<p>Renowned historian Vishwa Nath Datta, a professor Emeritus at Kurukshetra University and former general president of the Indian History Congress passed away at his residence in New Delhi on Monday, his daughter Nonica Datta said.</p>.<p>He was 94 years old.</p>.<p>Several academicians from the Kurukshetra University, including Vice-Chancellor, Som Nath Sachdeva and Professor Bhim S Dahiya mourned the demise of the distinguished historian.</p>.<p>Sachdeva said Datta had an illustrious career as an outstanding academic and with his death the Kurukshetra University has lost a guiding figure.</p>.<p>Vishwa Nath Datta studied at Government College in Lahore, at Lucknow University and Cambridge University in the UK.</p>.<p>Author of several pioneering books on modern India, his most notable works include on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919, Amritsar: Past and Present, and a biography of freedom fighter Madan Lal Dhingra.</p>.<p>Datta is survived by his wife and three daughters.</p>
<p>Renowned historian Vishwa Nath Datta, a professor Emeritus at Kurukshetra University and former general president of the Indian History Congress passed away at his residence in New Delhi on Monday, his daughter Nonica Datta said.</p>.<p>He was 94 years old.</p>.<p>Several academicians from the Kurukshetra University, including Vice-Chancellor, Som Nath Sachdeva and Professor Bhim S Dahiya mourned the demise of the distinguished historian.</p>.<p>Sachdeva said Datta had an illustrious career as an outstanding academic and with his death the Kurukshetra University has lost a guiding figure.</p>.<p>Vishwa Nath Datta studied at Government College in Lahore, at Lucknow University and Cambridge University in the UK.</p>.<p>Author of several pioneering books on modern India, his most notable works include on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919, Amritsar: Past and Present, and a biography of freedom fighter Madan Lal Dhingra.</p>.<p>Datta is survived by his wife and three daughters.</p>