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Amish Tripathi (born 18 October 1974) is an Indian author. He is known best for his Shiva Trilogy and Ram Chandra Series.

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Amish Tripathi
Tripathi in 2020
Born	(1974-10-18) 18 October 1974 (age 47) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1]
Occupation	Author
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Cathedral & John Connon School, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, IIM Calcutta
Genre	Historical, Mythological-Fiction
Notable works	Shiva Trilogy Ram Chandra Series Immortal India Indic Chronicles Dharma
Children	Neel Tripathi
Website
authoramish.com

Amish's books have sold over 6 million copies in the Indian subcontinent since 2010.[2][3]

Early life and education

Amish Tripathi was born in Mumbai and grew up near Rourkela, Odisha. He is an alumnus of Cathedral & John Connon School; St. Xavier's College, Mumbai; and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.[4][5]

Career

As an author

The Immortals of Meluha, Tripathi's first novel and first in the Shiva Trilogy, was published in February 2010. The second book in the series, The Secret of the Nagas, was released in August 2011, and the third and final installment, titled The Oath of the Vayuputras, was released in February 2013.[6]

The Scion of Ikshvaku was released in June 2015. It is the first book in the Ram Chandra series. It follows the story of Ram and is a prequel to the Shiva Trilogy. The Scion of Ikshvaku won the Crossword Book's "Best Popular Award".[7] Sita: Warrior of Mithila, the sequel to The Scion of Ikshvaku, was released in May 2017. It became the highest-selling book of 2017.[8] Raavan: The Enemy of Aryavarta, the third book in The Ram Chandra series, was released in July 2019. Legend of Suheldev: The King Who Saved India, his first historical book and first book in Indic Chronicles, was released in June 2020.[9]

Tripathi released his first non-fiction book, Immortal India, in August 2017. He also released Dharma: Decoding the Epics for a Meaningful Life in December 2020.^{[citation needed]}

In 2019, Tripathi was appointed by the Government of India as Director of The Nehru Centre, London, in a diplomatic role.[10]

Speaking to News4masses in an interview at the Kolkata Literary Meet in March 2022, Tripathi revealed his plans to come up with a book on Mahabharata soon.[11]

As film producer

In September 2020, he announced that he is turning into a producer with an adaptation of his novel, Legend of Suheldev: The King Who Saved India, under the banner Immortal Studios, with Wakaoo Films and Casa Media.[12]

Awards and recognition

• 21st Century Icon Awards, London (2021)^{[citation needed]}
• Golden Book Award - Legend of Suheldev (2022)^{[citation needed]}
• Listed among Top-50 Most Powerful People by India Today (2019)[13]
• Honorary Doctorate by Jharkhand Rai University for outstanding contribution to Art & Literature (2019)[14]
• Hello Hall of Fame Awards for Literary Excellence (2019)[15]
• Jashn-e-youngistan Award (2018)[15]
• Ustad Bismillah Khan Award (2018) for contribution to Indian culture[16]
• Kalinga International Literary Award (2018)[17]
• Distinguished Alumnus Award (2017) from IIM - Calcutta[18]
• Raymond Crossword Popular Fiction Award for his book Scion of Ikshvaku in (2016)[19]
• Selected as an Eisenhower Fellow (A prestigious American programme for young global leaders) (2014)

Bibliography

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Shiva Trilogy

• The Immortals of Meluha (2010)
• The Secret of the Nagas (2011)
• The Oath of the Vayuputras (2013)

Ram Chandra Series

• Ram: Scion of Ikshvaku (2015)
• Sita: Warrior of Mithila (2017)
• Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta (2019)
• The War of Lanka (2022)

Indic Chronicles

• Legend of Suheldev: The King Who Saved India (2020)

Non-fiction

• Immortal India: Young India, Timeless Civilisation (2017)
• Dharma: Decoding the Epics for a Meaningful Life (2020)[20]

See also

• List of Indian writers

References

External links

• Works by or about Amish Tripathi in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

	Works by Amish Tripathi
Shiva Trilogy	The Immortals of Meluha The Secret of the Nagas The Oath of the Vayuputras
Ram Chandra Series	Ram: Scion of Ikshvaku Sita: Warrior of Mithila Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta
Indic Chronicles	Legend of Suheldev: The King Who Saved India
Non - Fiction	The Immortal India Dharma: Decoding the Epics for a Meaningful Life

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