Pratul Chandra Gupta
Pratul Chandra Gupta (16 January 1910 – 11 March 1990) was an Indian historian, writer and the author of ''Nana Sahib and the Rising at Cawnpore'', a historical account of the
siege of Cawnpore. Considered by many as an authority on
Maratha history, he translated ''The Maharashta Purana'', an 18th-century
Bengali text written by Gangaram into English, Edward C. Dimock, a known
Indologist, being his co-translator. One of his books, ''INA in Military Operation'', was commissioned by
Jawaharlal Nehru but the book could not be published, reportedly due to political objections. ''The Last Peshwa and the English Commissioners, 1818–1851'' and ''Shah Alam II and His Court'' are some of his other notable works. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the
Padma Bhushan, in 1975, for his contributions to Literature.
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