Narendra Luther

IAS
Narendra Luther
Former Chief Secretary of undivided Andhra Pradesh
Personal details
Born(1932-03-23)23 March 1932[1]
Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India[1]
Died19 January 2021(2021-01-19) (aged 88)[2]
Hyderabad, Telangana[2]
Education
Alma materGovernment College, Hoshiarpur[1]
OccupationIAS officer (1955 batch)[3]
AwardsGolden Astor
Signature
Websitenarendraluther.in

Narendra Luther (23 March 1932[1] – 19 January 2021[2]) was a poet, writer, historian, civil servant, and columnist. He died on the morning of Tuesday, 19 January 2021 in Hyderabad, Telangana State India. He worked on the history and culture of erstwhile Hyderabad state and its rulers. He was President of the Society to Save Rocks, Hyderabad, India.[4] [5]

Noted Academic, Sachidananda Mohanty[6] writes,

(Adapted) Narendra Luther was an acknowledged expert on the history and culture of Hyderabad. He had written exclusively on this subject and authored many books. He had won several awards for his work in Urdu. Some of his books and articles had been translated into a number of Indian and foreign languages. He had also produced many acclaimed documentaries including India's first full-length animation film on the love story of the founder of Hyderabad. His documentary won two Golden Astor awards.

Current Chief Minister of Telangana, Sri K. Chandrashekar Rao recalled the contribution of Narendra Luther on his death and expressed his condolences,

(Adapted) Narendra Luther was a person who worked on the history and culture of erstwhile Hyderabad State and its rulers and also as the President of the Society to Save Rocks, Hyderabad. He served as a civil servant working in various capacities in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh government.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by President,
Society to Save Rocks
1997-2021 		Succeeded by
Prof. Fatima Ali Khan

Books

Some of the books authored by Narendra Luther include the following:

  • Hyderabad: A Biography
  • The Rockitecture of Andhra Pradesh
  • Raja Deen Dayal: Prince of Photographers
  • Prince;Poet;Lover;Builder: Mohd. Quli Qutb Shah - The founder of Hyderabad
  • Lashkar The Story of Secunderabad
  • A Bonsai Tree An Autobiography
  • Hyderabad Memoirs of a City
  • The Family Saga A Novel Set in the Time of Partition
  • Legend[o]tes of Hyderabad

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Punjab University Oral History Project.[1]
  2. ^ a b c Former bureaucrat, author Narendra Luther passes away in Hyderabad in Telangana Today, 19 January 2021.[2]
  3. ^ Anindita Chowdhury, Hyderabad city has lost its character, November 16, 2016, Dawn.[3]
  4. ^ The Hindu - Bureaucrat, poet and historian Narendra Luther passes away
  5. ^ Society to Save Rocks - The Society
  6. ^ Sachidananda Mohanty, Travel Writing and the Empire, Katha, New Delhi, 2003, p.182.[4]
  7. ^ CM KCR condoles demise of writer Narendra Luther, Telangana Today, 19 January 2021.[5]