Barun De
| Barun De | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 October 1932 Calcutta, Bengal |
| Died | 16 July 2013 (aged 80) Calcutta, West Bengal |
| Fields | History |
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Barun De (30 October 1932 – 16 July 2013) was an Indian historian. He served as founder-director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta and the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata and as the honorary state editor for the West Bengal District Gazetteers. He was chairman of the West Bengal Heritage Commission and West Bengal State Archives.
De was born into an illustrious Brahmo family. His father, Major (Hon.) Basanta Kumar De, was a high ranking official of the Bengal Nagpur Railways. His grandfather was Brajendranath De, ICS. He studied at St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Calcutta. He completed his higher studies at Presidency College, Calcutta, where he was a student of Professor Susobhan Chandra Sarkar and later at St. Catherine's Society, Oxford and Nuffield College, Oxford, where he was awarded the Curzon Memorial Prize for his essay "Macaulay and India", before completing his D.Phil. thesis on "Henry Dundas and the Government of India, 1784-1801" under the supervision of Dr. C.C. Davies. He was a president of the Oxford India Majlis.
He formed a lasting friendship with Professor S. Nurul Hasan, the historian and Governor of West Bengal.
De held various positions at various times, including a senior professorship at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, the founder-directorship of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta and the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, a membership, held for three terms, of the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, and the role of honorary state editor of the West Bengal District Gazetteers. He taught and worked abroad, among other places, at Duke University as a visiting associate professor, the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, as a senior fellow, Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris as a directeur, University of Sydney and University of Milan as a visiting professor, and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent as the India Chair for three years, with attachment to the Indian Embassy of Uzbekistan,. He was secretary and president of the Indian History Congress.
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