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| name | | name = Tapan Raychaudhuri | ||
| image | | image = Tapan RayChaudhuri 2009 Dhaka.JPG | ||
| caption | | caption = Raychaudhuri in November 2009 | ||
| birth_date = 8 May 1926 | | birth_date = 8 May 1926 | ||
| birth_place=Kirtipasha, [[Barisal District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] | | birth_place = Kirtipasha, [[Barisal District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] | ||
| death_date = 26 November 2014 (aged 88) | | death_date = 26 November 2014 (aged 88) | ||
| death_place = [[Oxford]], [[England]] | | death_place = [[Oxford]], [[England]] | ||
| fields | | fields = [[History]] | ||
| alma_mater ={{Plainlist| | | alma_mater = {{Plainlist| | ||
* [[Barisal Zilla School]], [[Barisal]] | * [[Barisal Zilla School]], [[Barisal]] | ||
* [[Scottish Church College, Calcutta]] | * [[Scottish Church College, Calcutta]] | ||
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* [[St. Antony's College, Oxford]] | * [[St. Antony's College, Oxford]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
| doctoral_advisors | | doctoral_advisors = Dr. C. C. Davies<br />[[Jadunath Sarkar]] | ||
[[ Jadunath Sarkar ]] | | notable_students = [[Gyanendra Pandey (historian)|Gyanendra Pandey]], [[Gowher Rizvi]], [[Rudrangshu Mukherjee]] | ||
| notable_students = [[Gyanendra Pandey (historian)|Gyanendra Pandey]], [[Gowher Rizvi]] | | awards = [[Watumull Prize]] | ||
| awards = Watumull Prize | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Tapan | '''Tapan Raychaudhuri''' (8 May 1926 – 26 November 2014) was a British-Indian [[historian]] specializing in [[British Raj|British Indian history]], [[Economic history of India|Indian economic history]] and the [[History of Bengal]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Amin |first=Shahid |date=2014-12-06 |title=A Man of Many Parts |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/a-man-of-many-parts/ |access-date=2026-01-25 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/48/glimpses-past-web-exclusives/historical-roots-mass-poverty-south-asia.html|title=Tapan Raychaudhuri (1926-2014)| publisher=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]}}</ref> | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
He was the son of Prativa and Amiya Kumar Raychaudhuri, the last ''[[zamindar]]'' of [[Kirtipasha Zamindar Bari|Kirtipasha]] in Barisal district of eastern Bengal. He came from a well-known [[Baidya]] family. He was a nephew of [[Kiran Shankar Roy]]<ref name="ksr">[http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Roy,_Kiron_Sankar Banglapedia: Kiron Shakar Roy]</ref> and [[Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri]], through his paternal aunts.<ref name="kd">Sen Sharma, Tribhanga Mohan (1942). ''Kuladarpanam'', Behrampore: New Art Press. p.369</ref> | |||
He was a student of [[Ballygunge Government High School]], [[Calcutta]] and Barisal Zilla School,{{ | He was a student of [[Ballygunge Government High School]], [[Calcutta]] and [[Barishal Zilla School|Barisal Zilla School]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Audio {{!}} Oral history interview with Tapan Raychaudhuri {{!}} ID: 4m90f5423 {{!}} Tufts Digital Library |url=https://dl.tufts.edu/concern/audios/4m90f5423/transcriptonly |access-date=2026-01-25 |website=dl.tufts.edu}}</ref> [[Scottish Church College, Calcutta]], where he completed his I.A. and finally [[Presidency College, Calcutta]], where he completed his B.A. (Hons.) in history with a high first class.<ref name=":1" /> He completed his first [[Ph.D|D.Phil.]] in History at [[Calcutta University]] on ''Bengal Under Akbar and Jahangir''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sengupta |first=Shuddhabrata |date=2014-12-30 |title=On “Scandalmongering of the Senile” – Ruminations on Tapan Raychaudhuri, Historian: Ahona Panda |url=https://kafila.online/2014/12/30/on-scandalmongering-of-the-senile-ruminations-on-tapan-raychaudhuri-historian-ahona-panda/ |access-date=2026-01-25 |website=KAFILA - COLLECTIVE EXPLORATIONS SINCE 2006 |language=en}}</ref> under the supervision of [[Sir]] [[Jadunath Sarkar]], who was his Additional Supervisor and his second D.Phil. at [[Balliol College, Oxford]], under the supervision of Major (Dr.) C.C. Davies on the trading activities of the Dutch East India Company, which was later published as ''Jan Company in Coromandel.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Datta-Ray |first=Sunanda K. |date=2014-12-04 |title=In Praise of a Renaissance Mind |url=https://openthemagazine.com/essays/open-essay/in-praise-of-a-renaissance-mind |access-date=2026-01-25 |website=Open Magazine |language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
He started his career as a lecturer at the Department of Islamic History and Culture, Calcutta University. After his return from Britain he became a deputy director of the [[National Archives of India]]. He was a reader and then professor of | He started his career as a lecturer at the Department of Islamic History and Culture, Calcutta University. After his return from Britain, he became a deputy director of the [[National Archives of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roy |first=Tirthankar |date=2014-12-01 |title=Problem of the Past |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/problem-of-the-past/ |access-date=2026-01-25 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> He was a reader and then professor of history and director of the [[Delhi School of Economics]] and professor and the head of the department of history of [[Delhi University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1998/sen-autobio.html |title=Amartya Sen - Biographical |website=Nobelprize.org}}</ref> He was a key figure in setting up the journal, ''Indian Economic and Social History Review.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mukherjee |first=Rudrangshu |date=28 November 2014 |title=An Indian scholar dies in Oxford |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/an-indian-scholar-dies-in-oxford/cid/1601157 |url-status= |access-date=25 January 2026 |website=Telegraph}}</ref> | ||
