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	Sarkar earned a [[B.A.]] in History from the [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College]], [[University of Calcutta]] in 1972. She also earned a degree in Modern History from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1974. She received her [[PhD]] from the [[University of Delhi]] in 1981.		Sarkar earned a [[B.A.]] in History from the [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College]], [[University of Calcutta]] in 1972. She also earned a degree in Modern History from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1974. She received her [[PhD]] from the [[University of Delhi]] in 1981.

	She is a professor of ~~History~~ at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi\|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], [[New Delhi]].		She is a professor of history at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi\|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], [[New Delhi]].
	She has also taught at the [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi\|St. Stephen's College]], and the [[Indraprastha College]], [[Delhi University]]. She has also taught modern Indian History at the [[University of Chicago]].<ref name=CV>		She has also taught at the [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi\|St. Stephen's College]], and the [[Indraprastha College]], [[Delhi University]]. She has also taught modern Indian History at the [[University of Chicago]].<ref name=CV>
	{{cite web \|title=Curriculum Vitae: Tanika Sarkar \|url=https://www.tcd.ie/iiis/documents/archive/pdf/visitorprog/Tanika%20Sarkar%20CV.pdf \|date=30 April 2005\|accessdate=2014-10-24 \|publisher=Trinity College Dublin}}		{{cite web \|title=Curriculum Vitae: Tanika Sarkar \|url=https://www.tcd.ie/iiis/documents/archive/pdf/visitorprog/Tanika%20Sarkar%20CV.pdf \|date=30 April 2005\|accessdate=2014-10-24 \|publisher=Trinity College Dublin}}
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	* ''Caste in Modern India: A Reader'' (two volumes, edited jointly with [[Sumit Sarkar]], Permanent Black, 2013), ASIN B00O122Q6E.		* ''Caste in Modern India: A Reader'' (two volumes, edited jointly with [[Sumit Sarkar]], Permanent Black, 2013), ASIN B00O122Q6E.
	* ''Words to Win: The Making of a Modern Autobiography'' (2014), {{ISBN\|978-9381017906}}.		* ''Words to Win: The Making of a Modern Autobiography'' (2014), {{ISBN\|978-9381017906}}.
			* ''Calcutta: The Stormy Decades'' (2015) edited with [[Sekhar Bandyopadhyay]]

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'''Tanika Sarkar''' is a [[historian]] of modern [[India]] based at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]]. Sarkar's work focuses on the intersections of religion, gender, and politics in both colonial and postcolonial [[South Asia]], in particular on women and the Hindu Right.

== Life and career ==
Tanikar Sarkar was born to Amal Bhattacharya, professor of English at Presidency College, and [[Sukumari Bhattacharya]], eminent [[Sanskritist]] and scholar on early Indian culture. She is married to fellow historian, [[Sumit Sarkar]].<ref name=nandigram>
{{cite news
|url=http://singur-singur.blogspot.co.uk/2007/03/nandigram-was-more-shocking-than.html
|title=Nandigram was more shocking than Jallianwala Bagh
|work=[[The Times of India]]
|accessdate=2008-03-21
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Sarkar earned a [[B.A.]] in History from the [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]], [[University of Calcutta]] in 1972. She also earned a degree in Modern History from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1974. She received her [[PhD]] from the [[University of Delhi]] in 1981.

She is a professor of History at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], [[New Delhi]].
She has also taught at the [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]], and the [[Indraprastha College]], [[Delhi University]]. She has also taught modern Indian History at the [[University of Chicago]].<ref name=CV>
{{cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae: Tanika Sarkar |url=https://www.tcd.ie/iiis/documents/archive/pdf/visitorprog/Tanika%20Sarkar%20CV.pdf |date=30 April 2005|accessdate=2014-10-24 |publisher=Trinity College Dublin}}
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==Publications==
Tanika Sarkar has published the following Monographs:
* ''Bengal 1928-1934: The Politics of Protest'', (Oxford University Press India, 1987), {{ISBN|978-0195620764}}.
* ''Words to Win: A Modern Autobiography'' (Kali for Women, 1999).
* ''Khaki Shorts and Saffron Flags: A Critique of the Hindu Right'' (coauthored with Tapan Basu, Pradip Datta, [[Sumit Sarkar]] and Sambuddha Sen; Orient Longman 1993), {{ISBN|978-0863113833}}.
* ''Women and the Hindu Right'' (edited jointly with [[Urvashi Butalia]], 1995), {{ISBN|978-8185107677}}.
* ''Women and Right-Wing Movement: Indian Experiences'' (edited jointly with [[Urvashi Butalia]], 1998), {{ISBN|978-1856492898}}.
* ''Hindu Wife, Hindu Nation: Community, Religion, Cultural Nationalism'' (Hurst, 2001), {{ISBN|978-1850655824}}.<ref>
{{cite news |title=Charting cultural nationalism |date=19 August 2001 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/08/19/stories/1319017k.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141024204620/http://www.thehindu.com/2001/08/19/stories/1319017k.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 October 2014 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2014-10-24}}
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* ''Women and Social Reform in Modern India: A Reader'' (two volumes, edited jointly with [[Sumit Sarkar]], 2008), {{ISBN|978-0253220493}}
* ''Rebels, Wives, Saints: Designing Selves and Nations in Colonial Times'' (University of Chicago Press, 2009), {{ISBN|978-1906497293}}.<ref>
{{cite news |title=The image of widowhood |author=Mythily Sivaraman |date=15 February 2000 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/02/15/stories/05152523.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141024204620/http://www.thehindu.com/2000/02/15/stories/05152523.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 October 2014 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2014-10-24}}
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* ''Caste in Modern India: A Reader'' (two volumes, edited jointly with [[Sumit Sarkar]], Permanent Black, 2013), ASIN B00O122Q6E.
* ''Words to Win: The Making of a Modern Autobiography'' (2014), {{ISBN|978-9381017906}}.

==Recognitions==
In 2004, she has received the ''Rabindra Puraskar'' from the Bangla Academy, the highest literary award given in [[West Bengal]]. It was reported that she intended to return it in protest over the police firing in Nandigram in March 2007.<ref name=nandigram/><ref>
{{cite news |title=Historians to return award |newspaper=The Hindu |date=17 March 2007 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/historians-to-return-award/article1812002.ece |accessdate=2014-10-24}}
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://permanent-black.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/0-false-18-pt-18-pt-0-0-false-false.html An interview with Tanika Sarkar, Permanent Black]
* [http://www.friendsofsouthasia.org/textbook/NCERT_Delhi_Historians__Group.pdf "Delhi Historians Group's Publication ''Communalization of Education: The History Textbooks Controversy'', A report in 2002, New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University, India]

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