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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian writer}}<br />
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| name = Narendra Luther<br />
| office = Former [[Chief Secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of undivided [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| honorific_prefix =[[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] <br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1932|03|23}}<ref name="PU">Punjab University Oral History Project.[https://oralhistory.puchd.ac.in/narendra-luther/]</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Hoshiarpur]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], India<ref name="PU"/><br />
| death_date ={{Death date and age|2021|01|19|1932|03|23|df=y}}<ref name="TT">''Former bureaucrat, author Narendra Luther passes away in Hyderabad'' in ''[[Telangana Today]]'', 19 January 2021.[https://telanganatoday.com/former-bureaucrat-author-narendra-luther-passes-away-in-hyderabad]</ref><br />
| death_place = Hyderabad, Telangana<ref name="TT"/><br />
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| alma_mater = Government College, Hoshiarpur<ref name="PU"/><br />
| occupation = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer (1955 batch)<ref>Anindita Chowdhury, ''Hyderabad city has lost its character, November 16, 2016, ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]].[https://www.dawn.com/news/1296513]</ref><br />
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'''Narendra Luther''' (23 March 1932<ref name="PU"/> – 19 January 2021<ref name="TT"/>) was a writer, [[civil servant]], author and columnist. He died on the morning of Tuesday, 19 January 2021 in [[Hyderabad, Telangana State]] [[India]]. He worked on the history and culture of erstwhile [[Hyderabad state]] and its rulers. He was President of the [[Society to Save Rocks]], [[Hyderabad, India]].<ref name="STSR">[http://www.saverocks.org/TheSociety.html ''Society to Save Rocks'' - ''The Society'']</ref><br />
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Noted Academician, Sachidananda Mohanty<ref>Sachidananda Mohanty, ''Travel Writing and the Empire'', Katha, New Delhi, 2003, p.182.[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=UYIxF0peoR0C&newbks=0&lpg=PA182&dq=chief%20secretary%20narendra%20luther&pg]</ref> writes,<br />
{{quote| (Adapted) Narendra Luther was an acknowledged expert on the history and culture of Hyderabad. He had written exclusively on this subject and authored many books. He had won several awards for his work in [[Urdu language|Urdu]]. Some of his books and articles had been translated into a number of Indian and foreign languages. He had also produced many acclaimed documentaries including India's first full-length animation film on the love story of the founder of Hyderabad. His documentary won two [[Golden Astor]] awards.}}<br />
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Current [[Chief Minister of Telangana]], Sri [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]] recalled the contribution of Narendra Luther on his death and expressed his condolences,<br />
{{quote| (Adapted) Narendra Luther was a person who worked on the history and culture of erstwhile Hyderabad State and its rulers and also as the President of the Society to Save Rocks, Hyderabad. He served as a civil servant working in various capacities in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh government.}}<ref>''CM KCR condoles demise of writer Narendra Luther'', ''Telangana Today'', 19 January 2021.[https://telanganatoday.com/cm-kcr-condoles-demise-of-writer-narendra-luther]</ref><br />
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{{Succession box| before=[[Laxma Goud]]<br />1996| title=President,<br />[[Society to Save Rocks]]| after=''Incumbent''| years=1997-2021}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* http://www.narendraluther.in/<br />
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[[Category:Writers from Hyderabad, India]]<br />
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