Ramachandra Guha

Ramachandra Guha
Guha in 2024 during a lecture at National Law School of India
Born (1958-04-29) 29 April 1958 (age 66)
Dehradun, India[1]
Alma materUniversity of Delhi (BA, MA)
IIM Calcutta (Fellowship Program)
Occupation(s)Historian, author, public intellectual, distinguished University professor at Krea University
Notable work
SpouseSujata Keshavan
Websiteramachandraguha.in
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Ramachandra "Ram" Guha[a] (born 29 April 1958) is an Indian historian, environmentalist, writer and public intellectual whose research interests include social, political, contemporary, environmental and cricket history, and the field of economics. He is an important authority on the history of modern India.

For the years 2011–12, he held a visiting position at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), occupying the Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs. Guha was a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru. The American Historical Association (AHA) has conferred its Honorary Foreign Member prize for the year 2019 on Ramchandra Guha. He is the third Indian historian to be recognised by the association, joining the ranks of Romila Thapar and Jadunath Sarkar, who received the honour in 2009 and 1952, respectively.

Covering a wide range of subjects, Guha has produced three major books of modern India's socio-political history. Among them, Gandhi Before India (2013) and Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World (2018), are the two volumes of biography of Mahatma Gandhi, an icon of the Indian independence movement. The other being India After Gandhi (2007), an account of the history of India from 1947-2017, which received commercial and critical success.

He is a trustee of New India Foundation fellowship programme. He was appointed to BCCI's panel of administrators by the Supreme Court of India in January 2017, but stepped down from his position citing personal reasons five months later. A regular contributor to various academic journals, Guha has also written for The Caravan and Outlook magazines. His book India After Gandhi is read by aspirants of the Indian civil services examination.[22] He is a columnist for The Telegraph, Hindustan Times, and Hindi daily newspaper, Amar Ujala. Guha was listed among the 100 most powerful Indians in 2022 by The Indian Express.[23]

  1. ^ "Ramachandra Guha: Celebrating the life of Keshav Desiraju – a true Nehruvian Indian". Scroll. Scroll.in. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Modi is a study in self love," Ram Guha at The Wire Dialogues, 9 July 2018, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 5 September 2021
  3. ^ Ramachandra Guha (23 November 2020). "When Rahul Dravid told Ram Guha to 'shut up' about cricket strategy, write history books". ThePrint. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  4. ^ Advani, Rukun (29 April 2021). "'He was what was called in those days a sports type': Ram Guha through the eyes of Rukun Advani". Scroll.in. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Ramachandra Guha: Is Ram Guha's hate for Modi behind his racist stereotyping of Gujaratis?". Times of India Blog. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Opinion: In Response To Ram Guha's View Of Rahul Gandhi - by Salman Khurshid". NDTV.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  7. ^ Mamata Must Not Behave Like Modi: Ram Guha, 6 May 2021, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 5 September 2021
  8. ^ Pioneer, The. "Celebration of a genius". The Pioneer. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  9. ^ "'Kerala did a disastrous thing by electing Rahul Gandhi':Ram Guha at KLF". The News Minute. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  10. ^ Nanda, Prashant K. (16 October 2018). "Historian Ram Guha to join Ahmedabad University as professor". mint. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  11. ^ Quint, The (19 December 2019). "CAA: Historian Ram Guha Detained, Says 'Rulers in Delhi Scared'". TheQuint. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Ram Guha vs Salman Khurshid: Who you support? - Conversation - Legally India". www.legallyindia.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Ram Guha retires hurt. Was it to protest Kumble treatment?". The New Indian Express. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Yogendra Yadav, Ram Guha and others say citizens' resources should be treated as govt resources; infuriates Twitter". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  15. ^ "An Unlikely Democracy". www.law.columbia.edu. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  16. ^ Editorial (9 March 2011). "In praise of … Ramachandra Guha | Editorial". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Ram Guha must know: Sonia, Rahul leaving space 'won't help' secularism, democracy". 29 December 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  18. ^ Vardhan, Anand (12 November 2017). "The anxieties of Ram Guha, the compulsive adviser". Newslaundry. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Are bhakts misappropriating Netaji? Ram Guha thinks so". www.dailyo.in. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  20. ^ Desk, InsideSport (1 June 2017). "Citing personal reasons, Ram Guha quits BCCI panel". InsideSport. Retrieved 5 September 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  21. ^ Patel, Aakar (5 November 2018). "And then they came for Ram Guha". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  22. ^ Jaishankar, Dhruva (6 February 2018). "India's 5 most important public intellectuals – and what this list says about our national discourse". Scroll.in. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  23. ^ "IE 100 2022: List of most powerful Indians". The Indian Express. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.


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