50 CAPTIVATING LIVES

by H D Sharma

  • Category History
  • Format Paperback
  • Imprint Rupa
  • Price 495
  1. ISBN: 978-93-5702-207-1
  2. Pages: 384 pages
  3. Date: 5th May 2023

ABOUT THIS BOOK

This is a well-documented set of a hundred short biographies of people who have left their footprints
in the sands of Indian history in different ways. The figures included lived in the last two hundred
years, but are no longer alive. Included are persons from almost every field of activity—writers,
artists, scientists, social reformers, educationalists, politicians and freedom fighters. Several British
people who spent a major part of their adult lives in India and contributed in a major way to the
country are also included.
This is a unique volume for all those interested in the larger-than-life figures in India’s turbulent
history over the past two centuries.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

H.D. Sharma was educated in the universities of Punjab, Delhi and Michigan. He is a two-time
recipient of the prestigious Fulbright scholarship. He has worked as a librarian and taught library
science in universities in India and abroad. He has also authored and edited a number of books.