He was a reader in | He was a reader in modern South Asian history from 1973 to 1993 and then ad hominem professor of Indian history and civilization and fellow of [[St. Antony's College, Oxford]], from 1992 to 1993.<ref name=":0" /> He was an emeritus fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford, after retirement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/page/861/raychaudhuri-bio.htm |title=Professor Tapan Kumar Raychaudhuri DPhil, DLitt, Bio |website=Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Cambridge University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002121633/http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/page/861/raychaudhuri-bio.htm |archive-date=2 October 2013 |access-date=18 July 2013}}</ref> He also served on the inaugural Social Sciences jury for the [[Infosys Prize]] in 2009. | ||
He became a [[National Research Professor | He became a [[National Research Professor]] in India in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/economic-historian-tapan-raychaudhuri-passes-away/story-UvEiXpbR6eXdMSAQarhp8M.html|title=Economic historian Tapan Raychaudhuri passes away| publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/smriti-irani-picks-three-professors-with-saffron-tinge-for-national-research-professorship-scheme-230822-2014-12-11|title=Smriti Irani picks three professors with saffron tinge for National Research Professorship scheme| publisher=[[India Today]]}}</ref> | ||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
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* [[DLitt|Doctor of Letters]] ''honoris causa'' by the [[University of Calcutta]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caluniv.ac.in/convocation-2012/hony_degrees.htm |title=Annual Convocation |website=[[University of Calcutta]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528004638/http://caluniv.ac.in/convocation-2012/hony_degrees.htm |archive-date=28 May 2012}}</ref> | * [[DLitt|Doctor of Letters]] ''honoris causa'' by the [[University of Calcutta]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caluniv.ac.in/convocation-2012/hony_degrees.htm |title=Annual Convocation |website=[[University of Calcutta]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528004638/http://caluniv.ac.in/convocation-2012/hony_degrees.htm |archive-date=28 May 2012}}</ref> | ||
* [[DLitt|Doctor of Letters]] ''honoris causa'' by the [[University of Burdwan]]{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} | * [[DLitt|Doctor of Letters]] ''honoris causa'' by the [[University of Burdwan]]{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} | ||
* [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2007 in recognition to his contributions to history.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 January 2007 |title=Padma Vibhushan for Bhagwati, V. Krishnamurthy |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/27/stories/2007012705931300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211231638/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/27/stories/2007012705931300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 February 2007 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |page=1}}</ref> | * [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2007 in recognition to his contributions to history.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 January 2007 |title=Padma Vibhushan for Bhagwati, V. Krishnamurthy |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/27/stories/2007012705931300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211231638/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/27/stories/2007012705931300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 February 2007 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |page=1}}</ref><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=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |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> | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
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===Books=== | ===Books=== | ||
* {{cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Tapan |author-mask=2 |date=1953 |title=Bengal Under Akbar and Jahangir: An Introductory Study in Social History |publisher=A. Mukherjee & Co. |location=Calcutta |oclc=906328391}} | * {{cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Tapan |author-mask=2 |date=1953 |title=Bengal Under Akbar and Jahangir: An Introductory Study in Social History |publisher=A. Mukherjee & Co. |location=Calcutta |oclc=906328391}} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Tapan |author-mask=2 |date=1962 |title=Jan Company in Coromandel, 1605-1690 |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff |location='s-Gravenhage |oclc=450671}}<ref>{{cite journal |last=Neale |first=Walter C. |date=February 1964 |title=Review |journal=The Journal of Asian Studies |publisher=Association for Asian Studies |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=318–320 |doi=10.2307/2050166 }}</ref> | * {{cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Tapan |author-mask=2 |date=1962 |title=Jan Company in Coromandel, 1605-1690 |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff |location='s-Gravenhage |oclc=450671}}<ref>{{cite journal |last=Neale |first=Walter C. |date=February 1964 |title=Review |journal=The Journal of Asian Studies |publisher=Association for Asian Studies |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=318–320 |doi=10.2307/2050166 |jstor=2050166 }}</ref> | ||
