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Ramachandra Guha
Historian

Ramachandra Guha

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Writing India After Gandhi and histories of the environment and cricket.

A Corner of a Foreign Field · India After Gandhi

Born
29 April 1958
Birthplace
Dehradun

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Ramachandra Guha

Ramachandra Guha is an Indian historian whose books connect political history with environmental movements and popular culture.

Early life

Education

Grew up on the Forest Research Institute campus in Dehradun and studied economics before completing a sociology doctorate on the Chipko movement.

Career

  1. Early research

    Environmental history

    Studied Himalayan forestry and peasant resistance.

  2. 2007

    Modern India

    Published India After Gandhi.

  3. 2011

    Sahitya Akademi

    Received the award for that history.

Selected work

A Corner of a Foreign Field

A social history of cricket in India.

India After Gandhi

Traces the country’s history after independence.

Gandhi biography

Published a two-volume account of Gandhi’s life.

Beyond work

Family

Married graphic designer Sujata Keshavan.

Cricket

Served briefly on the BCCI’s court-appointed administrators’ panel in 2017.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

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