Bal Ram Nanda
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Bal Ram Nanda was a writer from New Delhi, India. He was the preeminent Indian biographer of Gandhi, and author of Mahatma Gandhi: A biography, Gandhi and his critics, Gokhale, Gandhi, and the Nehrus, In Search of Gandhi: Essays and Reflections, Gandhi: pan-Islamism, imperialism, and nationalism in India. He has also the author of biographies of Jawaharlal Nehru and Gopal Krishna Gokhale, among several other books.
He was also a senior railway officer and the first Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi.
He was the recipient of the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, in 2003. B. R. Nanda passed away in 2011.