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{{short description|Indian author and activist}}
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| birth_place = [[Muzaffarnagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| birth_place = [[Muzaffarnagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|2006|10|24}} <ref>https://www.cisindus.org/2020/06/02/introducing-dharampal/</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607061354/https://www.cisindus.org/2020/06/02/introducing-dharampal/|title=Introducing Dharampal - Center For Indic Studies|date=7 June 2020|website=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://indiafacts.org/remembering-dharampals-seminal-contribution/|title=Remembering Dharampal’s Seminal Contribution|first=Ankur|last=Kakkar|date=19 February 2019}}</ref>
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'''Dharampal''' ({{lang-hi|धरमपाल}}) (19 February 1922&nbsp;– 24 October 2006) was an Indian [[Gandhism|Gandhian]] thinker. He authored ''The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century'' (1983),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/25136384-the-beautiful-tree-indigenous-indian-education-in-the-eighteenth-centur|title=The Beautiful Tree|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref> ''Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century'' (1971) and ''Civil Disobedience and Indian Tradition'' (1971), among other seminal works, which have led to a radical reappraisal of conventional views of the cultural, scientific and technological achievements of Indian society at the eve of the establishment of [[Company rule in India]].
'''Dharampal''' ({{lang-hi|धरमपाल}}) (19 February 1922&nbsp;– 24 October 2006) was an Indian thinker. He authored ''The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century'' (1983),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/25136384-the-beautiful-tree-indigenous-indian-education-in-the-eighteenth-centur|title=The Beautiful Tree|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref> ''Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century'' (1971) and ''Civil Disobedience and Indian Tradition'' (1971), among other seminal works, which have led to a radical reappraisal of conventional views of the cultural, scientific and technological achievements of Indian society at the eve of the establishment of [[Company rule in India]].


In 2001, he was named chairman of the National Commission on Cattle and Minister of State by the Government of India.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/National-commission-on-Cattle-to-be-set-up/articleshow_new/1136006699.cms|title=National commission on Cattle to be set up - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dahd.nic.in/related-links/chapter-ii-exective-summery|title=CHAPTER II Exective Summery &#124; Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying|website=dahd.nic.in}}</ref>
In 2001, he was named chairman of the National Commission on Cattle and Minister of State by the Government of India.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/National-commission-on-Cattle-to-be-set-up/articleshow_new/1136006699.cms|title=National commission on Cattle to be set up - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dahd.nic.in/related-links/chapter-ii-exective-summery|title=CHAPTER II Exective Summery &#124; Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying|website=dahd.nic.in}}</ref>


Dharampal was instrumental in changing the understanding of pre-colonial [[Education in India|Indian education system]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kakkar|first=Ankur|date=2019-02-19|title=Remembering Dharampal’s Seminal Contribution|url=http://indiafacts.org/remembering-dharampals-seminal-contribution/|access-date=2020-12-27|website=IndiaFacts|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
Dharampal was instrumental in changing the understanding of pre-colonial [[Education in India|Indian education system]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Kakkar|first=Ankur|date=2019-02-19|title=Remembering Dharampal's Seminal Contribution|url=http://indiafacts.org/remembering-dharampals-seminal-contribution/|access-date=2020-12-27|website=IndiaFacts|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" />


