Dr. Madanjeet Kaur, a renowned Sikh scholar and historian, was born on 10th November 1939 at
Allahabad. She had her education at Allahabad ending with M.A. History and Ph.D. Degree from Allahabad
University. She served in the University of Allahabad, then Gorakhpur and then shifted to Guru Nanak Dev
University Amritsar. She remained Dean faculty of Humanities and Religious Studies, GNDU, Chairperson
Press and Publication GNDU, Editor Journal of Sikh Studies GNDU, Member Senate and syndicate GNDU,
and member Executive Council Bhai Veer Singh Sahitya Sadan New Delhi, Member Senate and Academic
Council, Punjabi University, Patiala. She retired as Professor, Department of Guru Nanak Studies GNDU
and served as Professor and Chairperson Guru Gobind Singh Chair till 2001. Her thirty five years research
experience is dedicated to Sikh history. She participated in International Conferences on Sikh History
and South East Asian Studies in USA, UK, Canada, Singapore and Malaysia and presented papers on
Sikh History and Punjab Heritage. She is a role-model scholar of Sikh history because of her well-known
publications which include ‘The Golden Temple : Past and Present’, ‘Guru Gobind Singh : Historical and
Ideological Perspective’, ‘Guru Nanak Life and Teachings’, ‘Guru Arjan and His Sukhmani’, ‘Sikhism for
Modern Man’, ‘Some Insides into Sikhism’. Her research work is acknowledged in India and abroad. She was
honoured by Punjab Modern Academy of fine arts and crafts in Amritsar in 1986. In 1999 she was honoured
at Anandpur Sahib and in 2004 at Fatehgarh Sahib. She has been honoured many a time in foreign countries
also (e.g. Academy of Guru Granth Sahib Study in USA honoured her in 1992). The great role-model was
awarded ‘Panth Ratan Jathedar, Gurcharan Singh Tohra Memorial Award’ in 2007 by Sikh Educational
Society, Chandigarh for her outstanding and valuable services in the field of Sikh history, culture, research
and education. She has been awarded Life Fellowship from Punjabi University, Patiala, 2010. Her name
is included in Asia’s Who is Who, Refacimento Asia and Men and Women of Achievements. Even today
at this advanced age she is writing and some of her books like ‘Guru Nanak Life and Thoughts’ are to be
published shortly. Although she has donated a major collection of her library and research work to the
Government museum and Art Gallery at Chandigarh, she still devotes considerable time to reading and
writing. She is living alone at Chandigarh where she is still visited by scholars, literary figures and media
persons for her interviews from time to time.
