What is D. N. Jha?
[[File:Jha dn.jpg|thumb|200px|Jha in November 2012]] '''Dwijendra Narayan Jha''' (died 4 February 2021) was an Indian historian of [[Iron Age India|ancient]] and [[medieval India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/research/cow-protection-hindutva-politics-bjp-india-5227382/|title=Why the cow is worshipped in Hindutva politics|date=17 July 2018 }}</ref> He was a professor of history at [[Delhi University]]. He was a member of the [[Indian Council of Historical Research]]. He was a known critic of against [[Hindu nationalism|Hindu nationalist]] [[ideology]]. Jha died on 4 February 2021, at age 81.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://thewire.in/culture/historian-d-n-jha-passes-away-babri-ayodhya|title = Eminent Historian D.N. Jha passes away at 81|work = [[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]|date = 4 February 2021|access-date = 4 February 2021|last = Mahaprashta|first = Ajoy Ashirwad}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jha, D. N.}} [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Indian historians]] {{bio-stub}}