J S Garewal Puray ho gaye, A committed Punjabi soul (1927, Lyalpur , 2022 Chandigarh)

J S Garewal Puray ho gaye, A committed Punjabi soul 

(1927, Lyalpur , 2022 Chandigarh) 

In 1927 Garewal was born in Layalpur ( Now Faisalabad), His village was JB46. He studies sciences and accounting but later decided to become a student of history. In 1945-7 he was in Lhore and studying in F.C. Collage (now University) and before it he studied in G C Layalpur. He studied Sufi traditions of the Punjab and Medieval politics well. He knew many languages other than Punjabi like Persian, Urdu, English etc. You may differ with his analysis, but his translation cum edited work of Ganesh Das book Char Bagh Punjab is among the pioneering works to understand Pre British Punjab. 

its link is Early Nineteenth-Century Panjab Edited By J. S. Grewal, Indu Banga

He liked Sikh religious poetry wrote about Baba Nanak but when he analysed other Punjabi writers and poets he used hammour of secularism for them. One example was his shallow criticism on Amarta Pritum famous poem Aj Akhaan Waris Shah nu...... 

To check his works you can click Here

Died at 11 August 2022

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/state-loses-professor-who-broke-fresh-ground-in-indian-history-sikh-studies-421471

Interviews

Grewal recalls his early years spent in a Sikh village in an undivided Punjab. Trouble and tension were brewing up in the villages in the lead up to the Partition in 1947. Grewal remembers how his life was saved by his Muslim friend, and recalls the joyous moment when he met him, many years later, while on a visit to Pakistan

Interview of J S Garewal about Baba Nanak

Compositions and Janam Sakhies are two main sources to understand Baba Nanak 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mbKGeNGL6Y