Dharampal
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.
Dharampal | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 February 1922 |
| Died | 24 October 2006 [1][2][3] |
| Nationality | 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]
WorksEdit
- The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century (1983).[11][3] Translated into Kannada by Madhava Peraje with the title Cheluva Taru[8]
- 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.[12]
- Understanding Gandhi (2003)[13][14] Essays on Gandhi.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ https://www.cisindus.org/2020/06/02/introducing-dharampal/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Introducing Dharampal - Center For Indic Studies". 7 June 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kakkar, Ankur (19 February 2019). "Remembering Dharampal's Seminal Contribution".
- ↑ "The Beautiful Tree". www.goodreads.com.
- ↑ "National commission on Cattle to be set up - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "CHAPTER II Exective Summery | Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying". dahd.nic.in.
- ↑ Kakkar, Ankur (19 February 2019). "Remembering Dharampal's Seminal Contribution". IndiaFacts. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "'Gandhian thinker Dharampal has not got due credit'". Deccan Herald. 27 March 2017.
- ↑ "Dharampal's 'The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century". 22 December 2019.
- ↑ Basu, Aparna (February 1985). "Comparative Education Review Volume 29, Number 1 Feb. 1985". Comparative Education Review. 29 (1): 137–140. doi:10.1086/446501.
- ↑ "THE BEAUTIFUL TREE - DHARAMPAL" – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Understanding Gandhi. Other India Press. 2003. ISBN 9788185569598.
- ↑ "Understanding Gandhi". www.goodreads.com.