Mahesh Rangarajan has Quit as director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) because the nature of his appointment which was approved by the previous UPA government on its last legs was questioned.

On Sept. 15 2015, when Dr. Rangarajan  informed the Council that he wanted to quit for personal reasons and  he  insisted once again on 16th September 2015. So,  the Council accepted his resignation. Sources said joint secretary in the culture ministry in-charge of NMML will be made officiating director.

About Mahesh Rangarajan:

• He is a researcher, author and historian.
• He has aa special interest in environmental history and colonial history of British and contemporary India.
• He is also acolumnist in the print media writing on wildlife conservation, political and environmental issues.
• He served as a Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library.
• Awards:
  •  In 1988, he was awarded the Martin Wright Prize at Balliol College.
  • the Charles Wallace Scholar
  • Beit Scholar at Nuffield College, Oxford University in 1991.
• Books
  •  Fencing the Forest, Conservation and Ecological Change in India’s Central Provinces, 1860-1914, Oxford University Press, Delhi and Oxford, 1996;
  • OUP Paperback, 1999.
  •  The Oxford Anthology of Indian Wildlife, Volume I, Hunting and Shooting, Oxford University Press, Delhi and Oxford.
  •  Volume II, Watching and Conserving

About Nehru Memorial Museum and Library:

• It is a Museum and Lirary in New Delhi.
• It reconstruct the history of the Indian independence movement.
• founded: 1964
• Formed: 1st April 1966
• Today, the Nehru Memorial Library is the world’s leading resource centre on India’s first prime minister.
• It also Contains Gandhi ji’s Writings.
• Founder: Bal Ram Nanda
• On 1st April every year, Foundation Day of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library is celebrated.
• The collection of manuscripts, historical documents and other archival materials of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) were made available online.

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