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Milton and the Climate of Reading: Essays by Balachandra Rajan ; Description.
Balachandra Rajan
Indian diplomat, writer and literary critic
Balachandra Rajan (24 March 1920 – 23 January 2009[1][2]) was an Indian diplomat and a scholar of poetry and poetics.
Life and career
Focusing particularly on the poetry of John Milton, Rajan was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Western Ontario and Rajan was Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1944 to 1948, but left England to return to his native India, where he served in the Indian Foreign Service until 1961.
During that period he served on the Indian Delegation to the United Nations, working extensively with UNESCO and UNICEF, and chairing an international anti-malaria effort.[3] He served as Chairman of the UNICEF Executive Board from 1955 to 1956.
Leaving his diplomatic career to return to academe, Rajan taught at the University of Delhi before emigrating to Canada to take up a position at the University of Western Ontario.[4]
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