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	\| name = Herbert Fischer		\| name = Herbert Fischer
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1914\|04\|10}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1914\|04\|10\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = ~~East Germany~~		\| birth_place = [[Herrnhut]], [[Kingdom of Saxony]], [[German Empire]]
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2006\|02\|03\|1914\|04\|10}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2006\|02\|03\|1914\|04\|10\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = Germany		\| death_place = Germany
	\| occupation = Diplomat<br>Writer<br>Indologist		\| occupation = Diplomat<br>Writer<br>Indologist
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	[[Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit]]		[[Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver]]
	[[Category:~~People from Herrnhut~~]]		[[Category:Recipients of the Banner of Labor]]
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			{{Short description\|German politician and diplomat (1914–2006)}}
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	\| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br>[[Patriotic Order of Merit]]		\| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br>[[Patriotic Order of Merit]]
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	'''Herbert Fischer''' (1914–2006) was a German diplomat, indologist and the ambassador of the erstwhile [[German Democratic Republic]] to India from 1972 to 1976.<ref name="Herbert Fischer German diplomat ">{{cite web \| url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Herbert+Fischer/0/13492.html \| title=Herbert Fischer German diplomat \| publisher=Munzinger \| date=2016 \| access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> Fischer was born on 10 April 1914 in [[Herrnhut]], in East Germany to a craftsman. He migrated to western Europe in 1933, where he completed his studies. Fischer moved to India in 1936, which gave him the opportunity to get acquainted with [[~~Gandhiji~~]]. After [[Indian independence movement\|Indian independence in 1947]], he ~~went back~~ to the German Democratic Republic, where he joined the [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (East Germany)\|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] in 1956.<ref name="Herbert Fischer German diplomat " /> He served as the Chief of the East German Trade Mission in the late 1960s,<ref name="East German Recognition">{{cite web \| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19681220&id=ja0cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J4wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6120,3693679&hl=en \| title=East German Recognition \| publisher=Sarasota Journal \| date=20 December 1968 \| access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> before becoming the East German ambassador to India in 1972.<ref name="A memory of Herbert Fischer">{{cite web \| url=https://www.jungewelt.de/loginFailed.php?ref=/2014/04-10/015.php \| title=A memory of Herbert Fischer \| publisher=Junglewelt \| date=2016 \| access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> He was the author of many [[Indology\|Indological]] books,<ref name="Fischer, Herbert">{{cite web \| url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm;jsessionid=823D60F509170670F14D3782BFFE2B7D.prod-worker0?method=showFullRecord&currentResultId=%22118691252%22%26any&currentPosition=5 \| title=Fischer, Herbert \| publisher=Catalogue of the German National Library \| date=2016 \| access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Mahatma Gandhi: Personality and Leader">{{cite web \| url=http://www.bagchee.com/books/BB34194/mahatma-gandhi-personality-and-leader/ \| title=Mahatma Gandhi: Personality and Leader \| publisher=Bagchee \| date=2016 \| access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> including ''Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi'', a biography of the Indian leader.<ref name="Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi">{{cite web \| url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=showFullRecord&currentResultId=%22118691252%22%26any&currentPosition=0 \| title=Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi \| publisher=Catalogue of the German National Library \| date=2016 \| access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> He was a recipient of the [[Patriotic Order of Merit]] III Class.<ref name="Herbert Fischer German diplomat " /> In 2003, the [[Government of India]] awarded him the [[Padma Bhushan]], their third highest civilian honour, for his contributions to public affairs.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2016 \|access-date=January 3, 2016 \|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=~~November~~ 15, ~~2014~~ }}</ref>		'''Herbert Fischer''' (1914–2006) was a German diplomat, indologist and the ambassador of the erstwhile [[German Democratic Republic]] to India from 1972 to 1976.<ref name="Herbert Fischer German diplomat ">{{cite web \| url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Herbert+Fischer/0/13492.html \| title=Herbert Fischer German diplomat \| publisher=Munzinger \| date=2016 \| access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> Fischer was born on 10 April 1914 in [[Herrnhut]], in East Germany to a craftsman. He migrated to western Europe in 1933, where he completed his studies. Fischer moved to India in 1936, which gave him the opportunity to get acquainted with [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. After [[Indian independence movement\|Indian independence in 1947]], he returned to the German Democratic Republic, where he joined the [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (East Germany)\|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] in 1956.<ref name="Herbert Fischer German diplomat " /> He served as the Chief of the East German Trade Mission in the late 1960s,<ref name="East German Recognition">{{cite web \| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19681220&id=ja0cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J4wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6120,3693679&hl=en \| title=East German Recognition \| publisher=Sarasota Journal \| date=20 December 1968 \| access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> before becoming the East German ambassador to India in 1972.<ref name="A memory of Herbert Fischer">{{cite web \| url=https://www.jungewelt.de/loginFailed.php?ref=/2014/04-10/015.php \| title=A memory of Herbert Fischer \| publisher=Junglewelt \| date=2016 \| access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> He was the author of many [[Indology\|Indological]] books,<ref name="Fischer, Herbert">{{cite web \| url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm;jsessionid=823D60F509170670F14D3782BFFE2B7D.prod-worker0?method=showFullRecord&currentResultId=%22118691252%22%26any&currentPosition=5 \| title=Fischer, Herbert \| publisher=Catalogue of the German National Library \| date=2016 \| access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Mahatma Gandhi: Personality and Leader">{{cite web \| url=http://www.bagchee.com/books/BB34194/mahatma-gandhi-personality-and-leader/ \| title=Mahatma Gandhi: Personality and Leader \| publisher=Bagchee \| date=2016 \| access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> including ''Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi'', a biography of the Indian leader.<ref name="Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi">{{cite web \| url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=showFullRecord&currentResultId=%22118691252%22%26any&currentPosition=0 \| title=Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi \| publisher=Catalogue of the German National Library \| date=2016 \| access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> He was a recipient of the [[Patriotic Order of Merit]] III Class.<ref name="Herbert Fischer German diplomat " /> In 2003, the [[Government of India]] awarded him the [[Padma Bhushan]], their third highest civilian honour, for his contributions to public affairs.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2016 \|access-date=January 3, 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	== External links ==		== External links ==
			*Alexander Benatar (2021). "[https://www.projekt-mida.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Benatar-Alexander-Herbert-Fischer-%E2%80%93-An-Entangled-German-Indian-Biography.pdf Herbert Fischer – An Entangled German Indian Biography]." ''[https://www.projekt-mida.de/rechercheportal/reflexicon/ MIDA Archival Reflexicon]''. pp. 7.
