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{{Short description|Indian historian}} | |||
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| caption = Jadunath Sarkar, {{circa|1926}}{{sfn|Chakrabarty|2015|p=ii}} | | caption = Jadunath Sarkar, {{circa|1926}}{{sfn|Chakrabarty|2015|p=ii}} | ||
| birth_date = 10 December 1870 | | birth_date = 10 December 1870 | ||
| birth_place = Karachmaria, [[Singra Upazila|Singra]], [[Natore]], [[British India]] | | birth_place = Karachmaria, [[Singra Upazila|Singra]], [[Natore]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] | ||
| death_date = 19 May 1958 (aged 87) | | death_date = 19 May 1958 (aged 87) | ||
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[India]] | | death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]] | ||
| occupation = Historian | | occupation = Historian | ||
| spouse = Lady Kadambini Sarkar | | spouse = Lady Kadambini Sarkar | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Sir Jadunath Sarkar''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CIE}} (10 December 1870 – 19 May 1958) was a prominent [[India]]n historian and a specialist on the [[Mughal dynasty]]. | '''Sir Jadunath Sarkar''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CIE|FRAS}} (10 December 1870 – 19 May 1958) was a prominent [[India]]n historian and a specialist on the [[Mughal dynasty]]. | ||
== Academic career == | == Academic career == | ||
Sarkar was born in Karachmaria village in [[Natore District|Natore]], [[Bengal]] to Rajkumar Sarkar, the local [[Zamindar]] on 10 December 1870.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=19 March 2015|title=Sarkar, Jadunath|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608164517/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath|archive-date=8 June 2020|access-date=30 November 2019|website=[[Banglapedia]]}}</ref> In 1891, he graduated in English from [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College, Calcutta]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1892, he topped the [[Master of Arts|Master of Arts examination]], in English at [[Calcutta University]] and in 1897, he received the [[Premchand Roychand|Premchand-Roychand Scholarship]].<ref name=":0" /> | Sarkar was born in Karachmaria village in [[Natore District|Natore]], [[Bengal]] to Rajkumar Sarkar, the local [[Zamindar]] on 10 December 1870.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=19 March 2015|title=Sarkar, Jadunath|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608164517/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jadunath|archive-date=8 June 2020|access-date=30 November 2019|website=[[Banglapedia]]}}</ref> In 1891, he graduated in English from [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College, Calcutta]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1892, he topped the [[Master of Arts|Master of Arts examination]], in English at [[Calcutta University]] and in 1897, he received the [[Premchand Roychand|Premchand-Roychand Scholarship]].<ref name=":0" /> | ||
In 1893, he was inducted as a faculty of English literature at Ripon College, [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] (later renamed [[Surendranath College]]).<ref name=":0" /> In 1898, he was appointed at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] after getting selected in the [[Provincial Education Services]].<ref name=":0" /> In between, from 1917 to 1919, he taught | In 1893, he was inducted as a faculty of English literature at Ripon College, [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] (later renamed [[Surendranath College]]).<ref name=":0" /> In 1898, he was appointed at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] after getting selected in the [[Provincial Education Services]].<ref name=":0" /> In between, from 1917 to 1919, he taught modern Indian history in [[Benaras Hindu University]] and from 1919 to 1923, both English and history, at [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Cuttack]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1923, he became an honorary member of the [[Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|Royal Asiatic Society]] of London. In August 1926, he was appointed as the [[Vice Chancellor]] of [[Calcutta University]]. In 1928, he joined as Sir W. Meyer Lecturer in [[Madras University]]. | ||
== Historiography == | == Historiography == | ||
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Academically, Jos J. L. Gommans compares Sarkar's work with those of the [[Aligarh Muslim University|Aligarh historians]], noting that while the historians from the Aligarh worked mainly on the [[mansabdar]]i system and [[gunpowder]] technology in the [[Mughal Empire]], Sarkar concentrated on [[military tactics]] and [[siege]]s.<ref name="Gommans2002">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vA3YVOt9QZUC&pg=PA1|title=Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers and Highroads to Empire, 1500-1700|author=Jos J. L. Gommans|publisher=Psychology Press|year=2002|isbn=978-0-415-23989-9|pages=1}}</ref>{{Undue weight inline|date=January 2020|reason=Non-notable scholar.}} | Academically, Jos J. L. Gommans compares Sarkar's work with those of the [[Aligarh Muslim University|Aligarh historians]], noting that while the historians from the Aligarh worked mainly on the [[mansabdar]]i system and [[gunpowder]] technology in the [[Mughal Empire]], Sarkar concentrated on [[military tactics]] and [[siege]]s.<ref name="Gommans2002">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vA3YVOt9QZUC&pg=PA1|title=Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers and Highroads to Empire, 1500-1700|author=Jos J. L. Gommans|publisher=Psychology Press|year=2002|isbn=978-0-415-23989-9|pages=1}}</ref>{{Undue weight inline|date=January 2020|reason=Non-notable scholar.}} | ||
== Honors == | == Honors == | ||
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== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
The [[Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta]], an autonomous research center, has been established in his house, which was donated to the state government by Sarkar's wife. CSSC also houses the Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre, a museum-cum-archive of primary sources.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/in-the-memory-of-jadunath-sarkar/cid/1610057|title=In the memory of Jadunath Sarkar|website=The Telegraph|language=en|access-date=2019 | The [[Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta]], an autonomous research center, has been established in his house, which was donated to the state government by Sarkar's wife. CSSC also houses the Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre, a museum-cum-archive of primary sources.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/in-the-memory-of-jadunath-sarkar/cid/1610057|title=In the memory of Jadunath Sarkar|website=The Telegraph|language=en|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref> | ||
== List of works == | == List of works == | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLE5AQAAIAAJ|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar Commemoration Volume.|publisher=Department of History, Panjab University|year=1957|editor-last=Gupta|editor-first=Hari Ram|editor-link=Hari Ram Gupta|volume= | * {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLE5AQAAIAAJ|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar Commemoration Volume.|publisher=Department of History, Panjab University|year=1957|editor-last=Gupta|editor-first=Hari Ram|editor-link=Hari Ram Gupta|volume=I: Life and Letters of Sir Jadunath Sarkar|location=Hoshiarpur|oclc=251228572}} | ||
* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sr85AQAAIAAJ|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar Commemoration Volume.|date=1958|publisher=Department of History, Panjab University|editor1-last=Gupta|editor1-first=Hari Ram|editor-mask=8|volume= | * {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sr85AQAAIAAJ|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar Commemoration Volume.|date=1958|publisher=Department of History, Panjab University|editor1-last=Gupta|editor1-first=Hari Ram|editor-mask=8|volume=II: Essays Presented to Sir Jadunath Sarkar|location=Hoshiarpur|oclc=470654377|editor2-last=Kaushal|editor2-first=Paras Ram|editor3-last=Talwar|editor3-first=Shanti Swarup}} | ||
* {{Cite journal|last=Jha|first=Ajay Kumar|date=2004|title=Profile of a Historian: Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1870-1958)|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=65|pages=880–890|issn=2249-1937|jstor=44144800}} | * {{Cite journal|last=Jha|first=Ajay Kumar|date=2004|title=Profile of a Historian: Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1870-1958)|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=65|pages=880–890|issn=2249-1937|jstor=44144800}} | ||
* {{Cite book|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar: A Profile in Historiography|last=Pawar|first=Kiram|year=1985|location=New Delhi|publisher=Books & Books}} | * {{Cite book|title=Sir Jadunath Sarkar: A Profile in Historiography|last=Pawar|first=Kiram|year=1985|location=New Delhi|publisher=Books & Books}} | ||