Sir Christopher Alan Bayly, a top historian who unearthed the roots of Indian nationalism, has passed away at the age of 70 due to heart attack.

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• About Sir Christopher Alan Bayly
  •  He was born in May 18, 1945 and died on 20th April 2015.
  • He died at the age of 70.
  • He was an historian specializing in British Imperial, Indian and global history.
  • Having obtained BA, MA, and DPhil  degrees from the University of Oxford.
  • He was the Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge and a trustee of the British Museum.
  • In 1990, Bayly was elected a Fellow of the British Academy and in 2004 was awarded the Wolfson History Oeuvre Prize for his many contributions to the discipline
  • He was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List of 2007 for his services to History.
  • In 2007, he succeeded Professor Sir John Baker as President of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge.
  • He was co-editor of The New Cambridge History of India and sat on the editorial board of various academic journals.