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{{Short description|German politician and diplomat (1914–2006)}}
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| 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.&nbsp;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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Herbert Fischer
Born(1914-04-10)April 10, 1914
East Germany
DiedFebruary 3, 2006(2006-02-03) (aged 91)
Germany
OccupationDiplomat
Writer
Indologist
Known forWritings on Gandhiji
AwardsPadma Bhushan
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.[1] 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 in 1947, he returned to the German Democratic Republic, where he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1956.[1] He served as the Chief of the East German Trade Mission in the late 1960s,[2] before becoming the East German ambassador to India in 1972.[3] He was the author of many Indological books,[4][5] including Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a biography of the Indian leader.[6] He was a recipient of the Patriotic Order of Merit III Class.[1] In 2003, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, their third highest civilian honour, for his contributions to public affairs.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Herbert Fischer German diplomat". Munzinger. 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "East German Recognition". Sarasota Journal. 20 December 1968. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "A memory of Herbert Fischer". Junglewelt. 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Fischer, Herbert". Catalogue of the German National Library. 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mahatma Gandhi: Personality and Leader". Bagchee. 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi". Catalogue of the German National Library. 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

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