* {{cite book |date=1982 |editor1-last=Raychaudhuri |editor1-first=Tapan |editor2-last=Habib |editor2-first=Irfan |title=The Cambridge Economic History of India |volume=I, c. 1200-c. 1750 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, England |isbn=978-0-521-22802-2}} | * {{cite book |date=1982 |editor1-last=Raychaudhuri |editor1-first=Tapan |editor2-last=Habib |editor2-first=Irfan |title=The Cambridge Economic History of India |volume=I, c. 1200-c. 1750 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, England |isbn=978-0-521-22802-2}} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Tapan |author-mask=2 |date= 1988 |title=Europe Reconsidered: Perceptions of the West in Nineteenth Century Bengal |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-0-19-562066-5}}<ref>{{cite journal |last=Sarkar |first=Tanika |date=1990 |title=Book Reviews |journal=Indian Economic & Social History Review |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=370–372 |doi=10.1177/001946469002700314}}</ref> | * {{cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Tapan |author-mask=2 |date= 1988 |title=Europe Reconsidered: Perceptions of the West in Nineteenth Century Bengal |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-0-19-562066-5}}<ref>{{cite journal |last=Sarkar |first=Tanika |date=1990 |title=Book Reviews |journal=Indian Economic & Social History Review |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=370–372 |doi=10.1177/001946469002700314|s2cid=145407547 }}</ref> | ||
* {{cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Tapan |author-mask=2 |date=1993|title=Romanthan Athoba Bhimrotiprapter Paracharitcharcha |script-title=bn:রোমন্থন অথবা ভীমরতিপ্রাপ্তর পরচরিতচর্চা |language=bn |publisher=Ananda |location=Kolkata |isbn=978-8177563481}} | * {{cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Tapan |author-mask=2 |date=1993|title=Romanthan Athoba Bhimrotiprapter Paracharitcharcha |script-title=bn:রোমন্থন অথবা ভীমরতিপ্রাপ্তর পরচরিতচর্চা |language=bn |publisher=Ananda |location=Kolkata |isbn=978-8177563481}} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Tapan |author-mask=2 |date=2005 |title=Perceptions, Emotions, Sensibilities: Essays on India's Colonial and Post-colonial Experiences |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-0-19-567894-9 }} | * {{cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Tapan |author-mask=2 |date=2005 |title=Perceptions, Emotions, Sensibilities: Essays on India's Colonial and Post-colonial Experiences |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-0-19-567894-9 }} | ||
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Tapan Raychaudhuri | |
|---|---|
 Raychaudhuri in November 2009 | |
| Born | 8 May 1926 |
| Died | 26 November 2014 (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | |
| Awards | Watumull Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History |
| Doctoral advisors | Dr. C. C. Davies Jadunath Sarkar |
| Notable students | Gyanendra Pandey, Gowher Rizvi, Rudrangshu Mukherjee |
Tapan Raychaudhuri (8 May 1926 – 26 November 2014) was a British-Indian historian specializing in British Indian history, Indian economic history and the History of Bengal.[1][2]
Early life and education
He was the son of Prativa and Amiya Kumar Raychaudhuri, the last zamindar of Kirtipasha in Barisal district of eastern Bengal. He came from a well-known Baidya family. He was a nephew of Kiran Shankar Roy[3] and Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri, through his paternal aunts.[4]
He was a student of Ballygunge Government High School, Calcutta and Barisal Zilla School,[5] Scottish Church College, Calcutta, where he completed his I.A. and finally Presidency College, Calcutta, where he completed his B.A. (Hons.) in history with a high first class.[5] He completed his first D.Phil. in History at Calcutta University on Bengal Under Akbar and Jahangir[6] under the supervision of Sir Jadunath Sarkar, who was his Additional Supervisor and his second D.Phil. at Balliol College, Oxford, under the supervision of Major (Dr.) C.C. Davies on the trading activities of the Dutch East India Company, which was later published as Jan Company in Coromandel.[7]
Career
He started his career as a lecturer at the Department of Islamic History and Culture, Calcutta University. After his return from Britain, he became a deputy director of the National Archives of India.[8] He was a reader and then professor of history and director of the Delhi School of Economics and professor and the head of the department of history of Delhi University.[9] He was a key figure in setting up the journal, Indian Economic and Social History Review.[10]
He was a reader in modern South Asian history from 1973 to 1993 and then ad hominem professor of Indian history and civilization and fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford, from 1992 to 1993.[1] He was an emeritus fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford, after retirement.[11] He also served on the inaugural Social Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize in 2009.
