Pratul chandra gupta biography

Pratul Chandra Gupta (16 January 1910 – 11 March 1990) ^[1] was an Indian historian, writer and the author of Nana Sahib and the Rising at Cawnpore,^[2] a historical account of the siege of Cawnpore.^[3] Considered by many as an authority on Maratha history, he translated The Maharashta Purana, an 18th-century Bengali text written by Gangaram^[4] into English, Edward C. Dimock, a known Indologist, being his co-translator.^[5] One of his books, INA in Military Operation, was commissioned by Jawaharlal Nehru^[6] but the book could not be published, reportedly due to political objections.^[7]The Last Peshwa and the English Commissioners, 1818-1851^[8] and Shah Alam II and His Court are some of his other notable works.^[9] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1975, for his contributions to Literature.^[10]