Vinay Lal

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Vinay Lal
Born	1961 Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	Johns Hopkins University (BA, MA) University of Chicago (PhD)
Occupation(s)	Author, professor
Known for	Oxford Anthology of the Modern Indian City

Vinay Lal is an Indian historian. He is a professor of history and Asian American studies at UCLA. He writes widely on the history and culture of colonial and modern India, popular and public culture in India, cinema, historiography, the politics of world history, the Indian diaspora, global politics, contemporary American politics, the life and thought of Mohandas Gandhi, Hinduism, and the politics of knowledge systems.