Jagtar Singh Grewal (1927 – 11 August 2022)^[1] was an Indian writer, historian, scholar, and a vice-chancellor of the Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU).^[2]

After securing his Ph.D. and DLitt from London, he joined the GNDU, where he founded the Department of History.^[3] He was the first Dean of the Academic Affairs of the University and was a former member of faculty at the Panjab University, Chandigarh. After his superannuation from GNDU in 1984, he joined the Indian Institute of Advanced Study as its director.^[3]

Grewal was a member of the Religious Advisory Council of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation^[2] and the head of the Institute of Punjab Studies, Chandigarh.^[4] He had published several articles^[4] and books on Sikh history^[5] and is considered by many as a scholar on the subject.^[3] Contesting Interpretations of the Sikh Tradition,^[6] The Sikhs of the Punjab,^[7] Sikh Ideology, Polity and Social Order,^[8] Social and Cultural History of the Punjab,^[9] Maharja Ranjit Singh: Polity, Economy and Society,^[10] Kinship and State Formation,^[11] The Sikhs: Ideology, Institutions, and Identity,^[12] Guru Nanak in History^[13] and Historical Writings on the Sikhs (1784–2011)^[14] are some of his notable works and his researches have been subjected to studies on academic level.^[15] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2005, for his contributions to Indian literature.^[16]

• J. S. Grewal (1969). Guru Nanak in History. Punjab University Press. p. 348.
• J. S. Grewal (1998). Contesting Interpretations of the Sikh Tradition. Manohar Publishers. p. 315. ISBN 9788173042553.
• J. S. Grewal (1998). The Sikhs of the Punjab. The New Cambridge History of India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 308. ISBN 9780521637640.
• J. S. Grewal (2001). Maharja Ranjit Singh: Polity, Economy and Society. Guru Nanak Dev University. p. 112. ISBN 9788177700268.
• J. S. Grewal (2004). Social and Cultural History of the Punjab. Manohar Publishers. p. 185. ISBN 9788173045653.
• J. S. Grewal (2007). Sikh Ideology, Polity and Social Order. Manohar Publishers. p. 303. ISBN 9788173047374.
• J. S. Grewal, Veena Sachdeva (2007). Kinship and State Formation. Manohar Publishers. p. 112. ISBN 9788173047183.
• J. S. Grewal (2009). The Sikhs: Ideology, Institutions, and Identity. Oxford University Press India. p. 400. ISBN 9780195694949.
• J. S. Grewal (2012). Historical Writings on the Sikhs (1784-2011). SAB. ASIN B00A3K71R2.

• Guru Nanak Dev University
• Tony Blair Faith Foundation