Madan Gopal Gandhi
Dr. Madan G. Gandhi (31 August 1940 – 26 January 2019), a visiting fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, was an educationalist, litterateur and poet. Early childhood. Gandhi was born to Srimati Savitri Devi and Kewal Krishan on 31 August 1940 in Lahore. The family moved to India after the partition and Madan did his FSc from S.A. Jain College in 1958 and B.A. with Honours in English Literature from D.A.V. College, Ambala City in 1960. Education. He did his M.A. in English in 1964 from Panjab University, Chandigarh. His second master's degree was in Political  Science from Punjabi University, Patiala in 1966 and Ph.D. in Political Science from Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1974. Works. As an editor, he edited six volumes of the Collected Works of Lala Lajpat Raiit. He brought out the inaugural issue of the journal Earth Vision and, as editor of the South Asia News Letter, published 7 issues featuring the following volumes: Works translated into other languages. The poetry of Madan G Gandhi was translated into several languages including Persian by Khadijeh Khavari, Najmeh Khavari with the title "The Best Works of Madan G Gandhi", in Italian by Maria Miraglia, Tamil  by Padmaja Narayanan as Petals of Flame, and Hindi by Jai Krishan Shukla Swar Se Saadh Anant. Awards. Gandhi received a number of awards in his lifetime.