Som Prakash Verma

Som Prakash Verma Is former Professor of History, Aligarh Muslim University. He was Tagore National Fellow from 2010 to 2012 (Ministry of Culture, Government of India) and is at present Senior Academic Fellow (Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi). As a practicing artist he has received awards from the Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar (1981) and the Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta (1982). He has published several books including Taj Mahal (OUP, 2012) Interpreting Mughal Paintings (OUP, 2009) and 1857: An Illustrated History (OUP, 2008).