Nisith Ranjan Ray

Nisith Ranjan Ray
Born 1910
Mymensingh District, British India
Occupation Historian
Known for Indian history
Awards Padma Shri

Nisith Ranjan Ray (born 1910 - death date unknown) was an Indian historian, social activist and the founder of the Society for Preservation, Calcutta, an organisation working for the preservation of the cultural heritage of Kolkata.[1]

Born in Mymensingh District of the present-day Bangladesh in 1910, Ray taught History at Calcutta University before joining the Victoria Memorial Hall in 1971 as its secretary and curator.[1][2] He was one of the founder members of the Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, the apex body for Bengali language in West Bengal and the director of the Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata.[1] He was the author of several books on history,[3] including Bengal: Yesterday and Today,[4] Calcutta: the Profile of a City,[5] India and Her People: Bengal,[6] A History of India[7] and Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947[8]

The Government of India awarded him its fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, in 1992.[9] A year of celebrations for the centenary of his birth was opened in November 2009 by the historians P. T. Nair and Amalendu De.[2]

Selected bibliography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Access to history". The Telegraph. 14 November 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "The man who made the heritage tag". The Telegraph. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
  3. ↑ "Ray, Nisith Ranjan". WorldCat. 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ Ray Nisith, Roy Ranjit (1998). Bengal: Yesterday and Today. Papyrus Publishing House. p. 132. ISBN 978-8171750092.
  5. ↑ Nisith Ranjan Ray (1986). Calcutta: the Profile of a City. K. P. Bagchi & Co. ASIN B016TVSWQM.
  6. ↑ Nisith R. Ray (1979). India and Her People: Bengal. Sangam Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-0861311101.
  7. ↑ Narendra Krishna Sinha, Nisith Ranjan Ray (1973). A history of India. Orient Longman. p. 613.
  8. ↑ Nisith Ranjan Ray, Ravindrer Kumar, Manmath Nath Das (1985). Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947. Vikas Publishing House. p. 322.
  9. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

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