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	'''Hetukar Jha''' (5 March 1944 – 19 August 2017) was an Indian author, professor, researcher, and [[Fulbright Scholar]]. He was an honorary managing trustee of the Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation.<ref name="Foundation">{{Cite web \|title=Management \|date=2013 \|publisher=Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation \|url=http://kalyanifoundation.org/wordpress/?page_id=13 \|archive-url=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6RqmY6cAn?url=~~http://kalyanifoundation.org/wordpress/?page_id=13 \|archive-date=15 August 2014 \|url-status=live \|df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>The Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation is headquartered in the Kalyani Niwas (palace) in [[Darbhanga]], which was the residence of the younger queen of the former Maharaja [[Kāmeshwar Singh]] of the [[Raj Darbhanga]].</ref>		'''Hetukar Jha''' (5 March 1944 – 19 August 2017) was an Indian author, professor, researcher, and [[Fulbright Scholar]]. He was an honorary managing trustee of the Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation.<ref name="Foundation">{{Cite web \|title=Management \|date=2013 \|publisher=Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation \|url=http://kalyanifoundation.org/wordpress/?page_id=13 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084845/http://kalyanifoundation.org/wordpress/?page_id=13 \|archive-date=19 August 2014 \|url-status=live \|df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>The Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation is headquartered in the Kalyani Niwas (palace) in [[Darbhanga]], which was the residence of the younger queen of the former Maharaja [[Kāmeshwar Singh]] of the [[Raj Darbhanga]].</ref>

	==Early life and family==		==Early life and family==
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	==Career==		==Career==
	He joined Patna University as a Lecturer in Sociology in 1968 and retired as Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology in January 2004.<ref name="Foundation" /><ref>{{Cite news \|author=Srivastava, Amitabh \|title=The new Bihari \|date=3 January 2011 \|newspaper=India Today \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/the+new+bihari/2/124466.html \|archive-url=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6Rqn9Rksa?url=~~http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/the+new+bihari/2/124466.html \|archive-date=15 August 2014 \|url-status=live \|df=dmy-all \|access-date=15 August 2014 }}</ref>		He joined Patna University as a Lecturer in Sociology in 1968 and retired as Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology in January 2004.<ref name="Foundation" /><ref>{{Cite news \|author=Srivastava, Amitabh \|title=The new Bihari \|date=3 January 2011 \|newspaper=India Today \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/the+new+bihari/2/124466.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819093954/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/the+new+bihari/2/124466.html \|archive-date=19 August 2014 \|url-status=live \|df=dmy-all \|access-date=15 August 2014 }}</ref>

	Beginning in 1968, he researched the societies and cultures of Bihar. Among his conclusions is that: ''A basic problem is the break down of the traditional village community as a functioning whole.''<ref>{{Cite web\|author=Lindberg, Staffan\|date=30 August 2011\|title=Patna, Bihar – in another country?\|publisher=Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET), [[Lund University]]\|url=http://www.sasnet.lu.se/sasnet/bihar-%E2%80%93-another-country\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815184825/http://www.sasnet.lu.se/sasnet/bihar-%E2%80%93-another-country\|archive-date=15 August 2014\|url-status=dead\|access-date=15 August 2014}}</ref>		Beginning in 1968, he researched the societies and cultures of Bihar. Among his conclusions is that: ''A basic problem is the break down of the traditional village community as a functioning whole.''<ref>{{Cite web\|author=Lindberg, Staffan\|date=30 August 2011\|title=Patna, Bihar – in another country?\|publisher=Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET), [[Lund University]]\|url=http://www.sasnet.lu.se/sasnet/bihar-%E2%80%93-another-country\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815184825/http://www.sasnet.lu.se/sasnet/bihar-%E2%80%93-another-country\|archive-date=15 August 2014\|url-status=dead\|access-date=15 August 2014}}</ref>
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* [http://vod.com.ng/en/video/vEgQUs_mJmo/Prof-Hetukar-Jha-Department-of-Sociology-Retd-Patna-Bihar Prof. Hetukar Jha, Department of Sociology (Retd.), Patna (Bihar) speaking on the "Sociology of Sanitation], [https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6RqupE0Lh?url=~~http://vod.com.ng/en/video/vEgQUs_mJmo/Prof-Hetukar-Jha-Department-of-Sociology-Retd-Patna-Bihar Archived 15 August 2014] ({{YouTube\|vEgQUs_mJmo\|Alternate URL}})		* [http://vod.com.ng/en/video/vEgQUs_mJmo/Prof-Hetukar-Jha-Department-of-Sociology-Retd-Patna-Bihar Prof. Hetukar Jha, Department of Sociology (Retd.), Patna (Bihar) speaking on the "Sociology of Sanitation], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140819092603/http://vod.com.ng/en/video/vEgQUs_mJmo/Prof-Hetukar-Jha-Department-of-Sociology-Retd-Patna-Bihar Archived 15 August 2014] ({{YouTube\|vEgQUs_mJmo\|Alternate URL}})
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'''Hetukar Jha''' (5 March 1944 – 19 August 2017) was an Indian author, professor, researcher, and [[Fulbright Scholar]]. He was an honorary managing trustee of the Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation.<ref name="Foundation">{{Cite web |title=Management |date=2013 |publisher=Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation |url=http://kalyanifoundation.org/wordpress/?page_id=13 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6RqmY6cAn?url=http://kalyanifoundation.org/wordpress/?page_id=13 |archive-date=15 August 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>The Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation is headquartered in the Kalyani Niwas (palace) in [[Darbhanga]], which was the residence of the younger queen of the former Maharaja [[Kāmeshwar Singh]] of the [[Raj Darbhanga]].</ref>

