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==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
He was born on 14 January 1903 at Kayetgram village of [[Mymensingh District]] in Bengal province of [[British India]] (in the present-day [[Bangladesh]]). He completed his initial studies from the Mrityunjaya School and [[Ananda Mohan College]] in Mymensingh. In 1924, he passed his B.A. examination in History from [[Murari Chand College]], [[Sylhet]]. In 1926, he stood first in the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History and Culture from the [[University of Calcutta]]. He received the ''Mrinalini Gold Medal'' in the same year for his ''Political History of Northern India, AD 600-900''. In 1928, he received the [[Premchand Roychand Studentship]]. In 1935, he passed his diploma in Librarianship from the [[London University College]]. He married Manika | He was born on 14 January 1903 at Kayetgram village of [[Mymensingh District]] in Bengal province of [[British India]] (in the present-day [[Bangladesh]]). He completed his initial studies from the Mrityunjaya School and [[Ananda Mohan College]] in Mymensingh. In 1924, he passed his B.A. examination in History from [[Murari Chand College]], [[Sylhet]]. In 1926, he stood first in the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History and Culture from the [[University of Calcutta]]. He received the ''Mrinalini Gold Medal'' in the same year for his ''Political History of Northern India, AD 600-900''. In 1928, he received the [[Premchand Roychand Studentship]]. In 1935, he passed his diploma in Librarianship from the [[London University College]]. He married Manika and had two sons and one daughter. His son, Pranabranjan Ray, is a historian. He died 30 August 1981 at the age of 78 in Kolkata, West Bengal India. | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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==Awards and honors== | ==Awards and honors== | ||
*First recipient of the [[Rabindra Puraskar]], [[West Bengal]] (for his ''Bangalir Itihas: Adiparba'' in 1950). | *First recipient of the [[Rabindra Puraskar]], [[West Bengal]] (for his ''Bangalir Itihas: Adiparba'' in 1950). | ||
*[[Padma Bhushan]], 1969.<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=2015-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https:// | *[[Padma Bhushan]], 1969.<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=2015-07-21 |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=2015-10-15 }}</ref> | ||
*[[Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers|Sahitya Akademi award]] (''An Artist in Life'').<ref name="deys"/> | *[[Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers|Sahitya Akademi award]] (''An Artist in Life'').<ref name="deys"/> | ||