Raj Kaul
Appearance
Raj Kaul-Nehru | |
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Born | Raj Kaul Kashmir |
Occupation | Scholar |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Old Delhi |
Main interests | Translation |
Raj Kaul was an Indian Sanskrit and Persian scholar from Kashmir, who had been recruited in 1716 by the then Mughul Emperor, Farrukhsiyar (1683 – 1719), to move to Old Delhi, where he settled near a canal and came to be known with a hyphenated Kaul-Nehru, with Nehru evolving from the word nehar, meaning canal. He was later noted as the earliest known member of the Nehru-Gandhi family. As a result, several Nehru member biographies generally begin with Kaul's story.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Prasad, Yogendra; Sharma, Vishnu (2022). History of Modern India & India's Ancient Past (Bharatiya Itihas Prashnottari/ Bharat Ka Itihas/ Vishwa Ka Itihas/ Itihas Ke 50 Viral Sach): History of Modern India & India's ancient Past (in Hindi). Prabhat Prakashan. p. 11.
- ^ Power, Paul F. (1964). "Indian Foreign Policy: The Age of Nehru". The Review of Politics. 26 (2): 257–286. ISSN 0034-6705.
- ^ Sharma, S. K. (2021). "INC and essentiality of the Nehru-Gandhi family". Without Hesitation. Blue Rose Publishers. p. 175.
- ^ Nanda, B. R. (2007). "1. Formative years". The Nehrus: Motilal and Jawaharlal. Oxford University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-19-908793-8.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Samir (2013). "4. Time to rub the salt in". Nothing But!: Book Two: the Long Road to Freedom. Partridge Publishing. pp. 115–116. ISBN 978-1-4828-1474-3.