He became a National Research Professor in India in 2011.[12][13]
Awards
- Watumull Prize awarded by the American Historical Association, 1982. (jointly with Irfan Habib) for the Cambridge Economic History of India.[14]
- Doctor of Letters 1993, University of Oxford
- Doctor of Letters honoris causa by the University of Calcutta[15]
- Doctor of Letters honoris causa by the University of Burdwan[citation needed]
- Padma Bhushan in 2007 in recognition to his contributions to history.[16][17]
Death
He died at home in Oxford (England) on 26 November 2014, after suffering a stroke.[18]
Publications
Books
- —— (1953). Bengal Under Akbar and Jahangir: An Introductory Study in Social History. Calcutta: A. Mukherjee & Co. OCLC 906328391.
- —— (1962). Jan Company in Coromandel, 1605-1690. 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff. OCLC 450671.[19]
- Raychaudhuri, Tapan; Habib, Irfan, eds. (1982). The Cambridge Economic History of India. Vol. I, c. 1200-c. 1750. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22802-2.
- —— (1988). Europe Reconsidered: Perceptions of the West in Nineteenth Century Bengal. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-562066-5.[20]
- —— (1993). Romanthan Athoba Bhimrotiprapter Paracharitcharcha রোমন্থন অথবা ভীমরতিপ্রাপ্তর পরচরিতচর্চা (in Bengali). Kolkata: Ananda. ISBN 978-8177563481.
- —— (2005). Perceptions, Emotions, Sensibilities: Essays on India's Colonial and Post-colonial Experiences. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-567894-9.
- —— (2007). Bangalanama. Kolkata: Ananda. ISBN 978-8177566697.
- —— (2011). The world in our time: a memoir. Noida: Harper Collins Publishers India. ISBN 978-9350291320.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Amin, Shahid (6 December 2014). "A Man of Many Parts". The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ↑ "Tapan Raychaudhuri (1926-2014)". Economic and Political Weekly.
- ↑ Banglapedia: Kiron Shakar Roy
- ↑ Sen Sharma, Tribhanga Mohan (1942). Kuladarpanam, Behrampore: New Art Press. p.369
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Audio | Oral history interview with Tapan Raychaudhuri | ID: 4m90f5423 | Tufts Digital Library". dl.tufts.edu. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ↑ Sengupta, Shuddhabrata (30 December 2014). "On "Scandalmongering of the Senile" – Ruminations on Tapan Raychaudhuri, Historian: Ahona Panda". KAFILA - COLLECTIVE EXPLORATIONS SINCE 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ↑ Datta-Ray, Sunanda K. (4 December 2014). "In Praise of a Renaissance Mind". Open Magazine. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ↑ Roy, Tirthankar (1 December 2014). "Problem of the Past". The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ↑ "Amartya Sen - Biographical". Nobelprize.org.
- ↑ Mukherjee, Rudrangshu (28 November 2014). "An Indian scholar dies in Oxford". Telegraph. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ↑ "Professor Tapan Kumar Raychaudhuri DPhil, DLitt, Bio". Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Cambridge University. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- ↑ "Economic historian Tapan Raychaudhuri passes away". Hindustan Times.
- ↑ "Smriti Irani picks three professors with saffron tinge for National Research Professorship scheme". India Today.
- ↑ "AHA Award Recipients". American Historical Association.
- ↑ "Annual Convocation". University of Calcutta. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012.
- ↑ "Padma Vibhushan for Bhagwati, V. Krishnamurthy". The Hindu. 27 January 2007. p. 1. Archived from the original on 11 February 2007.
- ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ↑ "Historian Tapan Raychaudhuri dies". bdnews24.com. 27 November 2014.
- ↑ Neale, Walter C. (February 1964). "Review". The Journal of Asian Studies. 23 (2). Association for Asian Studies: 318–320. doi:10.2307/2050166. JSTOR 2050166.
- ↑ Sarkar, Tanika (1990). "Book Reviews". Indian Economic & Social History Review. 27 (3): 370–372. doi:10.1177/001946469002700314. S2CID 145407547.