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Rabindra Puraskar

2023-08-24T09:40:33Z

2402:3A80:198F:7CC9:878:5634:1232:5476: /* 2006–2012 */

{{Short description|Literary award}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
The '''Rabindra Puraskar''' or the '''Rabindra Smriti Puraskar''' is the highest honorary literary award given in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. This award is named after the famous Indian poet [[Rabindranath Tagore]] and is administered by the [[Government of West Bengal]] under the aegis of the [[Paschimbanga Bangla Academy]] (Bengali Academy of West Bengal), [[Kolkata]].The award is given for creative literature, non-fiction and books about Bengal in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as well as other languages.

From 1950 to 1982 this award was conferred on one or more writers for a particular outstanding work of him. From 1983 to 2003 this award was conferred to one or more writers as a recognition of their lifetime achievement. In 2004 and 2005, again this award was conferred on one or more writers for a particular outstanding work. Since 2006 this award again is being conferred to one or more writers as a recognition of their lifetime achievement.
Sisir Kumar Das is missing from the list. He got the award twice, in 1976 and 1987.

== Recipients ==

=== 1950–1959 ===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" align="center"
! Year
! Name
! Work
|-
|rowspan="2"|1950
|[[Satinath Bhaduri]]
|''[[Jagari]]'' (Novel)
|-
|[[Niharranjan Ray]]
|''Bangalir Itihaas: Adi Parva''سر (History)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1951
|[[Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay]] (Posthumous)
|''Ichhamati'' (Novel)
|-
| Jogesh Chandra Roy Vidyanidhi
|''Indian Ancient Life'' (History)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1952
|Brajendranath Bandyopadhyay
|''Sangbadpatre Sekaler Katha'', ''Bangla Samayik Patra'', ''Sahitya-Sadhak-Charitmala'' etc. (History of Bengali Literature)
|-
|Dr Kalipada Biswas & Ekkadi Ghosh
|''Bharater Banaushadhi'' (Ayurveda)
|-
|1953
|''Bangalir Saraswat Abadaan: Bange Nabyanyay-Charcha'' (History of Sanskrit Literature)
|-
|1954
|Rani Chanda
|''Purna Kumbha'' (Travelogue)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1955
|[[Rajshekhar Bose|Parashuram]]
|''Krishnakali Ityadi Galpa'' (Short Stories)
|-
|[[Tarashankar Bandopadhyay]]
|''Arogya Niketan'' (Novel)
|-
|1956
| Samarendranath Sen
|-
|rowspan="2"|1957
|Dr [[Ramesh Chandra Majumdar]]
|''[[The History and Culture of the Indian People]]'' (History)
|-
|[[Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay]]
|''Rabindra Jibani'' (Tagore Studies)
|-
|rowspan="3"|1958
|[[Premendra Mitra]]
|''[[Sagar Theke Phera]]'' (Poetry)
|-
|Dr [[Suniti Kumar Chatterji]]
|''Latterature Mediavali & Moderne Del Sub Continente Indiano'' (History of Literature, [[Latin language|Latin]])
|-
|[[Binoy Ghosh]]
|''Paschimbanger Sanskriti'' (Bengal Studies)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1959
|[[Upendranath Bhattacharya]]
|''Banglar Baul Gaan'' (Musicology)
|-
|Haridas Mukhopadhyay and Uma Mukhopadhyay
|''Origin of the National Education Movement'' (History)
|}

=== 1960–1969 ===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" align="center"
! Year
! Name
! Work
|-
|rowspan="2"|1960
|Pramathanath Bishi
|''Carry Saheber Munsi'' (novel)
|-
|Radhagobinda Nath
|''Goudiya Vaishnava Darshan'' (Vaishnava philosophy)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1961
|[[Haridas Siddhantabagish]]
|''Mahabharat'' (translation)
|-
|[[Swami Prajnanananda]]
|''Historical Development of Indian Music: A Critical Study'' (music)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1962
|[[Bonoful|Banaphul]]
|''Hate Bazare'' (novel)
|-
|Jitendranath Bandyopadhyaya
|''Panchopasana''
|-
|rowspan="2"|1963
|Subodh Chandra Chakabarty
|''Ramyani Vikhsya'' (travelogue)
|-
|Suresh Chandra Bandyopadhyaya
|''Smritishastre Bangali'' (history)
|-
|rowspan="3"|1964
|[[Mrityunjoy Prasad Guha]]
|''Akash O Prithibi'' (science)
|-
|[[Bimal Mitra]]
|''Kadi Diye Kinlam'' (novel)
|-
|[[Shankar Nath Roy]]
| ''Bharater Sadhak ''(religion)
|-
|rowspan="3"|1965
|[[Sukumar Sen (linguist)|Sukumar Sen]]
|''Bharatiya Shahityer Itihas'' (history)
|-
|Shachindra Nath Bose
|''Pragaitihasik Manush'' (anthropology)
|-
|Gajendra Kumar Mitra
|''Paush Faguner Pala'' (novel)
|-
|rowspan="3"|1966
|[[Ashapoorna Devi|Ashapurna Devi]]
|''[[Pratham Pratishruti]]'' (novel)
|-
|Shanti Ranjan Bhattacharya
|''Bangali Hinduon ka Urdu Khidmat''
|-
|[[Anirvan]]
|''Ved Mimansa''
|-
|rowspan="3"|1967
|[[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]]
|''Tungabhadrar Teere'' (novel)
|-
|Kalika Ranjan Kanungo
|''Rajasthan Kahini'' (history)
|-
|Prabas Jiban Chaudhury
|''Tagore on Literature and Aesthetics''
|-
|rowspan="3"|1968
|[[Kalidas Roy]]
|''Purnahuti'' (poem)
|-
|Sukumar Bose
|''Himalaya'' (travellogue)
|-
|Charu Chandra Sanyal
|''The Rajbansis of North Bengal'' (anthropology)
|-
|rowspan="3"|1969
|[[Leela Majumdar]]
|''Aar Konokhane''
|-
|[[Narayan Sanyal]]
|''Aparupa Ajanta'' (cave painting)
|-
|Gopendra Krishna Bose
|''Bangalar Laukik Debata'' (folk culture)
|}

=== 1970–1982 ===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" align="center"
! Year
! Name
! Work
|-
|1971
|Ramapada Chaudhuri
|''Ekhoni'' (novel)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1972
|[[Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay|Bibhuti Bhushan Mukhopadhyay]]
|''Ebar Priyambada'' (novel)
|-
|Paresh Chandra Majumdar
|''Sanskrita O Prakrita Bhashar Kramabikash'' (philology)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1973
|Jyotirmayi Devi
|"Sonarupa Noy" (Collection of Short Stories), Article "Sahityik Jyotirmoyi Devi" -by Rimpa Sarkar,Published on 13 July 2013 in Bartaman Paper (Bengali), Kolkata,
|-
|Amalendu Mitra
|"Radher Sanskriti" (Stories of Birbhum and their culture)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1974
|[[Buddhadeb Bosu|Buddhadeb Basu]]
|''Swagato Biday'' (poetry)
|-
|Dr. Santimay Chatterjee and Enakshi Chatterjee
|''Paramanu Jignasa'' (science)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1975
|[[Achintyakumar Sengupta]]
|''Uttarayan'' (poetry)
|-
|[[Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya]]
|''Banglar Kitpatanga'' (entomology)
|-
|
|[[Sri Anirvan]]
|''Veda Mimamsa''
|-
|rowspan="2"|1979
|[[Arun Mitra]]
|''Shudhu Rater Shabda Noy'' (poetry)
|-
|[[Geraldine Forbes]]
|''Positivism in Bengal: A Case Study in the Transmission and Assimilation of an Ideology''
|-
|rowspan="2"|1981
|[[Benode Behari Mukherjee|Binod Bihari Mukhopadhyay]] (posthumous)
|''Chitrakar'' (painting)
|-
|[[Susobhan Sarkar]]
|''On the Bengal Renaissance''
|}

=== 1986–2005 ===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" align="center"
! Year
! Name
! Work
|-
|1986
|Radharani Devi
|''Aparajita Rachanabali'' (complete works)
|-
|1987
|[[Ramendrakumar Acharyachoudhry]]
|''Bramha O Putir Mouri''
|-
|rowspan="2"|1989
|[[Shankha Ghosh]]
|''Dhum Legechhe Hrit-kamale'' (poetry)
|-
|[[Ram Basu]]
|
|-
|1994
|[[Khudiram Das]]
|Choddosho-Sal-o-Choloman Rabi ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: চোদ্দশ সাল ও চলমান রবি)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1995
|Pratul Chandra Rakshit
|''Periye Elam'' (autobiography)
|-
|[[Shakti Chattopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museindia.com/regularcontent.asp?issid=33&id=2196 |title=Welcome to Muse India |website=www.museindia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923224127/http://museindia.com/regularcontent.asp?issid=33&id=2196 |archive-date=2010-09-23}} </ref> (posthumous)
|
|-
|1996
|[[Ajoy Home]] (posthumous)
|''Chena Achena Pakhi'' (ornithology)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1999
|Amitava Dasgupta
|''Aamaar Nirabota, Aamaar Bhasha'' (poetry)
|-
| Mangalacharan Chattopdhyay
|''Shreshtha Kobita''
|-
|2003
|[[Dr. Biswanath Chakraborty]]
|''Amake Cheno (Science)''
|-
|2004
|[[Palash Baran Pal]]
|''Bigyan: Byakti, Jukti, Somoy O Somaj'' (science)
|-
|rowspan="2"|2005
|[[Himani Bannerji]]
|''Inventing Subjects: Studies in Hegemony, Patriarchy and Colonialism'' (literature)
|-
|[[Biman Nath]]
|''Mohabishwer Prothom Aalo'' (Science)
|}

=== 2006–2012 ===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" align="center"
! Year
! Name
|-
|rowspan="2"|2006
|Ralph W. Nicholas
|-
|Tarun Sanayal
|-
|rowspan="2"|2007
|Sumit Sarkar
|-
|Kazuo Azuma
|-
|Nalin Patel
|-
|2008
|[[Manibhushan Bhattacharya]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|2010
|Manindra Gupta (Manindra Lal Dasgupta)
|-
|Asim Kumar Mukhopadhyay
|-
|Sukanya Sinha
|-
|2011
|[[Amartya Sen]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|2012
|Mridul Dasgupta (literature)
|-
|[[Amit Chaudhuri]] (other than Bengali)
|}

=== 2013–2018 ===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" align="center"
! Year
! Name
! Work
|-
|2013
|[[Ranajit Das]]
|For overall contribution to Bengali poetry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ranajitdas.com/home.html |title=Ranajit Das {{!}} Self |website=www.ranajitdas.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219115548/http://www.ranajitdas.com/home.html |archive-date=2014-02-19}} </ref>
|-
|2014
|Dr Sankar Kumar Nath
|For "Kolkata Medical College-r Gorar Katha O Pandit Madhusudan Gupta" in Science
|-
|2015
|Gautam Basu
|For "Bengali Poetry"
|-
|2018
|[[Boria Majumdar]]
|''Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians''
|-
|}

===2020-Present===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" align="center"
! Year
! Name
! Work
|-
|2022
|[[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]
|For overall contribution<ref>{{cite web | url=https://jobsnames.com/mamata-banerjee-honored-with-special-bangla-academy-award-jn-news/ | title=Mamata Banerjee honored with Special Bangla Academy Award – JN News }}</ref>
|-
|2022
|[[Bikash Sinha]]
|For overall contribution<ref>{{cite web | url=https://irshivideos.com/mamata-banerjee-honored-with-special-bangla-academy-award-iv-news/ | title=Mamata Banerjee honored with Special Bangla Academy Award IV news }}</ref>
|-
|2022
|France Bhattacharya
|For overall contribution<ref>{{cite web | url=https://irshivideos.com/mamata-banerjee-honored-with-special-bangla-academy-award-iv-news/ | title=Mamata Banerjee honored with Special Bangla Academy Award IV news }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://prohor.in/france-bhattacharya-has-won-rabindra-puroskar | title=জীবনসায়াহ্নে রবীন্দ্র পুরস্কারে সম্মানিত ফ্রাঁস ভট্টাচার্য - Prohor }}</ref>
|-
|}

== See also ==
*[[Ananda Puraskar]]
*[[Bankim Puraskar]]
*[[Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers]]
*[[Bangla Academy Award]]

== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==
*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050510/asp/northeast/story_4718243.asp Report of 2005 award], North East Diary, [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]], 10 May 2005
*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060703/asp/calcutta/story_6424727.asp Report of 2006 award], Timeout, [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]], 3 July 2006
* [http://www.caorc.org/news/highlights/aiis/aiis-2006-07-19.htm Report of 2006 award – ''President of AIIS receives Distinguished Award'', Council of American Overseas Research Centers]

[[Category:Bengali-language writers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Rabindra Puraskar| ]]

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Rabindra Puraskar

2023-08-24T09:39:05Z

2402:3A80:198F:7CC9:878:5634:1232:5476: /* 2006–2012 */

{{Short description|Literary award}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
The '''Rabindra Puraskar''' or the '''Rabindra Smriti Puraskar''' is the highest honorary literary award given in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. This award is named after the famous Indian poet [[Rabindranath Tagore]] and is administered by the [[Government of West Bengal]] under the aegis of the [[Paschimbanga Bangla Academy]] (Bengali Academy of West Bengal), [[Kolkata]].The award is given for creative literature, non-fiction and books about Bengal in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as well as other languages.

From 1950 to 1982 this award was conferred on one or more writers for a particular outstanding work of him. From 1983 to 2003 this award was conferred to one or more writers as a recognition of their lifetime achievement. In 2004 and 2005, again this award was conferred on one or more writers for a particular outstanding work. Since 2006 this award again is being conferred to one or more writers as a recognition of their lifetime achievement.
Sisir Kumar Das is missing from the list. He got the award twice, in 1976 and 1987.

== Recipients ==

=== 1950–1959 ===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" align="center"
! Year
! Name
! Work
|-
|rowspan="2"|1950
|[[Satinath Bhaduri]]
|''[[Jagari]]'' (Novel)
|-
|[[Niharranjan Ray]]
|''Bangalir Itihaas: Adi Parva''سر (History)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1951
|[[Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay]] (Posthumous)
|''Ichhamati'' (Novel)
|-
| Jogesh Chandra Roy Vidyanidhi
|''Indian Ancient Life'' (History)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1952
|Brajendranath Bandyopadhyay
|''Sangbadpatre Sekaler Katha'', ''Bangla Samayik Patra'', ''Sahitya-Sadhak-Charitmala'' etc. (History of Bengali Literature)
|-
|Dr Kalipada Biswas & Ekkadi Ghosh
|''Bharater Banaushadhi'' (Ayurveda)
|-
|1953
|''Bangalir Saraswat Abadaan: Bange Nabyanyay-Charcha'' (History of Sanskrit Literature)
|-
|1954
|Rani Chanda
|''Purna Kumbha'' (Travelogue)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1955
|[[Rajshekhar Bose|Parashuram]]
|''Krishnakali Ityadi Galpa'' (Short Stories)
|-
|[[Tarashankar Bandopadhyay]]
|''Arogya Niketan'' (Novel)
|-
|1956
| Samarendranath Sen
|-
|rowspan="2"|1957
|Dr [[Ramesh Chandra Majumdar]]
|''[[The History and Culture of the Indian People]]'' (History)
|-
|[[Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay]]
|''Rabindra Jibani'' (Tagore Studies)
|-
|rowspan="3"|1958
|[[Premendra Mitra]]
|''[[Sagar Theke Phera]]'' (Poetry)
|-
|Dr [[Suniti Kumar Chatterji]]
|''Latterature Mediavali & Moderne Del Sub Continente Indiano'' (History of Literature, [[Latin language|Latin]])
|-
|[[Binoy Ghosh]]
|''Paschimbanger Sanskriti'' (Bengal Studies)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1959
|[[Upendranath Bhattacharya]]
|''Banglar Baul Gaan'' (Musicology)
|-
|Haridas Mukhopadhyay and Uma Mukhopadhyay
|''Origin of the National Education Movement'' (History)
|}

