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{{Short description|Indian historian}}
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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(1910-11-19)19 November 1910
Ishwarganj, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died7 September 1994(1994-09-07) (aged 83)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
OccupationHistorian
Known forIndian history
AwardsRabindra Puraskar(1988
Padma Shri(1992)

Nisith Ranjan Ray(19 November, 1910 – 7 September,1994)[1][2] 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.[3]

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.[3][4] 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.[3] He was the author of several books on history,[5] including Bengal: Yesterday and Today,[6] Calcutta: the Profile of a City,[7] India and Her People: Bengal,[8] A History of India[9] and Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947[10]

The Government of India awarded him its fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, in 1992.[11] A year of celebrations for the centenary of his birth was opened in November 2009 by the historians P. T. Nair and Amalendu De.[4]

Selected bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Ray Nisith; Roy Ranjit (1998). Bengal: Yesterday and Today. Papyrus Publishing House. p. 132. ISBN 978-8171750092.
  • Nisith Ranjan Ray (1986). Calcutta: the Profile of a City. K. P. Bagchi & Co. ASIN B016TVSWQM.
  • Nisith R. Ray (1979). India and Her People: Bengal. Sangam Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-0861311101.
  • Narendra Krishna Sinha; Nisith Ranjan Ray (1973). A history of India. Orient Longman. p. 613.
  • Nisith Ranjan Ray; Ravindrer Kumar; Manmath Nath Das (1985). Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947. Vikas Publishing House. p. 322. ISBN 9780706930207.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "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
  2. "কলকাতার কড়চা: হাওড়া ব্রিজের ৭৫ বছর". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Access to history". The Telegraph. 14 November 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "The man who made the heritage tag". The Telegraph. 16 November 2009. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  5. "Ray, Nisith Ranjan". WorldCat. 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  6. Ray Nisith; Roy Ranjit (1998). Bengal: Yesterday and Today. Papyrus Publishing House. p. 132. ISBN 978-8171750092.
  7. Nisith Ranjan Ray (1986). Calcutta: the Profile of a City. K. P. Bagchi & Co. ASIN B016TVSWQM.
  8. Nisith R. Ray (1979). India and Her People: Bengal. Sangam Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-0861311101.
  9. Narendra Krishna Sinha; Nisith Ranjan Ray (1973). A history of India. Orient Longman. p. 613.
  10. Nisith Ranjan Ray; Ravindrer Kumar; Manmath Nath Das (1985). Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947. Vikas Publishing House. p. 322. ISBN 9780706930207.
  11. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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