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He was the son of Prativa and Amiya Kumar Raychaudhuri, the last ''[[zamindar]]'' of Kirtipasha in Barisal district of eastern Bengal. He came from a well-known [[Baidya]] family. He was a nephew of Kiron Shankar Roy<ref name="ksr">[http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Roy,_Kiron_Sankar Banglapedia: Kiron Shakar Roy]</ref> and [[Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri|Hem Chandra Roychaudhuri]], through his paternal aunts.<ref name="kd">Sen Sharma, Tribhanga Mohan (1942). ''Kuladarpanam'', Behrampore: New Art Press. p.369</ref>

He was a student of [[Ballygunge Government High School]], [[Calcutta]] and Barisal Zilla School,{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} [[Scottish Church College, Calcutta]], where he completed his I.A. and finally [[Presidency College, Calcutta]], where he completed his B.A. (Hons.) in history with a high first class.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} He completed his first [[Ph.D|D.Phil.]] in history at [[Calcutta University]] under the supervision of [[Sir]] [[Jadunath Sarkar]], who was his Additional Supervisor and his second D.Phil. at [[Balliol College, Oxford]] under the supervision of Major (Dr.) C.C. Davies.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}}