=== 1960–1969 ===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" align="center"
! Year
! Name
! Work
|-
|rowspan="2"|1960
|Pramathanath Bishi
|''Carry Saheber Munsi'' (novel)
|-
|Radhagobinda Nath
|''Goudiya Vaishnava Darshan'' (Vaishnava philosophy)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1961
|[[Haridas Siddhantabagish]]
|''Mahabharat'' (translation)
|-
|[[Swami Prajnanananda]]
|''Historical Development of Indian Music: A Critical Study'' (music)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1962
|[[Bonoful|Banaphul]]
|''Hate Bazare'' (novel)
|-
|Jitendranath Bandyopadhyaya
|''Panchopasana''
|-
|rowspan="2"|1963
|Subodh Chandra Chakabarty
|''Ramyani Vikhsya'' (travelogue)
|-
|Suresh Chandra Bandyopadhyaya
|''Smritishastre Bangali'' (history)
|-
|rowspan="3"|1964
|[[Mrityunjoy Prasad Guha]]
|''Akash O Prithibi'' (science)
|-
|[[Bimal Mitra]]
|''Kadi Diye Kinlam'' (novel)
|-
|[[Shankar Nath Roy]]
| ''Bharater Sadhak ''(religion)
|-
|rowspan="3"|1965
|[[Sukumar Sen (linguist)|Sukumar Sen]]
|''Bharatiya Shahityer Itihas'' (history)
|-
|Shachindra Nath Bose
|''Pragaitihasik Manush'' (anthropology)
|-
|Gajendra Kumar Mitra
|''Paush Faguner Pala'' (novel)
|-
|rowspan="3"|1966
|[[Ashapoorna Devi|Ashapurna Devi]]
|''[[Pratham Pratishruti]]'' (novel)
|-
|Shanti Ranjan Bhattacharya
|''Bangali Hinduon ka Urdu Khidmat''
|-
|[[Anirvan]]
|''Ved Mimansa''
|-
|rowspan="3"|1967
|[[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]]
|''Tungabhadrar Teere'' (novel)
|-
|Kalika Ranjan Kanungo
|''Rajasthan Kahini'' (history)
|-
|Prabas Jiban Chaudhury
|''Tagore on Literature and Aesthetics''
|-
|rowspan="3"|1968
|[[Kalidas Roy]]
|''Purnahuti'' (poem)
|-
|Sukumar Bose
|''Himalaya'' (travellogue)
|-
|Charu Chandra Sanyal
|''The Rajbansis of North Bengal'' (anthropology)
|-
|rowspan="3"|1969
|[[Leela Majumdar]]
|''Aar Konokhane''
|-
|[[Narayan Sanyal]]
|''Aparupa Ajanta'' (cave painting)
|-
|Gopendra Krishna Bose
|''Bangalar Laukik Debata'' (folk culture)
|}

=== 1970–1982 ===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" align="center"
! Year
! Name
! Work
|-
|1971
|Ramapada Chaudhuri
|''Ekhoni'' (novel)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1972
|[[Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay|Bibhuti Bhushan Mukhopadhyay]]
|''Ebar Priyambada'' (novel)
|-
|Paresh Chandra Majumdar
|''Sanskrita O Prakrita Bhashar Kramabikash'' (philology)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1973
|Jyotirmayi Devi
|"Sonarupa Noy" (Collection of Short Stories), Article "Sahityik Jyotirmoyi Devi" -by Rimpa Sarkar,Published on 13 July 2013 in Bartaman Paper (Bengali), Kolkata,
|-
|Amalendu Mitra
|"Radher Sanskriti" (Stories of Birbhum and their culture)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1974
|[[Buddhadeb Bosu|Buddhadeb Basu]]
|''Swagato Biday'' (poetry)
|-
|Dr. Santimay Chatterjee and Enakshi Chatterjee
|''Paramanu Jignasa'' (science)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1975
|[[Achintyakumar Sengupta]]
|''Uttarayan'' (poetry)
|-
|[[Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya]]
|''Banglar Kitpatanga'' (entomology)
|-
|
|[[Sri Anirvan]]
|''Veda Mimamsa''
|-
|rowspan="2"|1979
|[[Arun Mitra]]
|''Shudhu Rater Shabda Noy'' (poetry)
|-
|[[Geraldine Forbes]]
|''Positivism in Bengal: A Case Study in the Transmission and Assimilation of an Ideology''
|-
|rowspan="2"|1981
|[[Benode Behari Mukherjee|Binod Bihari Mukhopadhyay]] (posthumous)
|''Chitrakar'' (painting)
|-
|[[Susobhan Sarkar]]
|''On the Bengal Renaissance''
|}

=== 1986–2005 ===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" align="center"
! Year
! Name
! Work
|-
|1986
|Radharani Devi
|''Aparajita Rachanabali'' (complete works)
|-
|1987
|[[Ramendrakumar Acharyachoudhry]]
|''Bramha O Putir Mouri''
|-
|rowspan="2"|1989
|[[Shankha Ghosh]]
|''Dhum Legechhe Hrit-kamale'' (poetry)
|-
|[[Ram Basu]]
|
|-
|1994
|[[Khudiram Das]]
|Choddosho-Sal-o-Choloman Rabi ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: চোদ্দশ সাল ও চলমান রবি)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1995
|Pratul Chandra Rakshit
|''Periye Elam'' (autobiography)
|-
|[[Shakti Chattopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museindia.com/regularcontent.asp?issid=33&id=2196 |title=Welcome to Muse India |website=www.museindia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923224127/http://museindia.com/regularcontent.asp?issid=33&id=2196 |archive-date=2010-09-23}} </ref> (posthumous)
|
|-
|1996
|[[Ajoy Home]] (posthumous)
|''Chena Achena Pakhi'' (ornithology)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1999
|Amitava Dasgupta
|''Aamaar Nirabota, Aamaar Bhasha'' (poetry)
|-
| Mangalacharan Chattopdhyay
|''Shreshtha Kobita''
|-
|2003
|[[Dr. Biswanath Chakraborty]]
|''Amake Cheno (Science)''
|-
|2004
|[[Palash Baran Pal]]
|''Bigyan: Byakti, Jukti, Somoy O Somaj'' (science)
|-
|rowspan="2"|2005
|[[Himani Bannerji]]
|''Inventing Subjects: Studies in Hegemony, Patriarchy and Colonialism'' (literature)
|-
|[[Biman Nath]]
|''Mohabishwer Prothom Aalo'' (Science)
|}

=== 2006–2012 ===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" align="center"
! Year
! Name
|-
|rowspan="2"|2006
|Ralph W. Nicholas
|-
|Tarun Sanayal
|-
|rowspan="2"|2007
|Kazuo Azuma
|-
|Nalin Patel
|-
|Sumit Sarkar
|-
|2008
|[[Manibhushan Bhattacharya]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|2010
|Manindra Gupta (Manindra Lal Dasgupta)
|-
|Asim Kumar Mukhopadhyay
|-
|Sukanya Sinha
|-
|2011
|[[Amartya Sen]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|2012
|Mridul Dasgupta (literature)
|-
|[[Amit Chaudhuri]] (other than Bengali)
|}

