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			'''Rudrangshu Mukherjee''' is an Indian historian and author of several major history books. He was formerly the Opinions Editor for ''[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]]'' newspaper, [[Kolkata]] and the Chancellor for [[Ashoka University]], where he also serves as Professor of History.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ashoka.edu.in/faculty#!/rudrangshu-mukherjee-53\|title=Faculty/Staff {{!}} Ashoka University\|last=University\|first=Ashoka\|website=Ashoka University\|language=en\|access-date=2017-10-01}}</ref> He was the founding Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka when the University began in 2014 and was succeeded in 2017 by [[Pratap Bhanu Mehta]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://dscprize.com/2018/10/10/rudrangshu-mukherjee/\|title=Rudrangshu Mukherjee {{!}} The DSC Prize for South Asian LiteratureThe DSC Prize for South Asian Literature\|website=dscprize.com\|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref>
	'''Rudrangshu Mukherjee''' is an ~~[[India]]n~~ historian and author of several major history books. He was formerly the Opinions Editor for ''[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]]'' newspaper, [[Kolkata]] and the Chancellor for [[Ashoka University]], where he also serves as Professor of History.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ashoka.edu.in/faculty#!/rudrangshu-mukherjee-53\|title=Faculty/Staff {{!}} Ashoka University\|last=University\|first=Ashoka\|website=Ashoka University\|language=en\|access-date=2017-10-01}}</ref> He was the founding Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka when the University began in 2014 and was succeeded in 2017 by [[Pratap Bhanu Mehta]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://dscprize.com/2018/10/10/rudrangshu-mukherjee/\|title=Rudrangshu Mukherjee {{!}} The DSC Prize for South Asian LiteratureThe DSC Prize for South Asian Literature\|website=dscprize.com\|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref>

	==Academics==		==Academics==
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	He has taught history at the [[University of Calcutta]] and held visiting appointments at [[Princeton University]], the [[University of Manchester]], the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]] and the [[Young India Fellowship]], New Delhi. At the [[Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta]] (CSSSC), which he had joined as a [[Junior Research Fellow]] in 1975, he was involved in issues concerning the ascendancy of the North in the production of knowledge.<ref name=sephis/> He has edited ''The Penguin Gandhi Reader'' (Delhi, 1993) and is the author of the ''Art of Bengal: A Vision Defined, 1955-75'' (Kolkata, 2003), and co-edited ''Trade and Politics and the Indian Ocean World: Essays in Honour of Ashin Das Gupta'' (Delhi, 1998).		He has taught history at the [[University of Calcutta]] and held visiting appointments at [[Princeton University]], the [[University of Manchester]], the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]] and the [[Young India Fellowship]], New Delhi. At the [[Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta]] (CSSSC), which he had joined as a [[Junior Research Fellow]] in 1975, he was involved in issues concerning the ascendancy of the North in the production of knowledge.<ref name=sephis/> He has edited ''The Penguin Gandhi Reader'' (Delhi, 1993) and is the author of the ''Art of Bengal: A Vision Defined, 1955-75'' (Kolkata, 2003), and co-edited ''Trade and Politics and the Indian Ocean World: Essays in Honour of Ashin Das Gupta'' (Delhi, 1998).

	He has authored and edited several books on other themes, including ''The Penguin Gandhi Reader, Trade and Politics and, the Indian Ocean World: Essays in Honour of Ashin Das Gupta, Remembered Childhood: Essays in Honour of Andre Beteille, New Delhi: The Making of a Capital and Great Speeches of Modern India.'' His latest book is ''~~Nehru & Bose: Parallel Lives~~.''<ref name=":0" />		He has authored and edited several books on other themes, including ''The Penguin Gandhi Reader, Trade and Politics and, the Indian Ocean World: Essays in Honour of Ashin Das Gupta, Remembered Childhood: Essays in Honour of Andre Beteille, New Delhi: The Making of a Capital and Great Speeches of Modern India.'' His latest book is [[Nehru and Bose]]''.''<ref name=":0" />

	He has also worked on the history of the leftist movement in India.<ref>		He has also worked on the history of the leftist movement in India.<ref>

