J. S. Grewal

Jagtar Singh Grewal (1927 – 11 August 2022) was an Indian writer, historian, and scholar, who served as the vice-chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) and as the director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies in Shimla. He belonged to one of the first generations of scholars who established Sikh Studies as its own field. Grewal authored forty single-authored volumes, eight joint-authored volumes, seventeen edited volumes, and many journal articles and chapters in collected volumes. After becoming a Dean of Academic Affairs at GNDU, He had published several articles and is considered by many as a scholar on the subject. The Sikhs of the Punjab, Sikh Ideology, Polity and Social Order, Social and Cultural History of the Punjab, Maharja Ranjit Singh: Polity, Economy and Society, Kinship and State Formation, The Sikhs: Ideology, Institutions, and Identity, Guru Nanak in History and Historical Writings on the Sikhs (1784–2011)'' are some of his notable works and his researches have been subjected to studies on academic level. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2005, for his contributions to Indian literature.

Death Grewal died on 11 August 2022 at the age of 95.

Awards

Padma Shri (2005) Professor of Eminence by the University of Patiala (2010–2016)