J. N. Singh Yadav

Dr. J. N. Singh Yadav (born 12 June 1937) is an Indian author from Bashir pur in the Mahendragarh district of the northern Indian state of Haryana. A graduate and master of arts in political science from Punjab University, he obtained his doctorate from Kurukshetra University. Yadav has more than a quarter of a century's experience teaching post-graduate and under-graduate classes in various colleges in Haryana. He is also involved in various social reform movements and educational institutions and as a result took voluntary retirement in order to devote more time to research and social work.

Literary works

Yadav is a prolific writer in both English and Hindi. His book Lal Bahadur Shastri: A Biography, was judged one among the best fifty biographies written during the period 1947–1972 in India and selected from several thousand titles received by the National Book Trust for display at the National Exhibition of Books at the World Book Fair in March, 1972 in New Delhi. Yadav's The Indian Speaker: Crisis of Identity was well received and appreciated by the academic world. He has also edited Haryana: Studies in History and Politics and written books for under-graduate students, such as Principles of Political Science, Indian Constitution and Administration, amongst others. Yadav has also contributed a number of research papers and articles to various journals, periodicals and seminars.

Books

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Indian speaker. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Yadavas of South India. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Yadavas Through the Ages. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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  5. ↑ Yādavoṃ kā itihāsa. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  6. ↑ यादवों का बृहत् इतिहास. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Haryana. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Ābhīrī bhāshā kī dantakathāem̐. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  9. ↑ हैहय वंश का नूतन इतिहास. Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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