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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Kirpal Singh Narang<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1912|04|12}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India<br />
| death_date = 07-05-2019<br />
| death_place = Chandigarh<br />
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Kirpal Singh Narang''' was an Indian historian, educationist and the vice-chancellor of [[Punjabi University]].<ref name="Sikh Historiography and Dr. Kirpal Singh">{{cite web | url=http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/reiki_transcendental/SikhReview/september1994/editorial.htm | title=Sikh Historiography and Dr. Kirpal Singh | publisher=Angel Fire | work=Editorial | date=2016 | access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> He was the second in line of the vice-chancellors of the university (1966–75) and the longest serving among them.<ref name="Pbi varsity VC to get 3-year extension">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/education/pbi-varsity-vc-to-get-3-year-extension/168649.html | title=Pbi varsity VC to get 3-year extension | work=The Tribune | date=9 December 2015 | access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> Born on 12 April 1912 in [[Amritsar]] in [[Punjab (region)|Punjab]] of the [[British India]],<ref name="12-April-1912">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianage.com/eventdate.php/12-April-1912 | title=12-April-1912 | publisher=Indian Age | date=2016 | access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> he published several books on the history of Punjab and [[Sikhs]],<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the Punjab: 1500 -1558, by K.S. Narang and M.R. Gupta, Rev & enl ed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XBFCnQEACAAJ|publisher=publisher not identified}}</ref><ref name="NarangGupta">{{cite book | author1=Kirpal Singh Narang | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HVFdHQAACAAJ | title=History of the Punjab, 1526-1857 | publisher=Uttar Chand Kapur | date=1967 | author2=Hari Ram Gupta}}</ref><ref name="NarangGupta2">{{cite book | author1=Kirpal Singh Narang | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XjCoHAAACAAJ | title=History of the Punjab, 1500-1858 | publisher=U.C. Kapur | date=1969 | author2=Hari Ram Gupta}}</ref><ref name="History of the Punjab, 1526-1849">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Punjab-1526-1849-Kirpal-Narang/dp/B0007K4EVY | title=History of the Punjab, 1526-1849 | publisher=Uttar Chand Kapur | author=Kirpal Singh Narang | year=1953 | pages=496 | asin=B0007K4EVY}}</ref> which included four volumes of Punjab history and a book on Islam.<ref name="Islam">{{cite book | title=Islam | publisher=Punjabi University | author=Kirpal Singh Narang | year=1969 | pages=115 | oclc=930597970}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1975, for his contributions to education and 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=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |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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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
* {{cite book | title=History of the Punjab, 1526-1849 | publisher=Uttar Chand Kapur | author=Kirpal Singh Narang | year=1953 | pages=496 | asin=B0007K4EVY}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=History of the Punjab: 1500 -1558, by K.S. Narang and M.R. Gupta, Rev & enl ed}}<br />
* {{cite book | author1=Kirpal Singh Narang | title=History of the Punjab, 1526-1857 | publisher=Uttar Chand Kapur | date=1967 | author2=Hari Ram Gupta}}<br />
* {{cite book | author1=Kirpal Singh Narang | title=History of the Punjab, 1500-1858 | publisher=U.C. Kapur | date=1969 | author2=Hari Ram Gupta}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Islam | publisher=Punjabi University | author=Kirpal Singh Narang | year=1969 | pages=115 | oclc=930597970}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Punjabi University]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-narang,%20kirpal%20singh/ | title=Narang, Kirpal Singh | publisher=WorldCat | work=WorldCat Identities | date=2016 | access-date=30 April 2016}}<br />
* {{cite web | url=http://www.punjabiuniversity.ac.in/ | title=Our Vice-Chancellors | publisher=Punjabi University | work=web site | date=2016 | access-date=30 April 2016}}<br />
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