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{{short description|Indian historian of mathematics (born 1935)}}
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'''Radha Charan Gupta''' (born 1935 in [[Jhansi]], in present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]]) is an Indian historian of mathematics.

==Early life of Radha Charan Gupta ==
Gupta graduated from the [[University of Lucknow]], where he made his bachelor's degree in 1955 and his master's degree in 1957. He earned his Ph.D. in the [[history of mathematics]] from [[Ranchi University]] in 1971.<ref name=IMU>[https://www.mathunion.org/ichm/prizes/kenneth-o-may/awarding-kenneth-o-may-prize-ivor-grattan-guinness-and-rhada-charan-gupta Awarding of the K.O. May Prize] from [[International Mathematical Union]]</ref> He did his dissertation work at [[Ranchi University]] with the historian of Indian mathematics [[T.A. Sarasvati Amma]]. Then he served as a lecturer at [[Lucknow Christian College]] (from 1957 to 1958) and in 1958 he joined [[Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra]]. In 1982 he was awarded a full professorship. He retired in 1995 as the Emeritus Professor of the [[history of mathematics]] and [[logic]].<ref name=IMU/> He became a corresponding member of the [[International Academy of the History of Science]] in February 1995.<ref>{{cite web|title=Radha-Charan Gupta|url=http://www.aihs-iahs.org/fr/node/528|publisher=[[International Academy of the History of Science]]}}</ref>

==Works==
In 1969 Gupta addressed<ref>R.C Gupta (1969) "Second Order of Interpolation of Indian Mathematics", ''Indian Journal of History of Science'' 4: 92-94</ref> [[interpolation]] in Indian mathematics. He wrote on [[Govindasvamin]] and his interpolation of sine tables. Furthermore, he contributed an article on the work of [[Paramesvara]]: "Paramesvara's rule for the circumradius of a cyclic quadrilateral".<ref>R.C. Gupta (1977) [[Historia Mathematica]] 4(1): 67–74 {{doi|10.1016/0315-0860(77)90038-6}}</ref>

==Notable awards==
In 1991 he was elected a Fellow of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]], and in 1994 he became President of the Association of Mathematics Teachers of India.<ref name=IMU/> In 1979 he founded the magazine ''[[Ganita Bharati]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rajendra Bhatia|author-link=Rajendra Bhatia|title=Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians, v.I, Volume 1|year=2010|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=9789814324359|page=42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GFE1vx2pynMC&pg=42}}</ref>

In 2009 he was awarded the [[Kenneth O. May Prize]] alongside the British mathematician [[Ivor Grattan-Guinness]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian professor wins prestigious mathematics prize|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/80128/indian-professor-wins-prestigious-mathematics.html|newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=8 July 2010|author=IANS|access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Radha Gupta Will Receive Kenneth O. May Prize at ICM 2010|url=http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/?pa=mathNews&sa=view&newsId=896|publisher=[[Mathematical Association of America]]|access-date=12 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Indian professor chosen for prestigious mathematics prize|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Indian-professor-chosen-for-prestigious-mathematics-prize/Article1-569432.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130713230121/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Indian-professor-chosen-for-prestigious-mathematics-prize/Article1-569432.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2013|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=8 July 2010}}</ref> He is notably the first Indian to get this prize.<ref>{{cite web|title=First Indian to get Prize in !CM2010|url=http://www.icm2010.org.in/wp-content/icmfiles/uploads/RCGupta.pdf}}</ref>

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