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Bhagwan Singh (born 01 July 1931) is an Indian writer, critic, historian, and linguist, known for his scholarly work in history, languages, culture, and literature. He provided extensive evidence from vedic literature, interfaced with evidence from archaeology to establish that Vedic Aryans were Harappans. This work was first published in 1987 in 2 volumes in Hindi Harappa Sabhyata Aur Vedic Sahitya and in 1995 in English The Vedic Harappans. He is also well known for his novel Apne Apne Ram in which the epic story of Ramayana is retold from a new perspective.

Early Life
Bhagwan Singh was born in a Farmer’s family in village Gagaha in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh. His early education was in local village schools and higher education in Gorakhpur. He received B.A. degree from Maharana Pratap College in 1955 and M.A in Hindi Language and Literature from Saint Andrews College in 1958. During his student life he developed keen interest in poetry and literature.

Career
He joined Post and Telegraph department as Research Assistant in 1965 and in 1968 moved to PMG Office, Calcutta as Hindi Supervisor, where in the course of implementing Hindi in official work he developed keen interest in the inter-relationship of Indian languages and movement of the people resulting into his seminal research work, Sthan Namon ka Bhashvagyanik Adhyayan (A Linguistic study of Place Names, 1970). He moved to Delhi in 1971 and joined Delhi Government as Hindi Officer and held various positions. Retired in 1989 as Dy Registrar of Technical Education.

Novels

 * Kale Ujle Peele (1964)
 * Mahabhishag (1973)
 * Apne Apne Ram (1992)
 * Paramgati (1999)
 * Unmaad (2000)
 * Shubhra (Based on Surendra Sharma’s ‘Dayare’) (2000)

Collection of Poems

 * Apne Samanantar (1970)

Indian History and Culture

 * Bharat Tab Se Ab Tak (1996)
 * Bhartiya Sabhyata Ki Nirrmiti (2004)
 * Pracheen Bharat Ke Itihaskar (2011)
 * Bhartiya Parampara Ki Khoj (2011)

Research - Languages

 * Sthaan naamo Ka Bhashavaigyanik Adhyayan (1973)
 * Arya Dravid Bhashaon Ki MoolBhoot Ekta (1973)
 * Arya Dravid Bhashaon Ka Antah-Sambandh (2013)

Reaserch – History

 * Harappa Sabhyata Aur Vedic Sahitya (1987)
 * The Vedic Harappans (1995)

Re-writing

 * Upnishdon Ki Kahaniyan (1994)
 * Panchtantra Ki Kahaniyan (1995)

Collection of Critical Essays

 * Indradhanush Ke Rang (1996)
 * Kosambi: Kalpana Se Yathartha Tak (2011)
 * Itihaas Ka Vartamaan : Aaj Ke Boddhuk Sarokaar Vol 1,2,3 (2018)
 * Bhartiya Rajneeti Main Modi Factor Tatha Anya Prasang (2018)

Children Books

 * Panchatantra Part 1,2,3 (2010)

Awards and honours

 * Hindi Academy (1987)
 * Hindi Academy (2000)
 * Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award (2005)
 * Shankar Puraskar (2004)