Births
Published: 12:02 AM, 26 November 2018
Ram Sharan Sharma
Ram Sharan Sharma commonly referred to as R. S. Sharma, was an eminent historian and academic of Ancient and early Medieval India. He also was a senior fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He was a University Grants Commission National Fellow (1958-81) and the president of Indian History Congress in 1975.
It was during his tenure as the dean of Delhi University's History Department that major expansion of the department took place in the 1970s. The creation of most of the positions in the Department was the results of his efforts. He was the founding Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and a historian of international repute. He was born on 26 November 1919 in Barauni, Begusarai, British India.
