New Delhi, May 17 : Renowned historian Lal Bahadur Verma passed away due to coronavirus Today. He was 83.

“He had tested positive for COVID and was being treated at a private hospital in Dehradun. He breathed his last around 0300 hrs on Monday,” his son Satyam Verma told UNI.

Professor Verma is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

Born on 10-01-1938 in Chhapra District of Bihar, he completed his initial education from Gorakhpur.

He graduated from Gorakhpur University, post-graduated from Lucknow University and did his PhD from Gorakhpur University.

He served as history teacher at the Allahabad University between 1991 and 1998.

He was editor of Itihaas Bodh Patrika. He also wrote a book on history of Europe.(UNI)