=== 2013–2018 ===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" align="center"
! Year
! Name
! Work
|-
|2013
|[[Ranajit Das]]
|For overall contribution to Bengali poetry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ranajitdas.com/home.html |title=Ranajit Das {{!}} Self |website=www.ranajitdas.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219115548/http://www.ranajitdas.com/home.html |archive-date=2014-02-19}} </ref>
|-
|2014
|Dr Sankar Kumar Nath
|For "Kolkata Medical College-r Gorar Katha O Pandit Madhusudan Gupta" in Science
|-
|2015
|Gautam Basu
|For "Bengali Poetry"
|-
|2018
|[[Boria Majumdar]]
|''Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians''
|-
|}

===2020-Present===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" align="center"
! Year
! Name
! Work
|-
|2022
|[[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]
|For overall contribution<ref>{{cite web | url=https://jobsnames.com/mamata-banerjee-honored-with-special-bangla-academy-award-jn-news/ | title=Mamata Banerjee honored with Special Bangla Academy Award – JN News }}</ref>
|-
|2022
|[[Bikash Sinha]]
|For overall contribution<ref>{{cite web | url=https://irshivideos.com/mamata-banerjee-honored-with-special-bangla-academy-award-iv-news/ | title=Mamata Banerjee honored with Special Bangla Academy Award IV news }}</ref>
|-
|2022
|France Bhattacharya
|For overall contribution<ref>{{cite web | url=https://irshivideos.com/mamata-banerjee-honored-with-special-bangla-academy-award-iv-news/ | title=Mamata Banerjee honored with Special Bangla Academy Award IV news }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://prohor.in/france-bhattacharya-has-won-rabindra-puroskar | title=জীবনসায়াহ্নে রবীন্দ্র পুরস্কারে সম্মানিত ফ্রাঁস ভট্টাচার্য - Prohor }}</ref>
|-
|}

== See also ==
*[[Ananda Puraskar]]
*[[Bankim Puraskar]]
*[[Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers]]
*[[Bangla Academy Award]]

== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==
*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050510/asp/northeast/story_4718243.asp Report of 2005 award], North East Diary, [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]], 10 May 2005
*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060703/asp/calcutta/story_6424727.asp Report of 2006 award], Timeout, [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]], 3 July 2006
* [http://www.caorc.org/news/highlights/aiis/aiis-2006-07-19.htm Report of 2006 award – ''President of AIIS receives Distinguished Award'', Council of American Overseas Research Centers]

[[Category:Bengali-language writers]]
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Susobhan Sarkar

2023-08-24T09:36:47Z

2402:3A80:198F:7CC9:878:5634:1232:5476: /* Awards */

{{Short description|Indian historian (1900–1982)}}
{{more citations needed|date=February 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
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'''Susobhan Chandra Sarkar''' (1900–1982) was an Indian historian.

==Background and education==
Sarkar, son of Suresh Chandra Sarkar, a deputy magistrate in Bihar and Orissa. His paternal family came from Sarisha in Diamond Harbour in 24 Parganas of Bengal. His childhood was spent in Kanthi in Midnapur and different places in Bihar. Later, he became a Brahmo.

He attended [[Dhaka Collegiate School]], studied history at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]], where he stood first in the first class and continued his higher education at [[Jesus College, Oxford]] from 1923 to 1925, where he obtained a 2:1. His daughter Sipra Sarkar was a professor of history at [[Jadavpur University]], Calcutta and [[Sumit Sarkar]] was professor of history at [[Delhi University]].

==Career==
He returned to India as a [[Lecturer]] in History at [[Calcutta University]] in 1925 before being appointed [[Reader (academic rank)|Reader]] in History at [[Dhaka University]] in 1929. He was a member of [[Visva-Bharati University|Visva-Bharati]], [[Santiniketan]] Executive Council from 1925 to 1935. In 1933, he was appointed [[Professor]] of History at Presidency College, Calcutta.<ref name="amartyasenautobiobiography">[https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1998/sen-autobio.html Amartya Sen, ''Autobiography'' (The Nobel Foundation, 1998)]</ref>

After retirement he moved to [[Jadavpur University]] as Professor and Head of Department of History in 1956. He returned to [[Calcutta University]] for his final academic post from 1961 to 1967.

Sarkar, whose work was influenced by his [[Marxist]] and [[Gramscian]] ideas, taught the history of modern Europe, particularly the development of constitutional history in Britain and political thought in Western Europe. He also wrote from the 1930s about the [[Bengal Renaissance]]. His ''Notes on Bengal Renaissance'' sparked an interest in nationalist Indian historiography.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Susobhan Sarkar (1900–1982): A Personal Memoir|first=Barun|last=De|author-link=Barun De|journal=[[Social Scientist]]|volume=11|date=February 1983|pages=3–15|jstor=3517030|issue=2|publisher=Social Scientist}}</ref> He also wrote the manifesto of the [[Communist Party of India|CPI]].

==Awards==
Sarkar was awarded the [[Rabindra Puraskar]] in 1981 for his book ''On the Bengal Renaissance''.

