Jadunath Sarkar - Revision history

Taskin Ahmed Kayum: fixed content to improve readability

2025-12-18T05:18:38Z

fixed content to improve readability

42.105.142.244: /* Academic career */

2023-11-23T05:39:30Z

Academic career

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:09, 23 November 2023
Line 19:		Line 19:

	== Academic career ==		== Academic career ==
	Sarkar was born in Karachmaria village in [[Natore District\|Natore]], [[Bengal]] to Rajkumar Sarkar, the local [[Zamindar]] on 10 December 1870.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=19 March 2015\|title=Sarkar, Jadunath\|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608164517/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath\|archive-date=8 June 2020\|access-date=30 November 2019\|website=[[Banglapedia]]}}</ref> He graduated with double honours in English (1891) and History from [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College, Calcutta]].<ref name="Indiathroughtheages"> Jadunath Sarkar, India Through The Ages, (Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1928; reprinted in 2003)</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 1892, he obtained a first class in the [[Master of Arts\|Master of Arts examination]], in English at [[Calcutta University]] and in 1897, he received the [[Premchand Roychand\|Premchand-Roychand Scholarship]].<ref name=":0" />		Sarkar was born in Karachmaria village in [[Natore District\|Natore]], [[Bengal]] to Rajkumar Sarkar, the local [[Zamindar]] on 10 December 1870.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=19 March 2015\|title=Sarkar, Jadunath\|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608164517/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath\|archive-date=8 June 2020\|access-date=30 November 2019\|website=[[Banglapedia]]}}</ref> He graduated with double honours in English (1891) and History from [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College, Calcutta]].<ref name="Indiathroughtheages"> Jadunath Sarkar, India Through The Ages, (Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1928; reprinted in 2003)</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 1892, he obtained a first class first in the [[Master of Arts\|Master of Arts examination]], in English at [[Calcutta University]] and in 1897, he received the [[Premchand Roychand\|Premchand-Roychand Scholarship]].<ref name=":0" />

	In 1893, he was inducted as a faculty of English literature at Ripon College, [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]] (later renamed [[Surendranath College]]).<ref name=":0" /> In 1898, he was appointed at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] after getting selected in the [[Provincial Education Services]].<ref name=":0" /> In between, from 1917 to 1919, he taught modern Indian history in [[Benaras Hindu University]] and from 1919 to 1923, both English and history, at [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Cuttack]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1923, he became an honorary member of the [[Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland\|Royal Asiatic Society]] of London. In August 1926, he was appointed as the [[Vice Chancellor]] of [[Calcutta University]]. In 1928, he joined as Sir W. Meyer Lecturer in [[Madras University]].		In 1893, he was inducted as a faculty of English literature at Ripon College, [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]] (later renamed [[Surendranath College]]).<ref name=":0" /> In 1898, he was appointed at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] after getting selected in the [[Provincial Education Services]].<ref name=":0" /> In between, from 1917 to 1919, he taught modern Indian history in [[Benaras Hindu University]] and from 1919 to 1923, both English and history, at [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Cuttack]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1923, he became an honorary member of the [[Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland\|Royal Asiatic Society]] of London. In August 1926, he was appointed as the [[Vice Chancellor]] of [[Calcutta University]]. In 1928, he joined as Sir W. Meyer Lecturer in [[Madras University]].

42.105.142.244: /* Academic career */

2023-11-23T05:21:23Z

Academic career

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:51, 23 November 2023
Line 19:		Line 19:

