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Dr. Bhim S. Dahiya (also Dr. Bhim Singh Dahiya) is an eminent Indian educationist, author and thinker. He has taught English Literature for over four decades at different universities in India and abroad. Presently, he stays at Kurukshetra, Haryana.

Early Life and Education
He was born in a remote village, Silana of district Rohtak (now part of district Sonepat) of joint Punjab (now part of State of Haryana) on 7th April 1938. Lost his father Sh. Ram Kishan at the age of four; and was brought up single-handedly by his mother Smt. Bhagwani Devi.

His early education was in the village School at Silana till Class Six; thereafter joined Vaish High School, Rohtak, and did matriculation from the Panjab University, Chandigarh, in 1956. Graduated in Science by earning B.Sc. degree from the Punjab University in 1960. He did MA in English with distinction from the Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, in 1963. He did Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1975.

Career
He started his teaching career as Lecturer at All India Jat Heroes' Memorial College, Rohtak, in 1963; joined Delhi University in the same capacity in 1964, and then Kurukshetra University in 1965. He joined as Teaching Fellow in the Department of English, University of Cincinnati, Ohio (1971-75); and was then awarded the prestigious Taft Fellowship for three years in the same university in 1973. He was Reader (academic rank) (presently called Associate Professor) in English, Kurukshetra University (1976-1977); Professor of English, M.D. University (1979-80); Professor of English, Kurukshetra University (1987-91); and Senior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (1996-98). He was visiting Professor of English at Sana'a University, Yemen, in 2000.

He has held important administrative positions also. He was Registrar (education), Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak (1977-79); Chairman, Department of English, Kurukshetra University (1991 -92); Pro-Vice Chancellor, Kurukshetra University (1992-93); Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University (1993-96); and Member, Governing Body, United States-India Educational Foundation (1996-98).

He briefly entered public life and remained Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) (MLA) of Lok Dal party in Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Haryana State Legislature), representing Rohat constituency (presently known as Kharkhauda Assembly constituency) from 1982-87.

Dr. Dahiya has been President of the Shakespeare Association (India) since its inception in 2008. The Association organisies international seminars and discussions on important literary events. He has been regularly delivering lectures and talks to scholars and teachers in different Indian Universities and Colleges. He is also Chief Editor of the Journal of Drama Studies, An International Journal of World Drama (including translation).

Works
Dr. Dahiya, known for his simple and smooth style of writing, has several books to his credit on Anglo-American Literature, English Literature, higher education, and cultural and political history of Haryana.


 * The Hero in Hemingway (New Delhi, Bahri Publishers, 1978)
 * Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises: A Critical Introduction (Faridabad: Lakeside Publishers, 1986)
 * Teaching English Literature (Faridabad: Lakeside Publishers, 1988)
 * Poets on Shakespeare (Delhi: Ajanta International, 1991)
 * Sound in Sense (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1991)
 * A Critical Introduction to A Farewell to Arms (New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 1991)
 * Higher Education in India (New Delhi: Khama Publishers, 1996)
 * Education in Independent India (New Delhi: Khosla Publishing House, 1998)
 * The University Autonomy in India (Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 2000)
 * Literature in English through Objective Type Questions (Delhi: CB Publications, 2004)
 * A New History of English Literature (Delhi: Doaba House, 2005)
 * Dr Sarup Singh and His Times (Ahmedabad: Shanti Prakashan, 2007)
 * Love, Sex and Marriage in Shakespeare (New Delhi: Viva, 2007).
 * Shakespeare Intellectual Background (New Delhi: Viva, 2008)
 * Power Politics in Haryana (New Delhi: Gyan Pub. House, 2008)
 * Love, Sex, and Marriage in Shakespeare (Viva Books, 2007)
 * Higher Education in Haryana: A View from Within (Ahemdabad: Shanti Prakashan, 2009)
 * The Literary Theory and Criticism (New Delhi: Doaba House, 2009)
 * Shakespeare A New Biography (Kurukshetra: The Shakespeare Association, 2010)
 * Shakespeare’s Speculum: Essays on Social Issue (Kurukshetra: The Shakespeare Association, 2011)
 * Scholars in Shakespeare: A Postmodern Scrutiny, Edited by Bhim S. Dahiya and Mridula Sharma (Kurukshetra: The Shakespeare Association, 2011)
 * The Rise of Haryana and the Fall of Democracy (Ahemdabad: Shanti Prakashan, 2012)
 * Republicanism in Shakespeare (Viva Books, 2016)
 * Language in Shakespeare: Yet Another Review (Viva Books, 2017)