Kalidas Nag

Kalidas Nag
Kalidas Nag
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 1952-1954
Personal details
Alma mater	University of Calcutta; University of Paris

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Kalidas Nag Bengali: Kalidas Nag (16 January 1892 – 9 November 1966) was an Indian historian, author and parliamentarian. He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1952 and served till 1954.

Early years[edit]

Kalidas was born to Babu Matilal Nag and Shrimati Santa Devi.^[1]

Education and career[edit]

Kalidas Nag in a group photo of Monday Club founded by Sukumar Roy
First row sitting from left: Subinoy Ray, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Atul Prasad Sen, Shishir Kumar Datta, Sukumar Ray
Middle row from left: Jatindranath Mukhopadhyay, Amal Home, Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay, Jibanmoy Roy
Standing from left: Hiran Sanyal, Ajitkumar Chakrabarty, Kalidas Nag, Pravat Chandra Gangoadhyay, Dr. Dwijendranath Maitra, Satish Chandra Chattopadhyay, Shrish Chandra Sen, Girija Shankar Roy Choudhury

After graduating in history from the Scottish Church College, he earned a postgraduate degree from the University of Calcutta, and a doctorate from the University of Paris.^[2]^[1] A prolific author, he taught history at the Scottish Church College and at University of Calcutta, and was nominated as an Officer d’ Academic by the Government of France.^[1]^[3] In the 1920s he was an avid supporter of the French contribution to Tagore's university project at Santiniketan (north of Calcutta). He later edited several books on India culture.

Bibliography[edit]

Kalidas Nag (1957). Discovery of Asia, The Institute of Asian African Relations, Calcutta.

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Brief Biodata Rajya Sabha members list, surname starting with the letter 'N'
↑ Some Alumni of Scottish Church College in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 586
↑ Teaching Staff: History in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 575

Sources[edit]

Brief Biodata

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[RS-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Brief Biodata Rajya Sabha members list, surname starting with the letter 'N'

[2] Some Alumni of Scottish Church College in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 586

[Teaching_Staff-3] Teaching Staff: History in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 575

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