Dharampal primary works are based on documentation by the [[British Raj|colonial government]] on Indian education, agriculture, technology, and arts during the period of colonial rule in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indictoday.com/reviews/dharampals-the-beautiful-tree-indigenous-traditional-indian-education-in-the-eighteenth-century/|title=Dharampal’s ‘The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/446501?journalCode=cer|title=Comparative Education Review Volume 29, Number 1 Feb. 1985}}</ref>
Dharampal primary works are based on documentation by the [[British Raj|colonial government]] on Indian education, agriculture, technology, and arts during the period of colonial rule in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indictoday.com/reviews/dharampals-the-beautiful-tree-indigenous-traditional-indian-education-in-the-eighteenth-century/|title=Dharampal's 'The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century|date=22 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/446501?journalCode=cer|title=Comparative Education Review Volume 29, Number 1 Feb. 1985|journal=Comparative Education Review|date=February 1985|volume=29|issue=1|pages=137–140|doi=10.1086/446501|last1=Basu|first1=Aparna}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
*''[[The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century]]'' (1983).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/TheBeautifulTree-Dharampal|title=THE BEAUTIFUL TREE - DHARAMPAL|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> Translated into Kannada by Madhava Peraje with the title ''Cheluva Taru''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/603344/gandhian-thinker-dharampal-has-not.html|title='Gandhian thinker Dharampal has not got due credit'|date=27 March 2017|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
*''[[The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century]]'' (1983).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/TheBeautifulTree-Dharampal|title=THE BEAUTIFUL TREE - DHARAMPAL|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> Translated into Kannada by Madhava Peraje with the title ''Cheluva Taru''<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/603344/gandhian-thinker-dharampal-has-not.html|title='Gandhian thinker Dharampal has not got due credit'|date=27 March 2017|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
*'' The British Origin of Cow-slaughter in India With Some British Documents on the Anti-Kine-Killing Movement 1880-1894'' (2003) By Dharampal, T. M. Mukundan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999955530202121|title=The British origin of cow-slaughter in India: with some British documents on the Anti-Kine-Killing Movement, 1880-1894|date=6 September 2002|publisher=Society for Integrated Development of Himalayas|via=University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Catalog}}</ref>
*'' The British Origin of Cow-slaughter in India With Some British Documents on the Anti-Kine-Killing Movement 1880-1894'' (2003) By Dharampal, T. M. Mukundan.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999955530202121|title=The British origin of cow-slaughter in India: with some British documents on the Anti-Kine-Killing Movement, 1880-1894|date=6 September 2002|publisher=Society for Integrated Development of Himalayas|via=University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Catalog}}</ref>
*''Understanding Gandhi'' (2003)<ref>https://www.google.com/books/edition/Understanding_Gandhi/y-MxywAACAAJ?hl=en</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22019037-understanding-gandhi|title=Understanding Gandhi|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref> Essays on Gandhi.
*''Understanding Gandhi'' (2003)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Understanding_Gandhi/y-MxywAACAAJ?hl=en|isbn = 9788185569598|title = Understanding Gandhi|year = 2003|publisher = Other India Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22019037-understanding-gandhi|title=Understanding Gandhi|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref> Essays on Gandhi.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://www.dharampal.net/ Dharampal]
* [https://www.dharampal.net/ Dharampal]
* [http://www.samanvaya.com/dharampal/ Dharampal's India – Samanvaya]
* [http://www.samanvaya.com/dharampal/ Dharampal's India – Samanvaya]
* [http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/t_es/t_es_agraw_dharampal_frameset.htm Dharampal – Infinity Foundation]
* [http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/t_es/t_es_agraw_dharampal_frameset.htm Dharampal – Infinity Foundation]
* [http://www.avard.in/ AVARD - Associiation of Voluntary Agencies for Rural Development]
* [http://www.avard.in/ AVARD - Association of Voluntary Agencies for Rural Development]


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{{Modern Hindu writers}}

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Dharampal
Born(1922-02-19)19 February 1922
Died(2006-10-24)24 October 2006 [1][2][3]
NationalityIndia

Dharampal (Hindi: धरमपाल) (19 February 1922 – 24 October 2006) was an Indian thinker. He authored The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century (1983),[4] Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century (1971) and Civil Disobedience and Indian Tradition (1971), among other seminal works, which have led to a radical reappraisal of conventional views of the cultural, scientific and technological achievements of Indian society at the eve of the establishment of Company rule in India.

In 2001, he was named chairman of the National Commission on Cattle and Minister of State by the Government of India.[2][5][6]

Dharampal was instrumental in changing the understanding of pre-colonial Indian education system.[7][8]

Dharampal primary works are based on documentation by the colonial government on Indian education, agriculture, technology, and arts during the period of colonial rule in India.[9][10]

Works

References

  1. https://www.cisindus.org/2020/06/02/introducing-dharampal/
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Introducing Dharampal - Center For Indic Studies". 7 June 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kakkar, Ankur (19 February 2019). "Remembering Dharampal's Seminal Contribution".
  4. "The Beautiful Tree". www.goodreads.com.
  5. "National commission on Cattle to be set up - Times of India". The Times of India.
  6. "CHAPTER II Exective Summery | Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying". dahd.nic.in.
  7. Kakkar, Ankur (19 February 2019). "Remembering Dharampal's Seminal Contribution". IndiaFacts. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "'Gandhian thinker Dharampal has not got due credit'". Deccan Herald. 27 March 2017.
  9. "Dharampal's 'The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century". 22 December 2019.
  10. Basu, Aparna (February 1985). "Comparative Education Review Volume 29, Number 1 Feb. 1985". Comparative Education Review. 29 (1): 137–140. doi:10.1086/446501.
  11. "THE BEAUTIFUL TREE - DHARAMPAL" – via Internet Archive.
  12. The British origin of cow-slaughter in India: with some British documents on the Anti-Kine-Killing Movement, 1880-1894. Society for Integrated Development of Himalayas. 6 September 2002 – via University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Catalog.
  13. Understanding Gandhi. Other India Press. 2003. ISBN 9788185569598.
  14. "Understanding Gandhi". www.goodreads.com.


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