Tapan Raychaudhuri

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Doctoral advisor C.C. Davies Books Europe Reconsidered Fields History		Name Tapan Raychaudhuri Notable awards Watumull Prize

Alma mater Scottish Church College, CalcuttaPresidency College, CalcuttaBalliol College, Oxford Died November 26, 2014, Oxford, United Kingdom Education Balliol College, Presidency University, Kolkata, Scottish Church College Notable students Gyanendra Pandey, Gowher Rizvi, Suranjan Das

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Tapan Raychaudhuri (8 May 1926 – 26 November 2014) was an Indian historian specialising in British Indian history, Indian economic history and the History of Bengal.

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Early life and education

He was the son of Amiya Kumar Raychaudhuri, the last zamindar of Kirtipasha in Barisal district of eastern Bengal. He was a nephew of Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri.

He was a student of Ballygunge Government High School, Calcutta and Barisal Zilla School, Scottish Church College, Calcutta, where he completed his I.A. and finally Presidency College, Calcutta, where he completed his B.A. (Hons.) in history with a high first class. He completed his first D.Phil. in history at Calcutta University under the supervision of Sir Jadunath Sarkar and his second D.Phil. at Balliol College, Oxford under the supervision of Dr. C.C. Davies.

Career

He started his career as a lecturer at the Department of Islamic History and Culture, Calcutta University. After his return from Britain he became a deputy director of the National Archives of India. He was a reader and then professor of history and director of the Delhi School of Economics and also of the department of history of Delhi University.

He was first a reader in Modern South Asian History and then professor of Indian History and Civilization and fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford from 1973-93. He was an emeritus fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford after retirement.

He became a national research professor in India in 2010

Awards

Watumull Prize awarded by the American Historical Association, 1982. (jointly with Irfan Habib) for the Cambridge Economic History of India.

Doctor of Letters 1993, University of Oxford

Doctor of Letters honoris causa by the University of Calcutta

Doctor of Letters honoris causa by the University of Burdwan

Padma Bhushan in 2007 in recognition to his contributions to history.

Death

He died at home in Oxford (England) on 26 November 2014, after suffering a stroke.

Books

—— (1953). Bengal Under Akbar and Jahangir: An Introductory Study in Social History. Calcutta: A. Mukherjee & Co. OCLC 906328391.

—— (1962). Jan Company in Coromandel, 1605-1690. 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff. OCLC 450671.

Raychaudhuri, Tapan; Habib, Irfan, eds. (1982). The Cambridge Economic History of India. I, c. 1200-c. 1750. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22802-2.

—— (1988). Europe Reconsidered: Perceptions of the West in Nineteenth Century Bengal. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-562066-5.

—— (1993). Romanthan Athoba Bhimrotiprapter Paracharitcharcha রোমন্থন অথবা ভীমরতিপ্রাপ্তর পরচরিতচর্চা (in Bengali). Kolkata: Ananda. ISBN 978-8177563481.

—— (2005). Perceptions, Emotions, Sensibilities: Essays on India's Colonial and Post-colonial Experiences. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-567894-9.

—— (2007). Bangalanama. Kolkata: Ananda. ISBN 978-8177566697.

—— (2011). The world in our time: a memoir. Noida: Harper Collins Publishers India. ISBN 978-9350291320.

References

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