | pages=348}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Contesting Interpretations of the Sikh Tradition | publisher=Manohar Publishers | author=J. S. Grewal | year=1998 | pages=315 | isbn=9788173042553}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=The Sikhs of the Punjab | series=[[The New Cambridge History of India]] | publisher=Cambridge University Press | author=J. S. Grewal | year=1998 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab0000grew/page/308 308] | isbn=9780521637640 | url=https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab0000grew/page/308 }}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Maharja Ranjit Singh: Polity, Economy and Society | publisher=Guru Nanak Dev University | author=J. S. Grewal | year=2001 | pages=112 | isbn=9788177700268}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Social and Cultural History of the Punjab | publisher=Manohar Publishers | author=J. S. Grewal | year=2004 | pages=185 | isbn=9788173045653}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Sikh Ideology, Polity and Social Order | publisher=Manohar Publishers | author=J. S. Grewal | year=2007 | pages=303 | isbn=9788173047374}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Kinship and State Formation | publisher=Manohar Publishers | author=J. S. Grewal, Veena Sachdeva | year=2007 | pages=112 | isbn=9788173047183}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=The Sikhs: Ideology, Institutions, and Identity | publisher=Oxford University Press India | author=J. S. Grewal | year=2009 | pages=400 | isbn=9780195694949}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Historical Writings on the Sikhs (1784-2011) | publisher=SAB | author=J. S. Grewal | year=2012 | asin=B00A3K71R2}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Guru Nanak Dev University]]<br />
* [[Tony Blair Faith Foundation]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km5CKaZQZoc | title=Partition of Punjab - vs - Partition of India. - Dr. J S Grewal | publisher=Patshahi | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=18 September 2013 | access-date=1 December 2015}}<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{cite journal | url=http://www.global.ucsb.edu/punjab/journal/v20_1_2/13-Indu%20Banga%2020.pdf | title=J.S. Grewal on Sikh History, Historiography and Recent Debates | author=Indu Banga | journal=Institute of Punjab Studies, Chandigarh | pages=301–326}}<br />
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