Siddheshwar Varma

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 Bhalesī dialect'', ''A Glossary of the Khāsī : a north-western Himalayan dialect of Jammu and Kashmir'', ''Siddha-Bhāratī; 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. Provided by Wikipedia