Verrier Elwin

Verrier Elwin Harry Verrier Holman Elwin (29 August 1902 – 22 February 1964) was a British-born Indian anthropologist, ethnologist and tribal activist. He first abandoned the clergy, to work with Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress, then converted to Hinduism in 1935 after staying in a Gandhian ashram, and split with the nationalists over what he felt was an overhasty process of transformation and assimilation for the tribals. Verrier Elwin is best known for his early work with the Baigas and Gonds of Orissa and Madhya Pradesh in central India, and he married a 13 year old member of one of the communities he studied. He later also worked on the tribals of several North East Indian states especially North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) and settled in Shillong, the hill capital of Meghalaya.

In time he became an authority on Indian tribal lifestyle and culture, particularly on the Gondi people. He served as the deputy director of the Anthropological Survey of India upon its formation in 1945. Post-independence, he took up Indian citizenship. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appointed him as an adviser on tribal affairs for north-eastern India, and later he was Anthropological Adviser to the Government of NEFA (now Arunachal Pradesh. His philosophy towards the north-east was partially responsible in its disconnect from the modern world.

The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1961. His autobiography, ''The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin'' won him the 1965 Sahitya Akademi Award in English Language, given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1958
    London, Oxford University Press, c1958.
    193 p. plates, ports. 19 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1962
    [Delhi] Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting [1962]
    114 pages illustrations 22 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1943
    Bombay : Oxford University Press, 1943.
    xxx, 259 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1968
    Bombay, London, Oxford U.P., 1968.
    xix, 261 p. 18 plates, 60 illus., 2 maps. 22 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1970
    Shillong, North-East Frontier Agency, 1970.
    376 p. 22 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1949
    London ; New York : Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1949.
    xvi, 532 p. ; 22 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1940
    London : John Murray, 1940.
    xxxi, 550 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1944
    [London ; New York : Humphrey Milford, 1944]
    xxix, 410 p. ; 22 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1944
    London : Published for Man in India by Oxford University Press, 1944.
    xxvi, 523 p. ; 21 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1965
    Shillong, North-East Frontier Agency, 1965.
    x, 195 p. 23 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1969
    Shillong, North-East Frontier Agency [1969, c1959]
    xvi, 211 p. illus. (part col.), map (on lining papers) 27 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1951
    Bombay, India ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1951.
    xvii, 214 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1942
    [Bombay] : Humphrey Milford : Oxford University Press, 1942.
    xxxxvi, 292 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1963
    New Delhi, Ministry of Home Affairs [1963]
    vi, 146 p. 24 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1946
    London : Published for Man in India by Oxford University Press, 1946.
    lxii, 466 p. ; 21 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1932
    London : George Allen & Unwin, 1932.
    105, [1] p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1950
    Bombay ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1950, 1977 printing.
    xxxi, 259 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill., ports., maps ; 23 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1947
    London : Oxford University Press, 1947.
    xxix, 730 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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    by Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964
    Published 1969
    [Bombay, New York] Oxford University Press, 1969.
    xii, 650 p. illus., map 23 cm.
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    by Desai, Kanu
    Published 1932
    Bombay : D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., [1932?]
    iv, 31 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
    Other Authors: “...Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964...”
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