	== Academic career ==		== Academic career ==
	Sarkar was born in Karachmaria village in [[Natore District\|Natore]], [[Bengal]] to Rajkumar Sarkar, the local [[Zamindar]] on 10 December 1870.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=19 March 2015\|title=Sarkar, Jadunath\|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608164517/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath\|archive-date=8 June 2020\|access-date=30 November 2019\|website=[[Banglapedia]]}}</ref> ~~In 1891, he~~ graduated in English from [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College, Calcutta]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1892, he ~~topped~~ the [[Master of Arts\|Master of Arts examination]], in English at [[Calcutta University]] and in 1897, he received the [[Premchand Roychand\|Premchand-Roychand Scholarship]].<ref name=":0" />		Sarkar was born in Karachmaria village in [[Natore District\|Natore]], [[Bengal]] to Rajkumar Sarkar, the local [[Zamindar]] on 10 December 1870.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=19 March 2015\|title=Sarkar, Jadunath\|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608164517/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath\|archive-date=8 June 2020\|access-date=30 November 2019\|website=[[Banglapedia]]}}</ref> He graduated with double honours in English (1891) and History from [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College, Calcutta]].<ref name="Indiathroughtheages"> Jadunath Sarkar, India Through The Ages, (Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1928; reprinted in 2003)</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 1892, he obtained a first class in the [[Master of Arts\|Master of Arts examination]], in English at [[Calcutta University]] and in 1897, he received the [[Premchand Roychand\|Premchand-Roychand Scholarship]].<ref name=":0" />

	In 1893, he was inducted as a faculty of English literature at Ripon College, [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]] (later renamed [[Surendranath College]]).<ref name=":0" /> In 1898, he was appointed at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] after getting selected in the [[Provincial Education Services]].<ref name=":0" /> In between, from 1917 to 1919, he taught modern Indian history in [[Benaras Hindu University]] and from 1919 to 1923, both English and history, at [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Cuttack]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1923, he became an honorary member of the [[Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland\|Royal Asiatic Society]] of London. In August 1926, he was appointed as the [[Vice Chancellor]] of [[Calcutta University]]. In 1928, he joined as Sir W. Meyer Lecturer in [[Madras University]].		In 1893, he was inducted as a faculty of English literature at Ripon College, [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]] (later renamed [[Surendranath College]]).<ref name=":0" /> In 1898, he was appointed at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] after getting selected in the [[Provincial Education Services]].<ref name=":0" /> In between, from 1917 to 1919, he taught modern Indian history in [[Benaras Hindu University]] and from 1919 to 1923, both English and history, at [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Cuttack]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1923, he became an honorary member of the [[Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland\|Royal Asiatic Society]] of London. In August 1926, he was appointed as the [[Vice Chancellor]] of [[Calcutta University]]. In 1928, he joined as Sir W. Meyer Lecturer in [[Madras University]].

UpdateBot: robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

2022-06-14T10:27:59Z

robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:57, 14 June 2022
Line 1:		Line 1:
			{{Short description\|Indian historian}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2020}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2020}}
	{{Use British English\|date=December 2010}}		{{Use British English\|date=December 2010}}
Line 8:		Line 9:
	\| caption = Jadunath Sarkar, {{circa\|1926}}{{sfn\|Chakrabarty\|2015\|p=ii}}		\| caption = Jadunath Sarkar, {{circa\|1926}}{{sfn\|Chakrabarty\|2015\|p=ii}}
	\| birth_date = 10 December 1870		\| birth_date = 10 December 1870
	\| birth_place = Karachmaria, [[Singra Upazila\|Singra]], [[Natore]], [[British India]]		\| birth_place = Karachmaria, [[Singra Upazila\|Singra]], [[Natore]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
	\| death_date = 19 May 1958 (aged 87)		\| death_date = 19 May 1958 (aged 87)
	\| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[India]]		\| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
	\| occupation = Historian		\| occupation = Historian
	\| spouse = Lady Kadambini Sarkar		\| spouse = Lady Kadambini Sarkar
	}}		}}

	'''Sir Jadunath Sarkar''' {{Post-nominals\|country=GBR\|CIE}} (10 December 1870 – 19 May 1958) was a prominent [[India]]n historian and a specialist on the [[Mughal dynasty]].		'''Sir Jadunath Sarkar''' {{Post-nominals\|country=GBR\|CIE\|FRAS}} (10 December 1870 – 19 May 1958) was a prominent [[India]]n historian and a specialist on the [[Mughal dynasty]].