==Legacy==
The Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, in collaboration with [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency University]], [[Kolkata]] (erstwhile Presidency College), has been organizing a lecture series in Sarkar's memory since 1994.<ref name="itihassamsad">Noted scholars, such as Ashin Das Gupta, B.N. Mukherjee, Goutam Chattopadhyay, [[Gautam Bhadra]], Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, [[Partha Chatterjee (scholar)|Partha Chatterjee]], [[Sukanta Chaudhuri]], [[D N Jha|D.N. Jha]], [[Jasodhara Bagchi]], [[Rajat Kanta Ray]], and [[Sugata Bose]], have delivered this lecture. The Itihas Samsad brought out a collection of these lectures, from 1996-2016, in a volume (edited by Ramkrishna Chatterjee) entitled Sahitya Samaj Itihas (Bengali সাহিত্য সমাজ ইতিহাস). This volume was released by Sarkar's son, [[Sumit Sarkar]], on 24 January 2018 at the venue of the 34th annual conference of the Itihas Samsad, held at the School of Women's Studies, [[Jadavpur University]]. The volume also includes a translation, in to Bengali, of the obituary written by [[Barun De]], which was published in the 'Social Scientist', as well as a report of the proceedings of the first seminar held in Sarkar's memory at Presidency College in 1994</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.81955/2015.81955.Notes-On-The-Bengal-Renaissance#page/n7/mode/2up Notes on the Bengal Renaissance] (1946) People's Publishing House, Bombay.

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Sumit Sarkar

2023-08-24T09:35:45Z

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{{short description|Indian historian of modern India (born 1939)}}
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[[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]]
}}

'''Sumit Sarkar''' (born 1939) is an Indian historian of modern [[India]]. He is the author of ''Swadeshi Movement''.

==Early Life, Education and career==
He was born to [[Susobhan Sarkar]]. His maternal uncle was [[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis]].

He completed his BA (Honours) in History at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] and MA and Ph.D. in the same subject at the [[University of Calcutta]]. He taught for many years as a [[Lecturer]] at the University of Calcutta, and later as a [[Reader (academic rank)|Reader]] at the [[University of Burdwan]]. He completed his Post-Doctoral Fellowship at [[Wolfson College, Oxford]]. He was [[Professor]] of History at the [[University of Delhi]].<ref>[http://www.upscportal.com/store/author/sumit-sarkar]</ref>

==Awards==
Sarkar was awarded the [[Rabindra Puraskar]] literary award for his book ''Writing Social History'' by the [[West Bengal]] government in 2004. He wanted to return the award in 2007 in protest against [[Nandigram violence|the expulsion of farmers]] from their land. The Government of West Bengal did not accept his refusal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nandigram was more shocking than Jallianwala Bagh |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1774467.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=2007-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207162822/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1774467.cms |access-date=2008-03-27 |archive-date=7 December 2010 }}</ref>

==Controversy==
He was one of the founding members of the [[Subaltern Studies|Subaltern Studies Collective]], but later distanced himself from the project. He noted that arguments made in the later issues of the journal as well as in books by [[Partha Chatterjee (scholar)|Partha Chatterjee]] blanketly criticized Enlightenment, the nation-state and secularism lined up with indigenist critiques that were at home with the Hindu right. In his view this error was traceable to a basic confusion in the early project that posed an absolute separation between the elite and subaltern domains.<ref>Sumit Sarkar, "The Decline of the Subaltern in Subaltern Studies," in Writing Social History pp. 82-108</ref>

He contributed a volume to the ''Towards Freedom'' project of the [[Indian Council of Historical Research]] (ICHR), publication of which was blocked in 2000 by the ICHR under the influence of then Indian government administered by the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] as alleged by Sarkar.<ref>{{cite news |title= Righting or rewriting Hindu history |url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/BB23Df01.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000925075754/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/BB23Df01.html |url-status=unfit |archive-date=2000-09-25 |work=[[Asia Times]] |date=2000-02-23 |access-date=2008-03-27 }}</ref> The publication of the volume was eventually allowed by the Government of India once the Congress party came to power after the general election of 2004.<ref>{{cite news |title= 'Towards Freedom' project revived |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/21/stories/2004092115021100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041114124741/http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/21/stories/2004092115021100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-11-14 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2004-09-21 |access-date=2008-03-27 }}</ref>

==Publications==
* ''Modern Times''
*''Towards Freedom: Documents on the Movement for Independence in India, 1946'', (New Delhi, 2007)
*''Beyond Nationalist Frames: Post-Modernism, Hindu Fundamentalism, History'', (Delhi, 2002)
*''Writing Social History'', (Delhi, 1998)
*''Khaki Shorts and Saffron Flags: A Critique of the Hindu Right'', (with Tapan Basu, Pradip Datta, [[Tanika Sarkar]] and Sambuddha Sen; Orient Longman, 1993). {{ISBN|0863113834}}.
*''Modern India: 1885-1947'', (Basingstoke, 1989)
*''The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, 1903-1908'', (New Delhi, 1973)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~sj6/SarkarDeclineofSubalternStudies.pdf The Decline of the Subaltern in Subaltern Studies]
* [http://www.friendsofsouthasia.org/textbook/NCERT_Delhi_Historians__Group.pdf "Delhi Historians Group's Publication "Communalization of Education: The History Textbooks Controversy", A report in 2002, New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University, India].

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Susobhan Sarkar

2023-08-24T09:34:11Z

2402:3A80:198F:7CC9:878:5634:1232:5476: /* Awards */

{{Short description|Indian historian (1900–1982)}}
{{more citations needed|date=February 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
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| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India
| nationality = Indian
| alma mater = [[Presidency College, Calcutta]], [[Jesus College, Oxford]]
| occupation = Historian
| spouse =
}}

'''Susobhan Chandra Sarkar''' (1900–1982) was an Indian historian.

==Background and education==
Sarkar, son of Suresh Chandra Sarkar, a deputy magistrate in Bihar and Orissa. His paternal family came from Sarisha in Diamond Harbour in 24 Parganas of Bengal. His childhood was spent in Kanthi in Midnapur and different places in Bihar. Later, he became a Brahmo.

He attended [[Dhaka Collegiate School]], studied history at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]], where he stood first in the first class and continued his higher education at [[Jesus College, Oxford]] from 1923 to 1925, where he obtained a 2:1. His daughter Sipra Sarkar was a professor of history at [[Jadavpur University]], Calcutta and [[Sumit Sarkar]] was professor of history at [[Delhi University]].

