Usha Sanyal
Usha Sanyal is an American scholar and historian. Her PhD dissertation analysed the Islamic legal scholar Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi. She is Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Wingate University in North Carolina. Education. Sanyal has graduated with a BA (Honors) in Sociology, minor in Economics from Delhi University, India and MA in Southeast Asian Studies, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. Her M Phil. in History, was done from Columbia University, South Asia and Southeast Asia. She also completed a Ph.D. in History from Columbia University in 1990. Languages. Sanyal's research includes a knowledge of the  English, French, and Hindi/Urdu Languages. Works. Sanyal has authored five books: "Devotional Islam and Politics in British India" received a positive review from the scholar and translator of South Asian literature Aditya Behl in "The Journal of Religion". He described it as "a well-researched and welcome addition to the literature on Islamic reform in colonial India". Her articles include: