Siddheshwar Varma, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Siddheshwar Varma

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1887

Place of Birth: Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: Indologist

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Siddheshwar Varma (1887–1985) was an Indian linguist, phonetician, grammarian and scholar, known for his knowledge of over 30 languages.
He was the secretary of the International Moral Education Congress for India (1923) and the author of such books as The Bhalesi dialect, A Glossary of the Khasi : a north-western Himalayan dialect of Jammu and Kashmir, Siddha-Bharati; The rosary of Indology and Pahari dictionary of 27-north-western Himalayan dialects.
The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1957, for his contributions to literature and education.