==Career==
He returned to India as a [[Lecturer]] in History at [[Calcutta University]] in 1925 before being appointed [[Reader (academic rank)|Reader]] in History at [[Dhaka University]] in 1929. He was a member of [[Visva-Bharati University|Visva-Bharati]], [[Santiniketan]] Executive Council from 1925 to 1935. In 1933, he was appointed [[Professor]] of History at Presidency College, Calcutta.<ref name="amartyasenautobiobiography">[https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1998/sen-autobio.html Amartya Sen, ''Autobiography'' (The Nobel Foundation, 1998)]</ref>

After retirement he moved to [[Jadavpur University]] as Professor and Head of Department of History in 1956. He returned to [[Calcutta University]] for his final academic post from 1961 to 1967.

Sarkar, whose work was influenced by his [[Marxist]] and [[Gramscian]] ideas, taught the history of modern Europe, particularly the development of constitutional history in Britain and political thought in Western Europe. He also wrote from the 1930s about the [[Bengal Renaissance]]. His ''Notes on Bengal Renaissance'' sparked an interest in nationalist Indian historiography.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Susobhan Sarkar (1900–1982): A Personal Memoir|first=Barun|last=De|author-link=Barun De|journal=[[Social Scientist]]|volume=11|date=February 1983|pages=3–15|jstor=3517030|issue=2|publisher=Social Scientist}}</ref> He also wrote the manifesto of the [[Communist Party of India|CPI]].

==Awards==
Sarkar was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar in 1981 for his book ''On the Bengal Renaissance''.

==Legacy==
The Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, in collaboration with [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency University]], [[Kolkata]] (erstwhile Presidency College), has been organizing a lecture series in Sarkar's memory since 1994.<ref name="itihassamsad">Noted scholars, such as Ashin Das Gupta, B.N. Mukherjee, Goutam Chattopadhyay, [[Gautam Bhadra]], Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, [[Partha Chatterjee (scholar)|Partha Chatterjee]], [[Sukanta Chaudhuri]], [[D N Jha|D.N. Jha]], [[Jasodhara Bagchi]], [[Rajat Kanta Ray]], and [[Sugata Bose]], have delivered this lecture. The Itihas Samsad brought out a collection of these lectures, from 1996-2016, in a volume (edited by Ramkrishna Chatterjee) entitled Sahitya Samaj Itihas (Bengali সাহিত্য সমাজ ইতিহাস). This volume was released by Sarkar's son, [[Sumit Sarkar]], on 24 January 2018 at the venue of the 34th annual conference of the Itihas Samsad, held at the School of Women's Studies, [[Jadavpur University]]. The volume also includes a translation, in to Bengali, of the obituary written by [[Barun De]], which was published in the 'Social Scientist', as well as a report of the proceedings of the first seminar held in Sarkar's memory at Presidency College in 1994</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.81955/2015.81955.Notes-On-The-Bengal-Renaissance#page/n7/mode/2up Notes on the Bengal Renaissance] (1946) People's Publishing House, Bombay.

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[[Category:Presidency University, Kolkata alumni]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
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[[Category:Bengali historians]]
[[Category:Brahmos]]
[[Category:Presidency University, Kolkata faculty]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta faculty]]
[[Category:Historians of India]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian historians]]
[[Category:Indian Marxist historians]]
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Sumit Sarkar

2023-08-24T09:30:45Z

2402:3A80:198F:7CC9:878:5634:1232:5476: /* Awards */

{{short description|Indian historian of modern India (born 1939)}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{more footnotes|date=February 2019}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2019}}}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Sumit Sarkar
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]

[[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]]
}}

'''Sumit Sarkar''' (born 1939) is an Indian historian of modern [[India]]. He is the author of ''Swadeshi Movement''.

==Early Life, Education and career==
He was born to [[Susobhan Sarkar]]. His maternal uncle was [[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis]].

He completed his BA (Honours) in History at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] and MA and Ph.D. in the same subject at the [[University of Calcutta]]. He taught for many years as a [[Lecturer]] at the University of Calcutta, and later as a [[Reader (academic rank)|Reader]] at the [[University of Burdwan]]. He completed his Post-Doctoral Fellowship at [[Wolfson College, Oxford]]. He was [[Professor]] of History at the [[University of Delhi]].<ref>[http://www.upscportal.com/store/author/sumit-sarkar]</ref>

==Awards==
Sarkar was awarded the [[Rabindra Puraskar]] literary award for his book ''Writing Social History'' by the [[West Bengal]] government in 2004. He returned the award in 2007 in protest against [[Nandigram violence|the expulsion of farmers]] from their land. The Government of West Bengal did not accept his refusal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nandigram was more shocking than Jallianwala Bagh |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1774467.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=2007-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207162822/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1774467.cms |access-date=2008-03-27 |archive-date=7 December 2010 }}</ref>

==Controversy==
He was one of the founding members of the [[Subaltern Studies|Subaltern Studies Collective]], but later distanced himself from the project. He noted that arguments made in the later issues of the journal as well as in books by [[Partha Chatterjee (scholar)|Partha Chatterjee]] blanketly criticized Enlightenment, the nation-state and secularism lined up with indigenist critiques that were at home with the Hindu right. In his view this error was traceable to a basic confusion in the early project that posed an absolute separation between the elite and subaltern domains.<ref>Sumit Sarkar, "The Decline of the Subaltern in Subaltern Studies," in Writing Social History pp. 82-108</ref>

He contributed a volume to the ''Towards Freedom'' project of the [[Indian Council of Historical Research]] (ICHR), publication of which was blocked in 2000 by the ICHR under the influence of then Indian government administered by the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] as alleged by Sarkar.<ref>{{cite news |title= Righting or rewriting Hindu history |url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/BB23Df01.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000925075754/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/BB23Df01.html |url-status=unfit |archive-date=2000-09-25 |work=[[Asia Times]] |date=2000-02-23 |access-date=2008-03-27 }}</ref> The publication of the volume was eventually allowed by the Government of India once the Congress party came to power after the general election of 2004.<ref>{{cite news |title= 'Towards Freedom' project revived |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/21/stories/2004092115021100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041114124741/http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/21/stories/2004092115021100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-11-14 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2004-09-21 |access-date=2008-03-27 }}</ref>

