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Ramachandra Guha Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Ramachandra Guha Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bio
Real NameRamachandra Guha
NicknameNot Known
ProfessionHistorian
Awards/Recognition• In 2001, awarded Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society for Environmental History for his essay “Prehistory of Community Forestry in India.”
• In 2002, awarded the Daily Telegraph Cricket Society Book of the Year prize for “A Corner of a Foreign Field.”
• In 2003, won the R. K. Narayan Prize at the Chennai Book Fair.
• In May 2008, listed one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world by the US magazine Foreign Policy.
• In 2009, awarded Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.
• In 2011, won Sahitya Akademi Award for India after Gandhi.
• In 2015, won Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize.
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)in centimeters- 178 cm
in meters- 1.78 m
in Feet Inches- 5’ 10”
Weight (approx.)in Kilograms- 68 kg
in Pounds- 150 lbs
Eye ColourBlack
Hair ColourSalt & Pepper
Personal Life
Date of Birth29 April 1958 (Tuesday)
Age (as of 2024)66 Years
Birth PlaceDehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand)
Zodiac sign/Sun signTaurus
NationalityIndian
HometownBengaluru, India
SchoolThe Doon School, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
College/UniversitySt. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi
Delhi School of Economics
IIM Calcutta
Educational QualificationsBA in Economics in 1977 from St. Stephens, University of Delhi
Master’s from the Delhi School of Economics
A fellowship program (equivalent to a PhD) on the social history of forestry in Uttarakhand from IIM Calcutta
FamilyFather– Subramaniam Ramdas Guha (Indian Forest Official)
Mother– Name Not Known (High-school teacher)
Brother– Not Known
Sister– Not Known
ReligionHinduism
HobbiesReading, Writing, Traveling
Favorite Things
Favorite LeaderMahatma Gandhi
Favorite SportsCricket
Favorite CricketerSachin Tendulkar
Favorite FoodSticky rice with a curry of fresh Asian greens, Piping hot corn soup
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital StatusMarried
Affairs/GirlfriendsNot Known
WifeSujata Keshavan (graphic designer)
Children2
Money Factor
SalaryNot Known
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Some Lesser Known Facts About Ramachandra Guha

  • Does Ramachandra Guha smoke:? Not Known
  • Does Ramachandra Guha drink alcohol:? Not Known
  • He was born to a Tamil family and brought up in Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (Now Uttarkhand), India.
  • His mother was a high-school teacher and his father was a director at the Forest Research Institute.
  • Guha was an editor of The Doon School Weekly at the Doon School in Dehradun.
  • From 1985 to 2000, he taught at various Universities in India, North America and Europe including the Yale University, The University of California, Berkely, Oslo University and Stanford University.
  • In the mid-90s, he moved to Bangalore (now Bengaluru) and became a full-time writer.
  • He also served as the visiting professor at the Indian Insitute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru.
  • He is called a Serial Historian and has written extensively on various subjects like environment, cricket, post-Independence national history and tribes.
  • His first book- The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya, was published in 1989.
  • His most famous book is India After Gandhi for which he also got the Sahitya Akademi Award. 
  • In an interview, he revealed that he became a non-vegetarian during his schools days at the Doon school in Dehra Dun. However, later he turned vegetarian.
  • His book on cricket in India- A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport, has also earned critical acclaims. 
  • On 30 January 2017, the Supreme Court of India formed a panel headed by Vinod Rai to run BCCI including Ramachandra Guha, Diana Edulji (Former Indian Cricketer) and Vikram Limaye (IDFC Managing Director), a few weeks after the BCCI’s president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke were removed by the Supreme Court because of their inability to implement the Justice Lodha Panel recommendations.

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