	*{{cite book\|author=Ramachandra Guha\|title=An Anthropologist Among the Marxists and Other Essays\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hslnO7LGdRMC&pg=PA72\|year=2001\|publisher=Orient Blackswan\|isbn=978-81-7824-001-5\|pages=72–}}		*{{cite book\|author=Ramachandra Guha\|title=An Anthropologist Among the Marxists and Other Essays\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hslnO7LGdRMC&pg=PA72\|year=2001\|publisher=Orient Blackswan\|isbn=978-81-7824-001-5\|pages=72–}}

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[[Category:Ambassadors of East Germany]]
{{Infobox person
| name = Herbert Fischer
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|04|10}}
| birth_place = East Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|02|03|1914|04|10}}
| death_place = Germany
| occupation = Diplomat<br>Writer<br>Indologist
| known for = Writings on [[Gandhiji]]
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br>[[Patriotic Order of Merit]]
}}
'''Herbert Fischer''' (1914–2006) was a German diplomat, indologist and the ambassador of the erstwhile [[German Democratic Republic]] to India from 1972 to 1976.<ref name="Herbert Fischer German diplomat ">{{cite web | url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Herbert+Fischer/0/13492.html | title=Herbert Fischer German diplomat | publisher=Munzinger | date=2016 | access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> Fischer was born on 10 April 1914 in [[Herrnhut]], in East Germany to a craftsman. He migrated to western Europe in 1933, where he completed his studies. Fischer moved to India in 1936, which gave him the opportunity to get acquainted with [[Gandhiji]]. After [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence in 1947]], he went back to the German Democratic Republic, where he joined the [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (East Germany)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] in 1956.<ref name="Herbert Fischer German diplomat " /> He served as the Chief of the East German Trade Mission in the late 1960s,<ref name="East German Recognition">{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19681220&id=ja0cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J4wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6120,3693679&hl=en | title=East German Recognition | publisher=Sarasota Journal | date=20 December 1968 | access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> before becoming the East German ambassador to India in 1972.<ref name="A memory of Herbert Fischer">{{cite web | url=https://www.jungewelt.de/loginFailed.php?ref=/2014/04-10/015.php | title=A memory of Herbert Fischer | publisher=Junglewelt | date=2016 | access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> He was the author of many [[Indology|Indological]] books,<ref name="Fischer, Herbert">{{cite web | url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm;jsessionid=823D60F509170670F14D3782BFFE2B7D.prod-worker0?method=showFullRecord&currentResultId=%22118691252%22%26any&currentPosition=5 | title=Fischer, Herbert | publisher=Catalogue of the German National Library | date=2016 | access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Mahatma Gandhi: Personality and Leader">{{cite web | url=http://www.bagchee.com/books/BB34194/mahatma-gandhi-personality-and-leader/ | title=Mahatma Gandhi: Personality and Leader | publisher=Bagchee | date=2016 | access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> including ''Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi'', a biography of the Indian leader.<ref name="Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi">{{cite web | url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=showFullRecord&currentResultId=%22118691252%22%26any&currentPosition=0 | title=Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | publisher=Catalogue of the German National Library | date=2016 | access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> He was a recipient of the [[Patriotic Order of Merit]] III Class.<ref name="Herbert Fischer German diplomat " /> In 2003, the [[Government of India]] awarded him the [[Padma Bhushan]], their third highest civilian honour, for his contributions to public affairs.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=January 3, 2016 |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=November 15, 2014 }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{cite book|author=Ramachandra Guha|title=An Anthropologist Among the Marxists and Other Essays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hslnO7LGdRMC&pg=PA72|year=2001|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-7824-001-5|pages=72–}}

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