Devi Dutt Sharma

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| birth_place = Kumaon, [[Uttarakhand]], India
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| occupation = Scholar, writer
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'''Devi Dutt Sharma''' (born 23 October 1924) is an Indian scholar and writer of [[Dogri language|Dogri]] literature,<ref name="Rediff">{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/montek-premji-ahluwalia-among-padma-awardees/20110125.htm | title=Rediff | publisher=Rediff | date=2011 | access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Times Now">{{cite web | url=http://www.timesnow.tv/articleshow/4363627.cms | title=Times Now | publisher=Times Now | date=2011 | access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref> best known for his writings on [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] dialects, culture and ethnic history.<ref name="Tribune India">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110129/dplus.htm#3 | title=Tribune India | publisher=Tribune India | date=2014 | access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honored Sharma in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Devi Dutt Sharma was born on 23 October 1924 in the Nanital [[Kumaon District|Kumaon]] district<ref name="Innocent Sapney">{{cite web | url=http://innocentsapney.blogspot.ae/2011/01/famous-personalities-of-uttaranchal.html | title=Innocent Sapney | publisher=Innocent Sapney | date=2014 | access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref> of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. After passing his master's degree (MA) from Agra University, he secured two doctoral degrees, a PhD from [[Banares Hindu University]] and a DLitt from [[Panjab University, Chandigarh]].<ref name="Munda: Sub-stratum of Tibeto-Himalayan Languages, Volume 7">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FyE1UQuFC5cC&q=%22Socio-Cultural+History+of+Uttarakhand%22+book&pg=PA105 | title=Munda: Sub-stratum of Tibeto-Himalayan Languages, Volume 7 | publisher=Mittal Publications | author=DD Sharma | year=2003 | pages=102 | isbn=9788170998600}}</ref> He is credited with 28 books, 200 research papers and contributions to 56 research volumes.<ref name="Tribune India" /> and is best known for his eight volume work, ''Socio-Cultural History of Uttarakhand''.<ref name="Uttarākhaṇḍa kā sāmājika evaṃ sāṃskr̥tika itihāsa">{{cite book | title=Uttarākhaṇḍa kā sāmājika evaṃ sāṃskr̥tika itihāsa | publisher=Haldvānī : Uttarāyaṇa Prakāśana | author=D D Sharma | year=2002 | oclc=263065466}}</ref><ref name="Cultural History of Uttarakhand">{{cite book | title=Cultural History of Uttarakhand | publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts | author=D. D. Sharma | year=2009 | pages=418 | isbn=978-8124604342}}</ref> He has completed a three volume encyclopedia, ''Gyan Kosh'' which is awaiting publication.<ref name="Innocent Sapney" />

A former Sanskrit professor of [[Panjab University, Chandigarh]],<ref name="Munda: Sub-stratum of Tibeto-Himalayan Languages, Volume 7" /> Sharma has been honored with several awards such as the ''Life Time Achievement Award'' by the [[Garhwal University]], Srinagar.<ref name="Tribune India" /> ''All India Vidvat Samman'' by the Gyan Kalyan Datvya Nyas, New Delhi,<ref name="Munda: Sub-stratum of Tibeto-Himalayan Languages, Volume 7" /> ''Sanskrit Vidvat Samman'' (1999) by the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University,<ref name="Munda: Sub-stratum of Tibeto-Himalayan Languages, Volume 7" /> ''International Man of the Millennium Award'' (2000) from the [[International Biographical Centre]], Cambridge, UK,<ref name="Innocent Sapney" /> ''Millenium Sanskrit Samman'' (2001) by the [[Government of India]],<ref name="Munda: Sub-stratum of Tibeto-Himalayan Languages, Volume 7" /> and the ''Certificate of Honour'' (2001) from the [[President of India]].<ref name="Munda: Sub-stratum of Tibeto-Himalayan Languages, Volume 7" /> In 2011, the [[Government of India]] included Sharma in the [[Indian honours system|Republic day honours]] for the award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri" />

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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | title=Cultural History of Uttarakhand | publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts | author=D D Sharma | year=2009 | pages=418 | isbn=978-8124604342}}
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FyE1UQuFC5cC&q=%22Socio-Cultural+History+of+Uttarakhand%22+book&pg=PA105 | title=Munda: Sub-stratum of Tibeto-Himalayan Languages, Volume 7 | publisher=Mittal Publications | author=D D Sharma | year=2003 | pages=102 | isbn=9788170998600}}
* {{cite book | title=Uttarākhaṇḍa kā sāmājika evaṃ sāṃskr̥tika itihāsa | publisher=Haldvānī : Uttarāyaṇa Prakāśana | author=D D Sharma | year=2002 | oclc=263065466}}

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