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{{Short description|Indian historian}} | |||
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| name | | name = Nisith Ranjan Ray | ||
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| birth_date | | birth_date = {{birth_date |df=yes|1910|11|19}} | ||
| birth_place | | birth_place = [[Ishwarganj Upazila|Ishwarganj]], Bengal Presidency, British India | ||
| death_date | | death_date = {{death_date and age|df=yes|1994|09|07|1910|11|19}} | ||
| death_place | | death_place = [[Calcutta]], West Bengal, India | ||
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| occupation | | occupation = [[Historian]] | ||
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| known for | | known for = Indian history | ||
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| domesticpartner | | domesticpartner = | ||
| children | | children = | ||
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| awards | | awards = [[Rabindra Puraskar]](1988<br/>[[Padma Shri]](1992) | ||
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'''Nisith Ranjan Ray''' ( | '''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:// | 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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[[Category:University of Calcutta | [[Category:Academic staff of the University of Calcutta]] | ||
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[[Category:Date of death missing]] | [[Category:Date of death missing]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:03, 31 October 2025
Nisith Ranjan Ray | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 November 1910 Ishwarganj, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 7 September 1994 (aged 83) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Known for | Indian history |
| Awards | Rabindra 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]
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "কলকাতার কড়চা: হাওড়া ব্রিজের ৭৫ বছর". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 4.0 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.
- ↑ "Ray, Nisith Ranjan". WorldCat. 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
External links[edit | edit source]
- "Urbanisation in India :past and present : Professor Nisith Ranjan Ray birth centenary volume". Institute of Historical Studies. 2009. p. 344. Retrieved 22 October 2015.