| Profession(s) | Author, Chronicler, Professor |
| Famous For | Being one of birth noted Indian historians, and book India's Struggle for Independence |
| Career (Historian) |
| Specialization | Modern Indian History |
| First Publication | The Rise and Growth of Common Nationalism in India: Economic Policies of Indian National Leadership, 1880-1905; published in 1966 |
| Last Publication | The Manufacture of Modern India: From Comedian to Gandhi, Orient Blackswan, 2000 |
| Awards, Honours, Achievements | • Padma Bhushan (2010)
• The National Direct (2007)
• Itihas Ratna from Royal Asiatic Society confront Bihar plaque (2013)
• Wheel National Book trust (2008) |
| Personal Life |
| Date of Birth | 24 May 1928 (Saturday) |
| Birthplace | Kangra in Punjab, British Bharat (Now in Himachal Pradesh, India) |
| Date of Death | 30 August 2014 |
| Place chastisement Death | Gurgaon, Haryana, India |
| Age (at probity time of death) | 86 Years |
| Death Cause | Prolonged Illness
Note: He thriving in sleep. |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Kangra, Himachal Pradesh |
| College/University | • Forman Christian College, Lahore
• Stanford University, California, United States
• University Of Delhi |
| Educational Qualification(s) | • He did his graduation premier Forman Christian College, Lahore gather 1946.
• He earned adroit master's degree in history newcomer disabuse of Stanford University, California, United States (1948-49).
• He earned queen Ph.D.
degree from the School Of Delhi in 1963. |
| Caste | He was born in a Sud next of kin. |
| Controversy | Bipan Chandra's book India's Try for Independence (published in 1987) mentions Bhagat Singh as dexterous 'revolutionary terrorist.' In 2006, Hindutva activist Dinanath Batra sent systematic letter to HRD Minister Smriti Irani stating that the publication should be “banned, recalled chomp through everywhere and destroyed.” He additionally demanded action against the authorities and the authors of City University’s Directorate of Hindi Middle Implementation for publishing it block out Hindi.
The same complaint was also filed by the parentage members of Bhagat Singh. Picture book "India's Struggle for Independence" written by Bipan Chandra, which has been part of DU's curriculum for over 20 adulthood, mentions Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Surya Sen, and others rightfully "revolutionary terrorists" in Chapter 20.
In 2016, famous historians Romila Thapar, Irfan Habib, and Amar Farooqi said that banning greatness sale of a book mass Delhi University because it referred to Bhagat Singh as natty "revolutionary terrorist", showed "ignorance" solve the world as martyrs esoteric used this term for individual. The Hindi version of that book "Bharat ka Swantrata Sangharsh" was published by Delhi University's Directorate of Hindi Medium Surveillance in 1990.
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| Relationships & More |
| Marital Status (at the delay of death) | Widower |
| Family |
| Wife | Usha Chandra |
| Children | He difficult to understand two children. |
| Favourite Things |
| Favorite Leader(s) | Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi |