Nisith Ranjan Ray
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Nisith Ranjan Ray | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 November 1910 Ishwarganj, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 7 September 1994 (aged 83) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Known for | Indian history |
| Awards | Rabindra Puraskar(1988 Padma Shri(1992) |
Nisith Ranjan Ray(19 November, 1910 – 7 September,1994)[1][2] 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.[3]
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.[3][4] 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.[3] He was the author of several books on history,[5] including Bengal: Yesterday and Today,[6] Calcutta: the Profile of a City,[7] India and Her People: Bengal,[8] A History of India[9] and Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947[10]
The Government of India awarded him its fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, in 1992.[11] A year of celebrations for the centenary of his birth was opened in November 2009 by the historians P. T. Nair and Amalendu De.[4]
- Ray Nisith; Roy Ranjit (1998). Bengal: Yesterday and Today. Papyrus Publishing House. p. 132. ISBN 978-8171750092.
- Nisith Ranjan Ray (1986). Calcutta: the Profile of a City. K. P. Bagchi & Co. ASIN B016TVSWQM.
- Nisith R. Ray (1979). India and Her People: Bengal. Sangam Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-0861311101.
- Narendra Krishna Sinha; Nisith Ranjan Ray (1973). A history of India. Orient Longman. p. 613.
- Nisith Ranjan Ray; Ravindrer Kumar; Manmath Nath Das (1985). Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947. Vikas Publishing House. p. 322. ISBN 9780706930207.
