Upinder Singh (Indian Historian) Biography

Quick Info

Profession	Historian, Professor of History and Dean of Faculty at Ashoka University
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	22/06/1959
Age	66 years
Birthplace	Amritsar, Punjab, India

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Nickname(s)

U Singh

Personal Life

Educational Qualification(s)

College/University	St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, India University of Delhi, Delhi, Delhi McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Qualification	BA (Honours) in History from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, India MA in History from the University of Delhi, Delhi, India (1981) MPhil from the University of Delhi, Delhi, Delhi (1984) PhD at McGill University, Montreal, Canada (1991)
Note	The topic of her PhD thesis was “Kings, Brahmanas, and Temples in Orissa: an epigraphic study (300-1147 CE).”

Husband

Vijay Tankha (head of the philosophy department at Delhi University's St. Stephen's college)

Marital Status

Children

Son(s)	Madhav Tankha Raghav Tankha

Family

Parents

Father	Manmohan Singh (politician)
Mother	Gursharan Kaur (homemaker)

Siblings

Sister	Amrit Singh (Human Rights Lawyer) Daman Singh (Writer)

Major Publications

Books

Kings, Brahmanas, and Temples in Orissa: An Epigraphic Study AD 300-1147 (1994)
Ancient Delhi (1999)
Mysteries Of The Past Archaeological Sites In India (2002)
The Discovery of Ancient India: Early Archaeologists and the Beginnings of Archaeology (2004)
A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century (2008)
Rethinking Early Medieval India: A Reader (2012)
Asian Encounters: Exploring Connected Histories (2014), alongwith Parul Pandya Dhar
Political Violence in Ancient India (2017)
Buddhism in Asia: Revival and Reinvention (2018), alongwith Nayanjot Lahiri
Ancient India: Culture Of Contradictions (2021)

Papers

1. Upinder Singh is an Indian historian and serves as a Professor of History at Ashoka University.
2. She is also the Dean of Faculty at Ashoka University.
3. Previously, she was the Head of the History Department at the University of Delhi.
4. She is the daughter of former Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh.
5. Upinder Singh received the inaugural Infosys Prize in Social Sciences (History).
6. During her early childhood, she lived in Amritsar before moving to New York with her parents.
7. Returning to India in 1969, she settled in Delhi.
8. Her passion for reading was nurtured by her father.
9. Initially studying economics, she later pursued a career in History.
10. She has been honored with several fellowships for her contributions to history research.
11. She is married to Vijay Tankha and they have two sons.
12. All of Manmohan Singh's daughters are married outside the Sikh faith.
13. Throughout her career, Upinder Singh has held various academic positions and contributed to numerous committees.