Please answer the following question: Facts: - residence: bangalore - employer: london school of economics and political science - notable works: '' india after gandhi '' - caption: guha in 2010 - spouse: sujata keshavan - field: history , anthropology , environmentalism - birth date: 29 april 1958 - name: ramachandra guha - image: ramachandra guha.jpg - birth place: dehra -rrb- dun , uttar pradesh -lrb- now in uttarakhand - alma mater: the iim calcutta doon school st.stephen 's college university of delhi Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ramachandra guha .
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ramachandra guha -lrb- born 29 april 1958 , dehra dun -rrb- is an indian historian and writer whose research interests include environmental , social , political and cricket history .he is also a columnist for '' the telegraph '' and '' hindustan times '' .a regular contributor to various academic journals , guha has also written for '' the caravan '' and '' outlook '' magazines .for the year 2011 -- 2012 , he held a visiting position at the london school of economics and political science -lrb- lse -rrb- , the philippe roman chair in history and international affairs .his newest book is '' gandhi before india '' -lrb- 2013 -rrb- , the first part of a planned two-volume biography of m. k. gandhi .his large body of work , covering a wide range of fields and yielding a number of rational insights has made him a significant figure in indian historical studies , and guha is valued as one of the major historians of the late twentieth and early twenty first centuries .