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'''Rudrangshu Mukherjee''' is an [[India]]n historian and author of several major history books. He was formerly the Opinions Editor for ''[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]'' newspaper, [[Kolkata]] and the Chancellor for [[Ashoka University]], where he also serves as Professor of History.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ashoka.edu.in/faculty#!/rudrangshu-mukherjee-53|title=Faculty/Staff {{!}} Ashoka University|last=University|first=Ashoka|website=Ashoka University|language=en|access-date=2017-10-01}}</ref> He was the founding Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka when the University began in 2014 and was succeeded in 2017 by [[Pratap Bhanu Mehta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dscprize.com/2018/10/10/rudrangshu-mukherjee/|title=Rudrangshu Mukherjee {{!}} The DSC Prize for South Asian LiteratureThe DSC Prize for South Asian Literature|website=dscprize.com|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref>

==Academics==

He studied at [[Calcutta Boys' School]], [[Presidency College, Kolkata]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], [[New Delhi]], and [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite news
|title = Author bio
|publisher = Silicon India magazine
|url = http://www.siliconindia.com/books/newbooks/AuthorDetails.php?auid=351
|access-date = 2007-12-19
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110524104718/http://www.siliconindia.com/books/newbooks/AuthorDetails.php?auid=351
|archive-date = 2011-05-24
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

His 1980 [[Doctor of Philosophy|D.Phil]] thesis at the University of Oxford was titled "The rebellion in Awadh, 1857-1858: a study in popular resistance".<ref name=sephis>
{{cite news
| title = Sephis e-magazine: Partha Chatterjee interview
| author = Rudrangshu Mukherjee
| publisher = South-south Exchange programme for research on the history of development
| url = http://www.iisg.nl/~sephis/pdf/emagazine.pdf
| volume = 1 |issue = 1 |date = Sep 2004
| accessdate = 2007-12-17
}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> He has revisited his view of the revolt from the native perspective in books including ''Awadh in Revolt 1857-58: A Study of Popular Resistance'' (Delhi, 1984, repr. 2002), ''Spectre of Violence: The 1857 Kanpur Massacres'' (Delhi, 1988), and ''Mangal Pandey: Brave Martyr or Accidental Hero?'' (Penguin India).<ref>. The cover illustration of one book was drawn by [[Satyajit Ray]]. {{cite news
| title = Clio Is Not For Worship:- History is best freed from nation-building
| author = Rudrangshu Mukherjee
| publisher = The Telegraph
| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050904/asp/opinion/story_5188782.asp
| date = 2005-09-04
| accessdate = 2007-12-18
}}</ref>

==Career==
He has taught history at the [[University of Calcutta]] and held visiting appointments at [[Princeton University]], the [[University of Manchester]], the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]] and the [[Young India Fellowship]], New Delhi. At the [[Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta]] (CSSSC), which he had joined as a [[Junior Research Fellow]] in 1975, he was involved in issues concerning the ascendancy of the North in the production of knowledge.<ref name=sephis/> He has edited ''The Penguin Gandhi Reader'' (Delhi, 1993) and is the author of the ''Art of Bengal: A Vision Defined, 1955-75'' (Kolkata, 2003), and co-edited ''Trade and Politics and the Indian Ocean World: Essays in Honour of Ashin Das Gupta'' (Delhi, 1998).

He has authored and edited several books on other themes, including ''The Penguin Gandhi Reader, Trade and Politics and, the Indian Ocean World: Essays in Honour of Ashin Das Gupta, Remembered Childhood: Essays in Honour of Andre Beteille, New Delhi: The Making of a Capital and Great Speeches of Modern India.'' His latest book is ''Nehru & Bose: Parallel Lives.''<ref name=":0" />

He has also worked on the history of the leftist movement in India.<ref>
{{cite news
| author = Rudrangshu Mukherjee
| publisher = www.india-seminar.com/ Seminar, New Delhi, ed. Raj and Romesh Thapar]
| title = A Mandate For Change: A symposium on the 2004 general elections
| date = July 2004
}}</ref>
After the 2007 [[Nandigram]] episode, he was among those leftist intellectuals in Kolkata who protested the violent policies of the left.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Kiss of Death - The CPI(M)'s use of violence in Nandigram isn't surprising
| author = Rudranghshu Mukherjee
| publisher = [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]
| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070110/asp/opinion/story_7238853.asp
| date = 2007-01-10
| accessdate = 2007-12-19
}}(part of a three-article series)</ref>

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