A Chartered Accountant from India and author of two books  The Divine Stranglers and Essays on 19th Century India  

Rajesh Rampal is a Chartered Accountant. He has worked with premier Corporate Sector Companies in India and in the process dealt with leading financial Institutions of the world namely ICICI, SBI, IDBI, IFC (W) and EADB. He has also worked during the project phase in India of two Fortune 500 companies viz. GKN plc and Degussa AG. He was Manager Corporate Finance-I in Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited and also looked over the financial aspects in Technology Transfer Engineering and R & D Divisions of this company. He spent two years in Uganda, East Africa working with Cable Corporation Ltd., set up with Japanese Collaboration- Hashimoto. He also worked with India's premier Economic Think Tank – Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, where he rubbed shoulders with many Economists of International repute.
He has delved in Insurance, Stock Markets and Corporate Sector Training. He wrote a book 'The Divine Stranglers- A Story of Thugs and Thuggee Sleeman' that details the life and times of 19th century world across three continents in historical fiction form.
He has lectured and made presentations on 'Organised Crime in the Garb of religion in 19th century India- Thuggee' in the Intelligence Bureau, National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Sciences, India International Centre and Royal Military Police HQ in Southwick Park, Hampshire, U.K.
He has also made presentations on 'The Siege and Assault of Delhi 1857- A Case Study for any Army that wishes to punch above its weight' in Gurkha Museum, Winchester, Royal Armed Medical Corps Museum and the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Museum in Bodmin. He also made the same presentation to the International Guild of Battlefield Guides in London in November 2010.

Rajesh has also taken several British Army officers around the sites of Delhi 1857. Some prominent names are General Sir Richard Shirreff, Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Powers, Europe, General Sir Christopher Wallace former Commandant Royal College of Defence Studies, Colonel Dr John Richardson of the Royal Armed Medical Corps, Colonel Gerald Napier of the Royal Engineers and author of 'Sapper VC's' and 'Follow the Sapper.'
Former BBC producers Hugh Purcell and Margaret Percy have been with Rajesh several times on Delhi 1857 sites. Former BBC producer Philip Geddes and his team made a Documentary 'The Devils Wind' on 1857 and Rajesh took them around for the shoot. He was interviewed by General Sir Richard Shirreff on battle tactics in the Documentary.
Rajesh's only claim to being a Historian is being the next door neighbour of the famous Indian Historian Dr Bipin Chandra for nearly a decade who was his father's colleague in the Delhi University. He has never studied History beyond the 8th Standard!