The biographical studies and methods promise to offer unique and unexpected insights into the study of Indian history. Ideally, it should tell us something about the wider historical context, how individuals or groups of individuals have influenced the flow of historical events, but also how these people, their ideas, and their understanding of the world, in which they lived, have been shaped by this historical context. Historically contextualized biography can offer a unique insight into the complexity of the individual, and provide us with valuable opportunities to give analytical nuances to our understanding of history

Marri Channa Reddy, Childhood, Spiritual Life, Personal Life