D. K. Taknet

D. K. Taknet
Born	(1958-04-11) 11 April 1958 (age 67) Shekhawati, Rajasthan, India
Education	University of Rajasthan (MPhil)
Occupations	Historian biographer

D. K. Taknet (born 11 April 1958, in Shekhawati) is an Indian historian and biographer, best known for his books Industrial Entrepreneurship of Shekhawati Marwaris (1986), B. M. Birla: A Great Visionary (1996), Jaipur: Gem Of India (2013), and The Marwari Heritage (2015), which cover the history and culture of Rajasthan, particularly that of the Marwari people and the Birla family. He has a Master of Philosophy from the University of Rajasthan. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. Hardgrove, Anne Elizabeth (1999). Community as Public Culture in Modern India: The Marwaris in Calcutta C. 1897-1997. University of Michigan. p. 73. ISBN   978-0-599-39743-9.
2. Kamath, M. V. (1995). Gandhi's Coolie: Life & Times of Ramkrishna Bajaj. Allied Publishers. p. 4. ISBN   978-81-7023-487-6.
3. Dattagupta, Rupak (2001). Classes and Elites in the Third World. p. 104. ISBN   978-81-7273-078-9.
4. Mainstream. Vol. 33. N. Chakravartty. 1995. p. 27.
5. Library of Congress Office (May 1996). Accessions List, South Asia. New Delhi: E.G. Smith for the U.S. Library of Congress Office, New Delhi. p. 7.
6. Indian Books in Print. Indian Bureau of Bibliographies. 2003. p. 62.