Career
He was the preeminent Indian biographer of Mahatma Gandhi, and most known as the author of Mahatma Gandhi: A biography, which was translated into French, Spanish, Italian and several Indian languages. He was also the author of biographies of Jawaharlal Nehru and Gopal Krishna Gokhale, among several other books After studying student of History at Lahore University, B.R. Nanda joined the Indian Railways Services.
He was also a senior railway officer and the first Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi.
Nanda was a brilliant student of History at Lahore University of undivided India, B.R. Nanda joined the Indian Railways service and moved on to scholarship under fortuitous circumstances. In fact, the Indian Railways have to their cr two outstanding writers: Jim Corbett of the colonial period and B.R.Nanda of post- 1947 era.
Nanda died on 30 May 2010 at his New Delhi residence.
