Indian art historian and a world authority on miniature paintings, Brijinder Nath Goswamy passed away in Chandigarh due to prolonged ill health. He was 90.

• Born in August 1933, the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee BNG, as he was lovingly known in art circles, often called himself an “accidental art historian”.
• He was best known for his path-breaking work on the Pahari style of paintings, Prof Goswamy is the author of more than 26 books. 
• In 1958, he quit the prestigious civil services after less than three years to pursue a career in academics and research, a decision that caused a stir in his family.
• It was a book on Kangra Valley paintings by M S Randhawa that his friends gifted him when he was leaving the civil services that set his onward journey in the field of Indian miniature paintings.