==Publications==
* ''Modern Times''
*''Towards Freedom: Documents on the Movement for Independence in India, 1946'', (New Delhi, 2007)
*''Beyond Nationalist Frames: Post-Modernism, Hindu Fundamentalism, History'', (Delhi, 2002)
*''Writing Social History'', (Delhi, 1998)
*''Khaki Shorts and Saffron Flags: A Critique of the Hindu Right'', (with Tapan Basu, Pradip Datta, [[Tanika Sarkar]] and Sambuddha Sen; Orient Longman, 1993). {{ISBN|0863113834}}.
*''Modern India: 1885-1947'', (Basingstoke, 1989)
*''The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, 1903-1908'', (New Delhi, 1973)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~sj6/SarkarDeclineofSubalternStudies.pdf The Decline of the Subaltern in Subaltern Studies]
* [http://www.friendsofsouthasia.org/textbook/NCERT_Delhi_Historians__Group.pdf "Delhi Historians Group's Publication "Communalization of Education: The History Textbooks Controversy", A report in 2002, New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University, India].

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[[Category:University of Delhi faculty]]
[[Category:Jawaharlal Nehru University faculty]]
[[Category:Bengali historians]]
[[Category:Brahmos]]
[[Category:Fellows of Wolfson College, Oxford]]
[[Category:Historians of South Asia]]
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Susobhan Sarkar

2023-08-24T09:28:13Z

2402:3A80:198F:7CC9:878:5634:1232:5476: /* Career */

{{Short description|Indian historian (1900–1982)}}
{{more citations needed|date=February 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
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| death_date = {{Death-date and age|26 August 1982|19 August 1900}}
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India
| nationality = Indian
| alma mater = [[Presidency College, Calcutta]], [[Jesus College, Oxford]]
| occupation = Historian
| spouse =
}}

'''Susobhan Chandra Sarkar''' (1900–1982) was an Indian historian.

==Background and education==
Sarkar, son of Suresh Chandra Sarkar, a deputy magistrate in Bihar and Orissa. His paternal family came from Sarisha in Diamond Harbour in 24 Parganas of Bengal. His childhood was spent in Kanthi in Midnapur and different places in Bihar. Later, he became a Brahmo.

He attended [[Dhaka Collegiate School]], studied history at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]], where he stood first in the first class and continued his higher education at [[Jesus College, Oxford]] from 1923 to 1925, where he obtained a 2:1. His daughter Sipra Sarkar was a professor of history at [[Jadavpur University]], Calcutta and [[Sumit Sarkar]] was professor of history at [[Delhi University]].

==Career==
He returned to India as a [[Lecturer]] in History at [[Calcutta University]] in 1925 before being appointed [[Reader (academic rank)|Reader]] in History at [[Dhaka University]] in 1929. He was a member of [[Visva-Bharati University|Visva-Bharati]], [[Santiniketan]] Executive Council from 1925 to 1935. In 1933, he was appointed [[Professor]] of History at Presidency College, Calcutta.<ref name="amartyasenautobiobiography">[https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1998/sen-autobio.html Amartya Sen, ''Autobiography'' (The Nobel Foundation, 1998)]</ref>

After retirement he moved to [[Jadavpur University]] as Professor and Head of Department of History in 1956. He returned to [[Calcutta University]] for his final academic post from 1961 to 1967.

Sarkar, whose work was influenced by his [[Marxist]] and [[Gramscian]] ideas, taught the history of modern Europe, particularly the development of constitutional history in Britain and political thought in Western Europe. He also wrote from the 1930s about the [[Bengal Renaissance]]. His ''Notes on Bengal Renaissance'' sparked an interest in nationalist Indian historiography.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Susobhan Sarkar (1900–1982): A Personal Memoir|first=Barun|last=De|author-link=Barun De|journal=[[Social Scientist]]|volume=11|date=February 1983|pages=3–15|jstor=3517030|issue=2|publisher=Social Scientist}}</ref> He also wrote the manifesto of the [[Communist Party of India|CPI]].

==Awards==
Sarkar was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar in 1981.

==Legacy==
The Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, in collaboration with [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency University]], [[Kolkata]] (erstwhile Presidency College), has been organizing a lecture series in Sarkar's memory since 1994.<ref name="itihassamsad">Noted scholars, such as Ashin Das Gupta, B.N. Mukherjee, Goutam Chattopadhyay, [[Gautam Bhadra]], Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, [[Partha Chatterjee (scholar)|Partha Chatterjee]], [[Sukanta Chaudhuri]], [[D N Jha|D.N. Jha]], [[Jasodhara Bagchi]], [[Rajat Kanta Ray]], and [[Sugata Bose]], have delivered this lecture. The Itihas Samsad brought out a collection of these lectures, from 1996-2016, in a volume (edited by Ramkrishna Chatterjee) entitled Sahitya Samaj Itihas (Bengali সাহিত্য সমাজ ইতিহাস). This volume was released by Sarkar's son, [[Sumit Sarkar]], on 24 January 2018 at the venue of the 34th annual conference of the Itihas Samsad, held at the School of Women's Studies, [[Jadavpur University]]. The volume also includes a translation, in to Bengali, of the obituary written by [[Barun De]], which was published in the 'Social Scientist', as well as a report of the proceedings of the first seminar held in Sarkar's memory at Presidency College in 1994</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.81955/2015.81955.Notes-On-The-Bengal-Renaissance#page/n7/mode/2up Notes on the Bengal Renaissance] (1946) People's Publishing House, Bombay.

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