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	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	He was born on 14 January 1903 at Kayetgram village of [[Mymensingh District]] in Bengal province of [[British India]] (in the present-day [[Bangladesh]]). He completed his initial studies from the Mrityunjaya School and [[Ananda Mohan College]] in Mymensingh. In 1924, he passed his B.A. examination in History from [[Murari Chand College]], [[Sylhet]]. In 1926, he stood first in the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History and Culture from the [[University of Calcutta]]. He received the ''Mrinalini Gold Medal'' in the same year for his ''Political History of Northern India, AD 600-900''. In 1928, he received the [[Premchand Roychand Studentship]]. In 1935, he passed his diploma in Librarianship from the [[London University College]]. He married Manika ~~in 1904–1999, he~~ had two sons and one daughter. His son, Pranabranjan Ray, is a historian. He died 30 August 1981 at the age of 78 in Kolkata, West Bengal India.		He was born on 14 January 1903 at Kayetgram village of [[Mymensingh District]] in Bengal province of [[British India]] (in the present-day [[Bangladesh]]). He completed his initial studies from the Mrityunjaya School and [[Ananda Mohan College]] in Mymensingh. In 1924, he passed his B.A. examination in History from [[Murari Chand College]], [[Sylhet]]. In 1926, he stood first in the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History and Culture from the [[University of Calcutta]]. He received the ''Mrinalini Gold Medal'' in the same year for his ''Political History of Northern India, AD 600-900''. In 1928, he received the [[Premchand Roychand Studentship]]. In 1935, he passed his diploma in Librarianship from the [[London University College]]. He married Manika and had two sons and one daughter. His son, Pranabranjan Ray, is a historian. He died 30 August 1981 at the age of 78 in Kolkata, West Bengal India.

	==Career==		==Career==
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	==Awards and honors==		==Awards and honors==
	*First recipient of the [[Rabindra Puraskar]], [[West Bengal]] (for his ''Bangalir Itihas: Adiparba'' in 1950).		*First recipient of the [[Rabindra Puraskar]], [[West Bengal]] (for his ''Bangalir Itihas: Adiparba'' in 1950).
	*[[Padma Bhushan]], 1969.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=2015-07-21 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6U68ulwpb?url=~~http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=~~2014~~-11-15 }}</ref>		*[[Padma Bhushan]], 1969.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=2015-07-21 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=2015-10-15 }}</ref>
	*[[Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers\|Sahitya Akademi award]] (''An Artist in Life'').<ref name="deys"/>		*[[Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers\|Sahitya Akademi award]] (''An Artist in Life'').<ref name="deys"/>

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{{Infobox person
| name = Niharranjan Ray
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1903|01|14}}
| birth_place = [[Mymensingh District|Mymensingh]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], [[British India]] (now in [[Bangladesh]] )
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1981|08|30|1903|01|14}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| occupation = Historian
}}

'''Niharranjan Ray''' (1903–1981) was an Indian [[Bengalis|Bengali]] historian, well known for his works on the history of [[Art]] and [[Buddhism]].

==Early life and education==
He was born on 14 January 1903 at Kayetgram village of [[Mymensingh District]] in Bengal province of [[British India]] (in the present-day [[Bangladesh]]). He completed his initial studies from the Mrityunjaya School and [[Ananda Mohan College]] in Mymensingh. In 1924, he passed his B.A. examination in History from [[Murari Chand College]], [[Sylhet]]. In 1926, he stood first in the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History and Culture from the [[University of Calcutta]]. He received the ''Mrinalini Gold Medal'' in the same year for his ''Political History of Northern India, AD 600-900''. In 1928, he received the [[Premchand Roychand Studentship]]. In 1935, he passed his diploma in Librarianship from the [[London University College]]. He married Manika in 1904–1999, he had two sons and one daughter. His son, Pranabranjan Ray, is a historian. He died 30 August 1981 at the age of 78 in Kolkata, West Bengal India.

==Career==
He was appointed the Chief Librarian in the Central Library of Calcutta University in 1936. In 1946, he was appointed [[Bageswari Professor of Fine Arts]] in Calcutta University and retired from the post in 1965.<ref>Chakrabarty, Ramakanta (ed.) (2008). ''Time Past and Time Present'', Kolkata: The Asiatic Society, p.28</ref> He was the General Secretary of the [[Asiatic Society]], Calcutta from 1949 to 1950. In 1965, he became the First Director of the [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]], [[Shimla]] and remained in office till 1970. He was a member of the [[Pay commission#Third Pay Commission|Third Pay Commission]] from 1970 to 1973.<ref name=deys>Ray, Niharranjan (1993). ''Bangalir Itihas: Adiparba'', Kolkata: Dey's, {{ISBN|81-7079-270-3}}, pp.761-3</ref>

==Political views==
He was a nationalist and participated in the [[Quit India movement]] and was imprisoned from 1943 to 1944.

==Major works==
His magnum opus in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], ''Bangalir Itihas: Adiparba'' (History of the Bengali People: Early Period) was initially published in 1949. Later, an enlarged and revised edition was published by the ''Saksharata Prakashan'' in two volumes in 1980. His other significant works include:<ref name="deys"/>
* ''Brahmanical Gods of Burma'' (1932)
* ''Sanskrit Buddhism in Burma'' (1936)
* ''Rabindra Sahityer Bhumika'' (An introduction to the works of Rabindranath Tagore) (1940)
* ''Theravada Buddhism in Burma'' (1946)
* ''An Introduction to the Study of Theravada Buddhism in Burma'' (1946)
* ''Maurya and Śuṅga Art (1947) (a revised and enlarged edition of the work was published in 1976 as ''Maurya and Post-Maurya Art'')
* ''Art in Burma'' (1954)
* ''An Artist in Life; A Commentary on the Life and Works of Rabindranath Tagore'' (1967)
* ''Nationalism in India'' (1972)
* ''Idea and Image in Indian Art'' (1973)
* ''An Approach to Indian Art'' (1974)
* ''Mughal Court Painting: A Study in Social and Formal Analysis'' (1974)
* ''The Sikh Gurus and the Sikh Society'' (1975)
* ''Eastern Indian Bronzes'' (1986)

==Awards and honors==
*First recipient of the [[Rabindra Puraskar]], [[West Bengal]] (for his ''Bangalir Itihas: Adiparba'' in 1950).
*[[Padma Bhushan]], 1969.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=2015-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=2014-11-15 }}</ref>
*[[Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers|Sahitya Akademi award]] (''An Artist in Life'').<ref name="deys"/>

==Notes==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |title=Niharranjan Ray |first=John W. |last=Hood |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1997 |isbn=978-8-12600-207-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pepcChc-tn8C}}

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