Tapan Raychaudhuri
| Tapan Raychaudhuri | |
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Raychaudhuri in 2009
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| Born | 8 May 1926 Kirtipasha, Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 26 November 2013 (aged 87) |
| Fields | History |
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| Doctoral advisor | C.C. Davies |
| Notable students | Shahid Amin, Gyanendra Pandey, Gowher Rizvi, Suranjan Das |
| Notable awards | Watumull Prize |
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.
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 Jagabandhu Institution, Calcutta, Ballygunge Government High School, Calcutta, 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.
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 and then Professor of Indian History and Civilization in Modern South Asian History and fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford from 1973-93. He was an emeritus fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford from 1993-2014.
He died at home in Oxford (England) on 26 November 2014, after suffering a stroke.
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