==Early life and family==
Jha was born on 5 March 1944 in [[Sarisav Pahi]] village, [[Madhubani district]], Bihar. His father was Babu Chemkar Jha, also known as Baldeo Jha, and his mother was Mohini Devi. He studied in the village school.<ref name="TOI">{{Cite news |author=C S Jha ‘Azad’ |title=Mithila loses its illustrious son in sociologist Hetukar Jha |date=26 August 2017 |newspaper=Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/mithila-loses-its-illustrious-son-in-sociologist-hetukar-jha/articleshow/60226453.cms}}</ref>

==Education==
He matriculated from Maharaja Lakshmeshwar Singh Academy, Sarisab Pahi, Dist Madhubani. He attended Patna Science College and went on to Post Graduate work at Patna University. He gained his B.A. Hons. in Sociology at [[Patna College]] in 1965, his M.A. in Sociology at Patna University in 1967, and his PhD in Sociology at Patna University in 1980.<ref name="TOI"/>
Won Patna University Students' Union election in 1967-68 and served as Vice-President.

==Career==
He joined Patna University as a Lecturer in Sociology in 1968 and retired as Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology in January 2004.<ref name="Foundation" /><ref>{{Cite news |author=Srivastava, Amitabh |title=The new Bihari |date=3 January 2011 |newspaper=India Today |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/the+new+bihari/2/124466.html |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Rqn9Rksa?url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/the+new+bihari/2/124466.html |archive-date=15 August 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all |access-date=15 August 2014 }}</ref>

Beginning in 1968, he researched the societies and cultures of Bihar. Among his conclusions is that: ''A basic problem is the break down of the traditional village community as a functioning whole.''<ref>{{Cite web|author=Lindberg, Staffan|date=30 August 2011|title=Patna, Bihar – in another country?|publisher=Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET), [[Lund University]]|url=http://www.sasnet.lu.se/sasnet/bihar-%E2%80%93-another-country|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815184825/http://www.sasnet.lu.se/sasnet/bihar-%E2%80%93-another-country|archive-date=15 August 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=15 August 2014}}</ref>

Jha wrote several books.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hetukar Jha (1944–)|url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL207797A/Hetukar_Jha|publisher=Open Library}}</ref>

== Death ==
Jha died on 19 August 2017 in Patna, Bihar at the age 73.<ref name="TOI"/><ref name="Prof Jha death">{{Cite news |title=Prof Hetukar Jha cremated in native village |date=22 August 2017 |newspaper=Bihar Times|url=http://www.bihartimes.in/Newsbihar/2017/Aug/newsbihar22Aug1.html}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph Obituary">{{Cite news |title=Doyen of sociology leaves behind void |date=21 August 2017 |newspaper=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170821/jsp/bihar/story_168210.jsp}}</ref> He was cremated in his native village Sarisav Pahi in Madhubani district.<ref name="Prof Jha death"/> He was survived by his wife and sons.

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==Further reading==
* {{cite news |title=A look at India with a sociological approach |work=The Telegraph |date=12 December 2015 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1151212/jsp/bihar/story_57959.jsp#.WP8kgUe1vxM |access-date=2017-04-25}}

==External links==
* [http://vod.com.ng/en/video/vEgQUs_mJmo/Prof-Hetukar-Jha-Department-of-Sociology-Retd-Patna-Bihar Prof. Hetukar Jha, Department of Sociology (Retd.), Patna (Bihar) speaking on the "Sociology of Sanitation], [https://www.webcitation.org/6RqupE0Lh?url=http://vod.com.ng/en/video/vEgQUs_mJmo/Prof-Hetukar-Jha-Department-of-Sociology-Retd-Patna-Bihar Archived 15 August 2014] ({{YouTube|vEgQUs_mJmo|Alternate URL}})
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