Dharampal

Dharampal (Hindi: धरमपाल) (19 February 1922 – 24 October 2006) was an Indian Gandhian 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 British conquest.

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

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 Indian education system before the destruction by Colonial British rule.[7][8]

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

Works

  • 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.

References

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