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| Born | (1940-08-31)31 August 1940 |
| Died | 26 January 2019(2019-01-26) (aged 78) |
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Dr.Madan G. Gandhi (31 August 1940 – 26 January 2019) was an educationalist, litterateur and poet.[1][2] They were a visiting fellow ofSt. John's College, Cambridge.
Gandhi was born on 31 August 1940 inLahore to Srimati Savitri Devi and Kewal Krishan. After the partition, the family relocated to India, where Madan completed his FSc at S.A. Jain College in 1958 and earned a B.A. with Honors in English Literature fromD.A.V. College, Ambala City in 1960.[3][4]
He did his M.A. in English in 1964 fromPanjab University, Chandigarh. His second master's degree was in Political Science fromPunjabi University, Patiala in 1966 and Ph.D. in Political Science from Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1974.[5]
As an editor, he edited six volumes of the Collected Works ofLala Lajpat Rai. He brought out the inaugural issue of the journal Earth Vision and, as editor of the South Asia News Letter, published 7 issues featuring the following volumes:[1][6]
The poetry of Madan G Gandhi was translated into several languages including Persian by Khadijeh Khavari, Najmeh Khavari with the titleThe Best Works of Madan G Gandhi,[8] inItalian by Maria Miraglia,[9]Tamil by Padmaja Narayanan as Petals of Flame,[10] andHindi by Jai Krishan Shukla Swar Se Saadh Anant.[11]
Gandhi received a number of awards in his lifetime.[12]
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