Bal Ram Nanda (1917 – 30 May 2010) was a writer from New Delhi, India. He was the preeminent Indian biographer of Mahatma Gandhi. Career After studying student of History at Lahore University, B.R. Nanda joined the Indian Railways Services, of which he was a senior railway officer. He was the first Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi. Awards Padma Bhushan, 1988, Padma Vibhushan, 2003. Death Nanda died on 30 May 2010 at his New Delhi residence. Works Mahatma Gandhi: A biography (translated into French, Spanish, Italian and several Indian languages). Gandhi and his critics Gokhale, Gandhi, and the Nehrus In Search of Gandhi: Essays and Reflections Gandhi: pan-Islamism, imperialism, and nationalism in India Motilal Nehru (Builders of modern India), Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1964 Socialism in India, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. Vikas Publications, 1972 Gandhi and his critics, Oxford Univ. Pr., 1985 Road to Pakistan 2010 References External links 20th-century Indian historians 20th-century Indian biographers 1917 births 2010 deaths Historians of South Asia Indian civil servants Indian Railways officers People from New Delhi Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in literature & education Writers from Delhi 20th-century Indian male writers