	== Academic career ==		== Academic career ==
	Sarkar was born in Karachmaria village in [[Natore District\|Natore]], [[Bengal]] to Rajkumar Sarkar, the local [[Zamindar]] on 10 December 1870.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=19 March 2015\|title=Sarkar, Jadunath\|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608164517/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath\|archive-date=8 June 2020\|access-date=30 November 2019\|website=[[Banglapedia]]}}</ref> In 1891, he graduated in English from [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College, Calcutta]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1892, he topped the [[Master of Arts\|Master of Arts examination]], in English at [[Calcutta University]] and in 1897, he received the [[Premchand Roychand\|Premchand-Roychand Scholarship]].<ref name=":0" />		Sarkar was born in Karachmaria village in [[Natore District\|Natore]], [[Bengal]] to Rajkumar Sarkar, the local [[Zamindar]] on 10 December 1870.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=19 March 2015\|title=Sarkar, Jadunath\|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608164517/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath\|archive-date=8 June 2020\|access-date=30 November 2019\|website=[[Banglapedia]]}}</ref> In 1891, he graduated in English from [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College, Calcutta]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1892, he topped the [[Master of Arts\|Master of Arts examination]], in English at [[Calcutta University]] and in 1897, he received the [[Premchand Roychand\|Premchand-Roychand Scholarship]].<ref name=":0" />

	In 1893, he was inducted as a faculty of English literature at Ripon College, [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]] (later renamed [[Surendranath College]]).<ref name=":0" /> In 1898, he was appointed at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] after getting selected in the [[Provincial Education Services]].<ref name=":0" /> In between, from 1917 to 1919, he taught ~~Modern~~ Indian ~~History~~ in [[Benaras Hindu University]] and from ~~1919–1923~~, both English and ~~History~~, at [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Cuttack]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1923, he became an honorary member of the [[Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland\|Royal Asiatic Society]] of London. In August 1926, he was appointed as the [[Vice Chancellor]] of [[Calcutta University]]. In 1928, he joined as Sir W. Meyer Lecturer in [[Madras University]].		In 1893, he was inducted as a faculty of English literature at Ripon College, [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]] (later renamed [[Surendranath College]]).<ref name=":0" /> In 1898, he was appointed at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] after getting selected in the [[Provincial Education Services]].<ref name=":0" /> In between, from 1917 to 1919, he taught modern Indian history in [[Benaras Hindu University]] and from 1919 to 1923, both English and history, at [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Cuttack]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1923, he became an honorary member of the [[Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland\|Royal Asiatic Society]] of London. In August 1926, he was appointed as the [[Vice Chancellor]] of [[Calcutta University]]. In 1928, he joined as Sir W. Meyer Lecturer in [[Madras University]].

	== Historiography ==		== Historiography ==
Line 28:		Line 29:

	Academically, Jos J. L. Gommans compares Sarkar's work with those of the [[Aligarh Muslim University\|Aligarh historians]], noting that while the historians from the Aligarh worked mainly on the [[mansabdar]]i system and [[gunpowder]] technology in the [[Mughal Empire]], Sarkar concentrated on [[military tactics]] and [[siege]]s.<ref name="Gommans2002">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vA3YVOt9QZUC&pg=PA1\|title=Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers and Highroads to Empire, 1500-1700\|author=Jos J. L. Gommans\|publisher=Psychology Press\|year=2002\|isbn=978-0-415-23989-9\|pages=1}}</ref>{{Undue weight inline\|date=January 2020\|reason=Non-notable scholar.}}		Academically, Jos J. L. Gommans compares Sarkar's work with those of the [[Aligarh Muslim University\|Aligarh historians]], noting that while the historians from the Aligarh worked mainly on the [[mansabdar]]i system and [[gunpowder]] technology in the [[Mughal Empire]], Sarkar concentrated on [[military tactics]] and [[siege]]s.<ref name="Gommans2002">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vA3YVOt9QZUC&pg=PA1\|title=Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers and Highroads to Empire, 1500-1700\|author=Jos J. L. Gommans\|publisher=Psychology Press\|year=2002\|isbn=978-0-415-23989-9\|pages=1}}</ref>{{Undue weight inline\|date=January 2020\|reason=Non-notable scholar.}}

	He has been called the "greatest Indian historian of his time" and one of the greatest in the world, whose erudite works "have established a tradition of honest and scholarly historiography" by E. Sreedharan.<ref name="Historiography 2000, p. 448">A Textbook of Historiography, 500 B.C. to A.D. 2000, E. Sreedharan, p. 448</ref>{{Undue weight inline\|date=November 2019\|reason=Non-notable scholar.}} He has also been compared with [[Theodor Mommsen]] and [[Leopold von Ranke]].<ref name="Historiography 2000, p. 448" />{{Undue weight inline\|date=November 2019\|reason=Non-notable scholar.}}

	== Honors ==		== Honors ==
Line 35:		Line 34:

	== Legacy ==		== Legacy ==
	The [[Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta]], an autonomous research center, has been established in his house, which was donated to the state government by Sarkar's wife. CSSC also houses the Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre, a museum-cum-archive of primary sources.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/in-the-memory-of-jadunath-sarkar/cid/1610057\|title=In the memory of Jadunath Sarkar\|website=The Telegraph\|language=en\|access-date=2019~~-11-30~~}}</ref>		The [[Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta]], an autonomous research center, has been established in his house, which was donated to the state government by Sarkar's wife. CSSC also houses the Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre, a museum-cum-archive of primary sources.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/in-the-memory-of-jadunath-sarkar/cid/1610057\|title=In the memory of Jadunath Sarkar\|website=The Telegraph\|language=en\|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref>

	== List of works ==		== List of works ==
Line 68:		Line 67:

	==Further reading==		==Further reading==
	* {{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLE5AQAAIAAJ\|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar Commemoration Volume.\|publisher=Department of History, Panjab University\|year=1957\|editor-last=Gupta\|editor-first=Hari Ram\|editor-link=Hari Ram Gupta\|volume=~~Vol.~~ I: Life and Letters of Sir Jadunath Sarkar\|location=Hoshiarpur\|oclc=251228572}}		* {{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLE5AQAAIAAJ\|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar Commemoration Volume.\|publisher=Department of History, Panjab University\|year=1957\|editor-last=Gupta\|editor-first=Hari Ram\|editor-link=Hari Ram Gupta\|volume=I: Life and Letters of Sir Jadunath Sarkar\|location=Hoshiarpur\|oclc=251228572}}
	* {{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sr85AQAAIAAJ\|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar Commemoration Volume.\|date=1958\|publisher=Department of History, Panjab University\|editor1-last=Gupta\|editor1-first=Hari Ram\|editor-mask=8\|volume=~~Vol.~~ II: Essays Presented to Sir Jadunath Sarkar\|location=Hoshiarpur\|oclc=470654377\|editor2-last=Kaushal\|editor2-first=Paras Ram\|editor3-last=Talwar\|editor3-first=Shanti Swarup}}		* {{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sr85AQAAIAAJ\|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar Commemoration Volume.\|date=1958\|publisher=Department of History, Panjab University\|editor1-last=Gupta\|editor1-first=Hari Ram\|editor-mask=8\|volume=II: Essays Presented to Sir Jadunath Sarkar\|location=Hoshiarpur\|oclc=470654377\|editor2-last=Kaushal\|editor2-first=Paras Ram\|editor3-last=Talwar\|editor3-first=Shanti Swarup}}
	* {{Cite journal\|last=Jha\|first=Ajay Kumar\|date=2004\|title=Profile of a Historian: Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1870-1958)\|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress\|volume=65\|pages=880–890\|issn=2249-1937\|jstor=44144800}}		* {{Cite journal\|last=Jha\|first=Ajay Kumar\|date=2004\|title=Profile of a Historian: Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1870-1958)\|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress\|volume=65\|pages=880–890\|issn=2249-1937\|jstor=44144800}}
	* {{Cite book\|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar: A Profile in Historiography\|last=Pawar\|first=Kiram\|year=1985\|location=New Delhi\|publisher=Books & Books}}		* {{Cite book\|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar: A Profile in Historiography\|last=Pawar\|first=Kiram\|year=1985\|location=New Delhi\|publisher=Books & Books}}

imported>Shyamal: of -> on

2021-07-30T02:59:55Z

of -> on

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:29, 30 July 2021
Line 2:		Line 2:
	{{Use British English\|date=December 2010}}		{{Use British English\|date=December 2010}}
	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = ~~Sir~~ Jadunath Sarkar		\| honorific_prefix = [[Sir]]
	\| image = Jadunath Sarkar.jpg		\| name = Jadunath Sarkar
	\| image_size =		\| image = Jadunath Sarkar.jpg
	\| caption = Jadunath Sarkar, {{circa\|1926}}{{sfn\|Chakrabarty\|2015\|p=ii}}		\| image_size =
	\| birth_date = 10 December 1870		\| caption = Jadunath Sarkar, {{circa\|1926}}{{sfn\|Chakrabarty\|2015\|p=ii}}
	\| birth_place = Karachmaria, [[Singra Upazila\|Singra]], [[Natore]], [[British India]]		\| birth_date = 10 December 1870
	\| death_date = 19 May 1958 (aged 87)		\| birth_place = Karachmaria, [[Singra Upazila\|Singra]], [[Natore]], [[British India]]
	\| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[India]]		\| death_date = 19 May 1958 (aged 87)
	\| occupation = Historian		\| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[India]]
	\| spouse = Lady Kadambini Sarkar		\| occupation = Historian
			\| spouse = Lady Kadambini Sarkar
	}}		}}

	'''Sir Jadunath Sarkar''' {{Post-nominals\|country=GBR\|CIE}} (10 December 1870 – 19 May 1958) was a prominent [[India]]n historian ~~especially of~~ the [[Mughal dynasty]].		'''Sir Jadunath Sarkar''' {{Post-nominals\|country=GBR\|CIE}} (10 December 1870 – 19 May 1958) was a prominent [[India]]n historian and a specialist on the [[Mughal dynasty]].

	== Academic career ==		== Academic career ==

>WatkynBassett: Added important article

2021-06-06T14:02:52Z

Added important article

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2010}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sir Jadunath Sarkar
| image = Jadunath Sarkar.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Jadunath Sarkar, {{circa|1926}}{{sfn|Chakrabarty|2015|p=ii}}
| birth_date = 10 December 1870
| birth_place = Karachmaria, [[Singra Upazila|Singra]], [[Natore]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 19 May 1958 (aged 87)
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[India]]
| occupation = Historian
| spouse = Lady Kadambini Sarkar
}}

'''Sir Jadunath Sarkar''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CIE}} (10 December 1870 – 19 May 1958) was a prominent [[India]]n historian especially of the [[Mughal dynasty]].

== Academic career ==
Sarkar was born in Karachmaria village in [[Natore District|Natore]], [[Bengal]] to Rajkumar Sarkar, the local [[Zamindar]] on 10 December 1870.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=19 March 2015|title=Sarkar, Jadunath|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608164517/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath|archive-date=8 June 2020|access-date=30 November 2019|website=[[Banglapedia]]}}</ref> In 1891, he graduated in English from [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College, Calcutta]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1892, he topped the [[Master of Arts|Master of Arts examination]], in English at [[Calcutta University]] and in 1897, he received the [[Premchand Roychand|Premchand-Roychand Scholarship]].<ref name=":0" />

In 1893, he was inducted as a faculty of English literature at Ripon College, [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] (later renamed [[Surendranath College]]).<ref name=":0" /> In 1898, he was appointed at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] after getting selected in the [[Provincial Education Services]].<ref name=":0" /> In between, from 1917 to 1919, he taught Modern Indian History in [[Benaras Hindu University]] and from 1919–1923, both English and History, at [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Cuttack]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1923, he became an honorary member of the [[Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|Royal Asiatic Society]] of London. In August 1926, he was appointed as the [[Vice Chancellor]] of [[Calcutta University]]. In 1928, he joined as Sir W. Meyer Lecturer in [[Madras University]].

== Historiography ==

=== Reception ===
Sarkar's works faded out of public memory, with the increasing advent of [[Marxist historiography|Marxist]] and [[Postcolonialism|postcolonial]] schools of historiography.<ref name="Roy2004">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jpXijlqeRpIC&pg=PR10|title=India's Historic Battles: From Alexander the Great to Kargil|author=Kaushik Roy|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=2004|isbn=978-81-7824-109-8|pages=10}}</ref>

Academically, Jos J. L. Gommans compares Sarkar's work with those of the [[Aligarh Muslim University|Aligarh historians]], noting that while the historians from the Aligarh worked mainly on the [[mansabdar]]i system and [[gunpowder]] technology in the [[Mughal Empire]], Sarkar concentrated on [[military tactics]] and [[siege]]s.<ref name="Gommans2002">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vA3YVOt9QZUC&pg=PA1|title=Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers and Highroads to Empire, 1500-1700|author=Jos J. L. Gommans|publisher=Psychology Press|year=2002|isbn=978-0-415-23989-9|pages=1}}</ref>{{Undue weight inline|date=January 2020|reason=Non-notable scholar.}}

He has been called the "greatest Indian historian of his time" and one of the greatest in the world, whose erudite works "have established a tradition of honest and scholarly historiography" by E. Sreedharan.<ref name="Historiography 2000, p. 448">A Textbook of Historiography, 500 B.C. to A.D. 2000, E. Sreedharan, p. 448</ref>{{Undue weight inline|date=November 2019|reason=Non-notable scholar.}} He has also been compared with [[Theodor Mommsen]] and [[Leopold von Ranke]].<ref name="Historiography 2000, p. 448" />{{Undue weight inline|date=November 2019|reason=Non-notable scholar.}}

== Honors ==
Sarkar was honored by Britain with a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] and knighted in the [[1929 Birthday Honours]] list.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33501/supplements/3667 The London Gazette, 3 June 1929]</ref> He was invested with his knighthood at Simla by the acting Viceroy, [[George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen|Lord Goschen]], on 22 August 1929.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33539/pages/6245 |title=Viewing Page 6245 of Issue 33539 |publisher=London-gazette.co.uk |date=1 October 1929 |access-date=26 March 2014}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
The [[Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta]], an autonomous research center, has been established in his house, which was donated to the state government by Sarkar's wife. CSSC also houses the Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre, a museum-cum-archive of primary sources.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/in-the-memory-of-jadunath-sarkar/cid/1610057|title=In the memory of Jadunath Sarkar|website=The Telegraph|language=en|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref>

== List of works ==
Published works by Sarkar include:

* ''Economics of British India'' (1900)
* ''The India of Aurangzib'' (1901)
* ''Anecdotes of Aurangzib'' (1912)
* ''[[History of Aurangzib]]'' (in 5 volumes), (1912–24)
* ''Chaitanya's pilgrimages and teachings, from his contemporary Bengali biography, the Chaitanya-charit-amrita: Madhya-lila'' (translation from the Bengali original by [[Krishnadasa Kaviraja]], 1913)
* ''Shivaji and his Times'' (1919)
* ''Studies in Mughal India'' (1919)<ref name="Moreland1921">{{cite journal |last=Moreland |first=W. H. |date=July 1921 |title=Studies in Mughal India by Jadunath Sarkar; Mughal Administration by Jadunath Sarkar |journal=The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=438–439 |jstor=25209765}}</ref>
* ''Mughal Administration'' (1920)<ref name="Moreland1921"/>
* ''Nadir Shah in India'' (1922)
* ''Later Mughals'' by [[William Irvine (historian)|William Irvine]] (in 2 volumes), (edited by Jadunath Sarkar, 1922)
* ''India through the ages'' (1928)
* ''A Short History of Aurangzib'' (1930)
* ''The Fall of the Mughal Empire'' (in 4 volumes), (1932–38)
* ''Studies in Aurangzib's reign'' (1933)
* ''The House of Shivaji'' (1940)
* ''The History of Bengal'' (in 2 volumes), (1943–1948)
* ''Maāsir-i-ʻĀlamgiri: a history of the emperor Aurangzib-ʻl̀amgir'' (translation from the Persian original by Muḥammad Sāqī Mustaʻidd Khān, 1947)<ref>{{cite journal |last=Davies |first=C. Collin |date=April 1949 |title=Maāsir-i-'Ālamgīrī of Sāqī Must'ad Khān by Jadunath Sarkar |journal=The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=104–106 |doi=10.1017/S0035869X00102692 |jstor=25222314}}</ref>
* ''Military History of India'' (1960)
* ''A History of Jaipur, c. 1503-1938'' (1984)<ref>{{cite journal |last=Smith |first=John D. |author-link=John D. Smith |date=1985 |title=Jadunath Sarkar: A History of Jaipur, c. 1503-1938 |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |volume=48 |issue=3 |page=620 |jstor=618587|doi=10.1017/S0041977X00039343 }}</ref>
* ''A History Of Dasnami Naga Sanyasis''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{Cite book|title=The Calling of History: Sir Jadunath Sarkar and His Empire of Truth|last=Chakrabarty|first=Dipesh|year=2015|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-10044-9|location=Chicago and London|url=http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo8607679.html}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLE5AQAAIAAJ|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar Commemoration Volume.|publisher=Department of History, Panjab University|year=1957|editor-last=Gupta|editor-first=Hari Ram|editor-link=Hari Ram Gupta|volume=Vol. I: Life and Letters of Sir Jadunath Sarkar|location=Hoshiarpur|oclc=251228572}}
* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sr85AQAAIAAJ|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar Commemoration Volume.|date=1958|publisher=Department of History, Panjab University|editor1-last=Gupta|editor1-first=Hari Ram|editor-mask=8|volume=Vol. II: Essays Presented to Sir Jadunath Sarkar|location=Hoshiarpur|oclc=470654377|editor2-last=Kaushal|editor2-first=Paras Ram|editor3-last=Talwar|editor3-first=Shanti Swarup}}
* {{Cite journal|last=Jha|first=Ajay Kumar|date=2004|title=Profile of a Historian: Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1870-1958)|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=65|pages=880–890|issn=2249-1937|jstor=44144800}}
* {{Cite book|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar: A Profile in Historiography|last=Pawar|first=Kiram|year=1985|location=New Delhi|publisher=Books & Books}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Jadunath Sarkar}}
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{Cite book |last=Ray |first=Aniruddha |year=2012 |chapter=Sarkar, Jadunath |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath |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]]}}
* [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/524365/Sir-Jadunath-Sarkar Sir Sarkar at Britannica Encyclopedia]
* {{Gutenberg author | id=Sarkar,+Jadunath | name=Jadunath Sarkar}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Jadunath Sarkar}}

{{University of Calcutta Vice chancellors}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarkar, Jadunath}}
[[Category:Presidency University, Kolkata alumni]]
[[Category:Bengali historians]]
[[Category:Bengali zamindars]]
[[Category:Presidency University, Kolkata faculty]]
[[Category:Historians of South Asia]]
[[Category:19th-century Indian historians]]
[[Category:People from Natore District]]
[[Category:Rajshahi College alumni]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta faculty]]
[[Category:Vice Chancellors of the University of Calcutta]]
[[Category:1870 births]]
[[Category:1958 deaths]]
[[Category:Knights Bachelor]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:Indian knights]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian historians]]