Ranjit Sitaram Pandit
Ranjit Sitaram Pandit | |
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Sitaram Pandit as MLA of UP in 1937 | |
| Born | September 1893 |
| Died | 14 January 1944 (aged 50) |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Spouse | |
| Children | 3, including Nayantara Sahgal |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Christ Church, University of Oxford |
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| Academic work | |
| Notable works | Translations of |
Ranjit Sitaram Pandit (September 1893 – 14 January 1944) was an Indian barrister, politician, author and scholar from Rajkot in the Kathiawar region of India. He is known for his role in the Indian non-cooperation movement, and for translating the Sanskrit texts Mudrarakshasa, Ṛtusaṃhāra and Kalhana's Rajatarangini into English.
He was the husband of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the son-in-law of Motilal Nehru, brother-in-law of Jawaharlal Nehru and father of Nayantara Sahgal.
Until 1926, he was a barrister in Calcutta, a position he resigned to join the Indian non-cooperation movement. In 1930, he was the Secretary of the Peshawar Enquiry Committee, which investigated the troubles in the North West Frontier Province. Later, he was appointed a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (UP).
Pandit died in 1944, shortly after being released from his fourth imprisonment by the British.