Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t73.1

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Govind Purushottam Deshpande (August 2, 1938 – October 16, 2013), known as GPD to his peers and students, was born into a family based in Rahimatpur, western Maharashtra, active in Indian freedom struggle and ideologically inclined towards socialism. Endowed with versatile intellectual credentials as an expert in the international politics as well as a playwright, GPD was an eminent scholar of Chinese Foreign Policy and Chinese Politics and contributed immensely towards a better understanding of China in the Indian academia.