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Swapna Liddle is an Indian historian, author, art curator and heritage conservator based in Delhi.

Education

Liddle did her B.A. from St. Stephen’s College of Delhi University, M.A. and M.Phil. at the Centre for Historical Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Ph.D. from Jamia Millia Islamia.

Career

Liddle is known for her research of history of Delhi including its architecture and buildings, and food. Liddle is an art curator. She advocates people's participation to help preserve heritage. Liddle was the convener of the Delhi Chapter of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) previously. She contributed to The Delhi College: Traditional Elites, the Colonial State, and Education before 1857 and edited Sair-Ul-Manazil.

Books

• Shahjahanabad: Mapping a Mughal City, Chandni Chowk: The Mughal City of Old Delhi. Publisher: Roli Books.
• The Broken Script. Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books.
• Chandni Chowk: The Mughal City of Old Delhi. Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books.
• Connaught Place and the Making of New Delhi. Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books.
• Delhi: 14 Historic Walks. Publisher: Westland Books.
• Two Delhis, Old and New. Publisher: HarperCollins India.

References

1. "Swapna Liddle". The Times of India. 2017-11-03. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
2. "'Best works ignored, women writers never got proper literary assessment'". The Times of India. 2023-02-13. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
3. "CHS is organising a lecture by Swapna Liddle | Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University". www.jnu.ac.in. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
4. Asrar, Nadim. "Delhi's Coronation Park a neglected site of India's colonial past". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
5. "Delhi's push to modernize threatens iconic sites, public space". Reuters.
6. "Muzaffar Ali, Swapna Liddle, Pushpesh Pant on 'Baniya Legacy of Old Delhi- Culture & Cuisine'". The Times of India. 2023-05-09. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
7. "At the King's Court". The New Indian Express. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
8. "People's Participation Key To Preserving Heritage: Experts". The Times of India. 2023-11-05. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
9. Bagchi, Dishha (2023-01-18). "'Leave rewriting history to historians' – says Swapna Liddle at her book launch". ThePrint. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
10. Singh, Shrawan Kumar (2020-06-25). Understanding the Indian Economy from the Post-Reforms of 1991, Volume I: History, Evolution, and Growth. Business Expert Press. ISBN 978-1-951527-41-9.
11. Salam, Ziya Us (2023-09-01). "Delhi's historical stories have been brought to the pages of several coffee-table books, the latest being Shahjahanabad: Mapping a Mughal City by Swapna Liddle". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
12. Bayg, Mirzā Sangīn (2017). Sangin Beg Sair-Ul-Manazil. Tulika Books. ISBN 978-93-82381-86-0.
13. Pernau, Margrit (2006-10-19). The Delhi College: Traditional Elites, the Colonial State, and Education Before 1857. OUP India. ISBN 978-0-19-567723-2.
14. "Book brings alive city of Shahjahanabad using exquisite map". The Indian Express. 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
15. Jalil, Rakhshanda (2023-02-10). "Review of Swapna Liddle's The Broken Script: Tumult and change". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
16. "Book excerpt: This is how Delhi reacted to Aurangzeb's killing of Dara Shukoh". Hindustan Times. 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
17. "Story of a Living City". The Indian Express. 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
18. "'14 Historic Walks of Delhi' by Swapna Liddle explores the Capital on foot". Tribune India.
19. LIDDLE, SWAPNA (2022). TWO DELHIS, OLD AND NEW: Box Set. Harpercollins India. ISBN 978-93-5447-168-1.

• Living people
• Indian women historians
• Jamia Millia Islamia alumni
• Delhi University alumni
• Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni
• St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni