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			{{Short description\|Indian historian}}
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	\| birth_place = [[~~Mymensingh District~~]], [[British India]]		\| birth_place = [[Ishwarganj Upazila\|Ishwarganj]], Bengal Presidency, British India
	\| death_date = 1994		\| death_date = {{death_date and age\|df=yes\|1994\|09\|07\|1910\|11\|19}}
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	\| awards = [[Padma Shri]]		\| awards = [[Rabindra Puraskar]](1988<br/>[[Padma Shri]](1992)
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	'''Nisith Ranjan Ray''' (~~born 1910–1994~~)<ref name="কলকাতার কড়চা">{{cite news \|title=কলকাতার কড়চা: হাওড়া ব্রিজের ৭৫ বছর \|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/calcutta/kolkatar-korcha-75-years-of-historic-howrah-bridge-1.758599 \|access-date=17 September 2018 \|work=Anandabazar Patrika \|language=bn}}</ref> was an Indian historian, social activist and the founder of the Society for Preservation, Calcutta, an organisation working for the preservation of the cultural heritage of [[Kolkata]].<ref name="Access to history">{{cite web \| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101114/jsp/calcutta/story_13165472.jsp \| title=Access to history \| newspaper=The Telegraph \| date=14 November 2010 \| access-date=22 October 2015}}</ref>		'''Nisith Ranjan Ray'''(19 November, 1910 – 7 September,1994)<ref name = "Samsad">"Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan Vol.II in Bengali edited by Anjali Bose, published by Sahitya Samsad, Kolkata, India, January 2019 edition Page 198
			{{ISBN\|978-81-7955-292-6}}</ref><ref name="কলকাতার কড়চা">{{cite news \|title=কলকাতার কড়চা: হাওড়া ব্রিজের ৭৫ বছর \|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/calcutta/kolkatar-korcha-75-years-of-historic-howrah-bridge-1.758599 \|access-date=17 September 2018 \|work=Anandabazar Patrika \|language=bn}}</ref> was an Indian historian, social activist and the founder of the Society for Preservation, Calcutta, an organisation working for the preservation of the cultural heritage of [[Kolkata]].<ref name="Access to history">{{cite web \| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101114/jsp/calcutta/story_13165472.jsp \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125713/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101114/jsp/calcutta/story_13165472.jsp \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=4 March 2016 \| title=Access to history \| newspaper=The Telegraph \| date=14 November 2010 \| access-date=22 October 2015}}</ref>

	Born in [[Mymensingh District]] of the present-day Bangladesh in 1910, Ray taught History at [[Calcutta University]] before joining the [[Victoria Memorial Hall]] in 1971 as its secretary and curator.<ref name="Access to history" /><ref name="telegraph">{{cite news \|title=The man who made the heritage tag \|work=The Telegraph \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091116/jsp/calcutta/story_11720176.jsp \|access-date=2016-01-13 \|date=16 November 2009}}</ref> He was one of the founder members of the [[Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi]], the apex body for [[Bengali language]] in [[West Bengal]] and the director of the Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata.<ref name="Access to history" /> He was the author of several books on history,<ref name="Ray, Nisith Ranjan">{{cite web \| url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81089474/ \| title=Ray, Nisith Ranjan \| publisher=WorldCat \| date=2015 \| access-date=22 October 2015}}</ref> including ''Bengal: Yesterday and Today'',<ref name="Bengal: Yesterday and Today">{{cite book\|title=Bengal: Yesterday and Today \|publisher=Papyrus Publishing House \|author1=Ray Nisith \|author2=Roy Ranjit \|year=1998 \|pages=132 \|isbn=978-8171750092}}</ref>		Born in [[Mymensingh District]] of the present-day Bangladesh in 1910, Ray taught History at [[Calcutta University]] before joining the [[Victoria Memorial Hall]] in 1971 as its secretary and curator.<ref name="Access to history" /><ref name="telegraph">{{cite news \|title=The man who made the heritage tag \|work=The Telegraph \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091116/jsp/calcutta/story_11720176.jsp \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121033901/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091116/jsp/calcutta/story_11720176.jsp \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 November 2009 \|access-date=2016-01-13 \|date=16 November 2009}}</ref> He was one of the founder members of the [[Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi]], the apex body for [[Bengali language]] in [[West Bengal]] and the director of the Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata.<ref name="Access to history" /> He was the author of several books on history,<ref name="Ray, Nisith Ranjan">{{cite web \| url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81089474/ \| title=Ray, Nisith Ranjan \| publisher=WorldCat \| date=2015 \| access-date=22 October 2015}}</ref> including ''Bengal: Yesterday and Today'',<ref name="Bengal: Yesterday and Today">{{cite book\|title=Bengal: Yesterday and Today \|publisher=Papyrus Publishing House \|author1=Ray Nisith \|author2=Roy Ranjit \|year=1998 \|pages=132 \|isbn=978-8171750092}}</ref>
	''Calcutta: the Profile of a City'',<ref name="Calcutta: the Profile of a City">{{cite book\|title=Calcutta: the Profile of a City \|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12465 \|publisher=K. P. Bagchi & Co \|author=Nisith Ranjan Ray \|year=1986 \|asin=B016TVSWQM}}</ref> ''India and Her People: Bengal'',<ref name="India and Her People: Bengal">{{cite book\|title=India and Her People: Bengal \|publisher=Sangam Books \|author=Nisith R. Ray \|year=1979 \|pages=118 \|isbn=978-0861311101}}</ref> ''A History of India''<ref name="A history of India">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/?id=wV24AAAAIAAJ \| title=A history of India \| publisher=Orient Longman \|author1=Narendra Krishna Sinha \|author2=Nisith Ranjan Ray \| year=1973 \| pages=613}}</ref> and ''Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947''<ref name="Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/?id=NTIKAQAAIAAJ \| title=Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947 \| publisher=Vikas Publishing House \|author1=Nisith Ranjan Ray \|author2=Ravindrer Kumar \|author3=Manmath Nath Das \| year=1985 \| pages=322}}</ref>		''Calcutta: the Profile of a City'',<ref name="Calcutta: the Profile of a City">{{cite book\|title=Calcutta: the Profile of a City \|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12465 \|publisher=K. P. Bagchi & Co \|author=Nisith Ranjan Ray \|year=1986 \|asin=B016TVSWQM}}</ref> ''India and Her People: Bengal'',<ref name="India and Her People: Bengal">{{cite book\|title=India and Her People: Bengal \|publisher=Sangam Books \|author=Nisith R. Ray \|year=1979 \|pages=118 \|isbn=978-0861311101}}</ref> ''A History of India''<ref name="A history of India">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wV24AAAAIAAJ \| title=A history of India \| publisher=Orient Longman \|author1=Narendra Krishna Sinha \|author2=Nisith Ranjan Ray \| year=1973 \| pages=613}}</ref> and ''Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947''<ref name="Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NTIKAQAAIAAJ \| title=Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947 \| publisher=Vikas Publishing House \|author1=Nisith Ranjan Ray \|author2=Ravindrer Kumar \|author3=Manmath Nath Das \| year=1985 \| pages=322\| isbn=9780706930207 }}</ref>

	The [[Government of India]] awarded him its fourth-highest civilian honour, the [[Padma Shri]], in 1992.<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=21 July 2015 \|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=15 ~~November 2014~~ }}</ref> A year of celebrations for the centenary of his birth was opened in November 2009 by the historians [[P. T. Nair]] and [[Amalendu De]].<ref name="telegraph" />		The [[Government of India]] awarded him its fourth-highest civilian honour, the [[Padma Shri]], in 1992.<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=21 July 2015 \|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=15 October 2015 }}</ref> A year of celebrations for the centenary of his birth was opened in November 2009 by the historians [[P. T. Nair]] and [[Amalendu De]].<ref name="telegraph" />

	== Selected bibliography ==		== Selected bibliography ==
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	* {{cite book\|title=Calcutta: the Profile of a City \|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12465 \|publisher=K. P. Bagchi & Co \|author=Nisith Ranjan Ray \|year=1986 \|asin=B016TVSWQM}}		* {{cite book\|title=Calcutta: the Profile of a City \|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12465 \|publisher=K. P. Bagchi & Co \|author=Nisith Ranjan Ray \|year=1986 \|asin=B016TVSWQM}}
	* {{cite book\|title=India and Her People: Bengal \|publisher=Sangam Books \|author=Nisith R. Ray \|year=1979 \|pages=118 \|isbn=978-0861311101}}		* {{cite book\|title=India and Her People: Bengal \|publisher=Sangam Books \|author=Nisith R. Ray \|year=1979 \|pages=118 \|isbn=978-0861311101}}
	* {{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/?id=wV24AAAAIAAJ \| title=A history of India \| publisher=Orient Longman \|author1=Narendra Krishna Sinha \|author2=Nisith Ranjan Ray \| year=1973 \| pages=613}}		* {{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wV24AAAAIAAJ \| title=A history of India \| publisher=Orient Longman \|author1=Narendra Krishna Sinha \|author2=Nisith Ranjan Ray \| year=1973 \| pages=613}}
	* {{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/?id=NTIKAQAAIAAJ \| title=Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947 \| publisher=Vikas Publishing House \|author1=Nisith Ranjan Ray \|author2=Ravindrer Kumar \|author3=Manmath Nath Das \| year=1985 \| pages=322}}		* {{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NTIKAQAAIAAJ \| title=Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947 \| publisher=Vikas Publishing House \|author1=Nisith Ranjan Ray \|author2=Ravindrer Kumar \|author3=Manmath Nath Das \| year=1985 \| pages=322\| isbn=9780706930207 }}

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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'''Nisith Ranjan Ray''' (born 1910–1994)<ref name="কলকাতার কড়চা">{{cite news |title=কলকাতার কড়চা: হাওড়া ব্রিজের ৭৫ বছর |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/calcutta/kolkatar-korcha-75-years-of-historic-howrah-bridge-1.758599 |access-date=17 September 2018 |work=Anandabazar Patrika |language=bn}}</ref> was an Indian historian, social activist and the founder of the Society for Preservation, Calcutta, an organisation working for the preservation of the cultural heritage of [[Kolkata]].<ref name="Access to history">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101114/jsp/calcutta/story_13165472.jsp | title=Access to history | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=14 November 2010 | access-date=22 October 2015}}</ref>

Born in [[Mymensingh District]] of the present-day Bangladesh in 1910, Ray taught History at [[Calcutta University]] before joining the [[Victoria Memorial Hall]] in 1971 as its secretary and curator.<ref name="Access to history" /><ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |title=The man who made the heritage tag |work=The Telegraph |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091116/jsp/calcutta/story_11720176.jsp |access-date=2016-01-13 |date=16 November 2009}}</ref> He was one of the founder members of the [[Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi]], the apex body for [[Bengali language]] in [[West Bengal]] and the director of the Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata.<ref name="Access to history" /> He was the author of several books on history,<ref name="Ray, Nisith Ranjan">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81089474/ | title=Ray, Nisith Ranjan | publisher=WorldCat | date=2015 | access-date=22 October 2015}}</ref> including ''Bengal: Yesterday and Today'',<ref name="Bengal: Yesterday and Today">{{cite book|title=Bengal: Yesterday and Today |publisher=Papyrus Publishing House |author1=Ray Nisith |author2=Roy Ranjit |year=1998 |pages=132 |isbn=978-8171750092}}</ref>
''Calcutta: the Profile of a City'',<ref name="Calcutta: the Profile of a City">{{cite book|title=Calcutta: the Profile of a City |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12465 |publisher=K. P. Bagchi & Co |author=Nisith Ranjan Ray |year=1986 |asin=B016TVSWQM}}</ref> ''India and Her People: Bengal'',<ref name="India and Her People: Bengal">{{cite book|title=India and Her People: Bengal |publisher=Sangam Books |author=Nisith R. Ray |year=1979 |pages=118 |isbn=978-0861311101}}</ref> ''A History of India''<ref name="A history of India">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=wV24AAAAIAAJ | title=A history of India | publisher=Orient Longman |author1=Narendra Krishna Sinha |author2=Nisith Ranjan Ray | year=1973 | pages=613}}</ref> and ''Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947''<ref name="Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=NTIKAQAAIAAJ | title=Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947 | publisher=Vikas Publishing House |author1=Nisith Ranjan Ray |author2=Ravindrer Kumar |author3=Manmath Nath Das | year=1985 | pages=322}}</ref>

The [[Government of India]] awarded him its fourth-highest civilian honour, the [[Padma Shri]], in 1992.<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=21 July 2015 |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=15 November 2014 }}</ref> A year of celebrations for the centenary of his birth was opened in November 2009 by the historians [[P. T. Nair]] and [[Amalendu De]].<ref name="telegraph" />

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{cite book|title=Bengal: Yesterday and Today |publisher=Papyrus Publishing House |author1=Ray Nisith |author2=Roy Ranjit |year=1998 |pages=132 |isbn=978-8171750092}}
* {{cite book|title=Calcutta: the Profile of a City |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12465 |publisher=K. P. Bagchi & Co |author=Nisith Ranjan Ray |year=1986 |asin=B016TVSWQM}}
* {{cite book|title=India and Her People: Bengal |publisher=Sangam Books |author=Nisith R. Ray |year=1979 |pages=118 |isbn=978-0861311101}}
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=wV24AAAAIAAJ | title=A history of India | publisher=Orient Longman |author1=Narendra Krishna Sinha |author2=Nisith Ranjan Ray | year=1973 | pages=613}}
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=NTIKAQAAIAAJ | title=Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947 | publisher=Vikas Publishing House |author1=Nisith Ranjan Ray |author2=Ravindrer Kumar |author3=Manmath Nath Das | year=1985 | pages=322}}

== See also ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.dkagencies.com/doc/from/1063/to/1123/bkId/DK8263321716213082444062773171/details.html | title=Urbanisation in India :past and present : Professor Nisith Ranjan Ray birth centenary volume | publisher=Institute of Historical Studies | date=2009 | access-date=22 October 2015 | pages=344}}

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