Gautam Bhadra

Gautam Bhadra is a respected historian who was born in Kolkata in 1948. He was a student of Presidency College, Jadavpur University and Jawaharlal Nehru University.[1] He was the first Tagore National Fellow based at the National Library in Kolkata.[2] He was associated with the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta as a professor of history for many years and also a member of the editorial board and a contributor of Subaltern Studies.

Awards and honours

In 2011, Bhadra was conferred with the prestigious Bengali literary award, Ananda Puraskar, for his book 'Nyara Bot-tolaye Jai Ko-bar?'[3]

References

  1. ↑ Chhatim Books. "Gautam Bhadra, Author Profile".
  2. ↑ National Library. "Message from the Director General".
  3. ↑ TwoCircles.net. "Historian Gautam Bhadra awarded Bengali literary prize".
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