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	'''Haridas Bhattacharyya''' (1891–1956) was a Bengali Indian philosopher, author and educationist, known for his works on comparative religion.<ref name=Banglapedia_article>{{cite book \|last=Roy \|first=Pradip Kumar \|year=2012 \|chapter=Bhattacharya, Haridas \|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bhattacharya,_Haridas \|editor1-last=Islam \|editor1-first=Sirajul \|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam \|editor2-last=Jamal \|editor2-first=Ahmed A. \|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh \|edition=Second \|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>		'''Haridas Bhattacharyya''' (1891–1956) was a Bengali Indian philosopher, author and educationist, known for his works on comparative religion.<ref name=Banglapedia_article>{{cite book \|last=Roy \|first=Pradip Kumar \|year=2012 \|chapter=Bhattacharya, Haridas \|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bhattacharya,_Haridas \|editor1-last=Islam \|editor1-first=Sirajul \|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam \|editor2-last=Jamal \|editor2-first=Ahmed A. \|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh \|edition=Second \|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>
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	Bhattacharyya joined the Scottish Church College in 1915, as a lecturer of philosophy and logic.<ref>''Teaching Staff: Philosophy'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 574</ref> Later in 1917, he began teaching philosophy and experimental psychology at the University of Calcutta. After the [[University of Dhaka]] was established in 1921, he joined the department of philosophy as a [[Reader (academic rank)\|Reader]]. He served as editor of the journal ''Dhaka University Studies'' and as a member of the editorial board of ''Philosophical Quarterly Journal''.<ref name=Banglapedia_article/>		Bhattacharyya joined the Scottish Church College in 1915, as a lecturer of philosophy and logic.<ref>''Teaching Staff: Philosophy'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 574</ref> Later in 1917, he began teaching philosophy and experimental psychology at the University of Calcutta. After the [[University of Dhaka]] was established in 1921, he joined the department of philosophy as a [[Reader (academic rank)\|Reader]]. He served as editor of the journal ''Dhaka University Studies'' and as a member of the editorial board of ''Philosophical Quarterly Journal''.<ref name=Banglapedia_article/>

	Bhattacharyya delivered many prestigious lectures such as the ''Stephanos - Nirmalendu Ghosh lecture''s on ''Foundations of Living Faiths'' at the University of Calcutta (1933–34) and the ''Madanmohan Malavya Commemoration lecture'' at the [[Banaras Hindu University]]. After the partition of 1947, he relocated to the department of [[Indology]] at the Banaras Hindu University. He died in Calcutta on 20 January 1956.<ref name=Banglapedia_article/>		Bhattacharyya delivered many prestigious lectures such as the ''Stephanos – Nirmalendu Ghosh lecture''s on ''Foundations of Living Faiths'' at the University of Calcutta (1933–34) and the ''Madanmohan Malavya Commemoration lecture'' at the [[Banaras Hindu University]]. After the partition of 1947, he relocated to the department of [[Indology]] at the Banaras Hindu University. He died in Calcutta on 20 January 1956.<ref name=Banglapedia_article/>

	==Works==		==Works==

	===Books===		===Books===
	* ''The Foundations of Living Faiths - An Introduction to Comparative Religion'', Calcutta, Motilal Banarsidass, 1938 - [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3419484 Cambridge University Press review], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.61322 Full text in the Internet Archive]		* ''The Foundations of Living Faiths – An Introduction to Comparative Religion'', Calcutta, Motilal Banarsidass, 1938 – [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3419484 Cambridge University Press review], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.61322 Full text in the Internet Archive]
	* Editor of the six volume series ''The Cultural Heritage of India'' ~~Bombay~~, ~~Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan~~, ~~1936-1940~~; 2nd enlarged and revised ed. 1958-1962 [https://archive.org/search.php?query=cultural+heritage+of+India Full text in the Internet Archive]<ref name=Banglapedia_article/>		* Editor of the six volume series ''The Cultural Heritage of India'' published by The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Calcutta, 1936–1940; 2nd enlarged and revised ed. 1958-1962 [https://archive.org/search.php?query=cultural+heritage+of+India Full text in the Internet Archive]<ref name=Banglapedia_article/>

	===Journals in which he published===		===Journals in which he published===
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'''Haridas Bhattacharyya''' (1891–1956) was a Bengali Indian philosopher, author and educationist, known for his works on comparative religion.<ref name=Banglapedia_article>{{cite book |last=Roy |first=Pradip Kumar |year=2012 |chapter=Bhattacharya, Haridas |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bhattacharya,_Haridas |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in an orthodox Brahmin family on 7 November 1891, at [[Bhatpara]], [[West Bengal]] to Pandit Ramprasanna Bhattacharyya, a scholar at the princely court of Krishnanagar and a Sanskrit scholar.<ref name=Banglapedia_article/>

==Education==
After school, Bhattacharyya joined Calcutta's [[Scottish Church College]] from where he graduated in 1912. He obtained a master's degree in philosophy from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1914, and a law degree in 1917. During this time, he passed the poetry examination of the Board of Sanskrit Studies. He also won the Roychand-Premchand scholarship and the Mowat gold medal at the Scottish Church College for his thesis on the ''Evolution of the Soul''.<ref name=Banglapedia_article/>

==Career==
Bhattacharyya joined the Scottish Church College in 1915, as a lecturer of philosophy and logic.<ref>''Teaching Staff: Philosophy'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 574</ref> Later in 1917, he began teaching philosophy and experimental psychology at the University of Calcutta. After the [[University of Dhaka]] was established in 1921, he joined the department of philosophy as a [[Reader (academic rank)|Reader]]. He served as editor of the journal ''Dhaka University Studies'' and as a member of the editorial board of ''Philosophical Quarterly Journal''.<ref name=Banglapedia_article/>

Bhattacharyya delivered many prestigious lectures such as the ''Stephanos - Nirmalendu Ghosh lecture''s on ''Foundations of Living Faiths'' at the University of Calcutta (1933–34) and the ''Madanmohan Malavya Commemoration lecture'' at the [[Banaras Hindu University]]. After the partition of 1947, he relocated to the department of [[Indology]] at the Banaras Hindu University. He died in Calcutta on 20 January 1956.<ref name=Banglapedia_article/>

==Works==

===Books===
* ''The Foundations of Living Faiths - An Introduction to Comparative Religion'', Calcutta, Motilal Banarsidass, 1938 - [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3419484 Cambridge University Press review], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.61322 Full text in the Internet Archive]
* Editor of the six volume series ''The Cultural Heritage of India'' Bombay, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1936-1940; 2nd enlarged and revised ed. 1958-1962 [https://archive.org/search.php?query=cultural+heritage+of+India Full text in the Internet Archive]<ref name=Banglapedia_article/>

===Journals in which he published===
*''[[The Philosophical Quarterly]]''
*''Review of Philosophy and Religion''
*''Religions of the World''
*''Dacca University Journal''
*''Dacca University Studies''
*''[[Calcutta Review]]''
*''Visva-Bharati Quarterly''
*''Indian Journal of Psychology''
*''Journal of the Madras University''<ref name=Banglapedia_article/>

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