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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> He graduated with double honours in English (1891) and History from [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College, Calcutta]].<ref name="Indiathroughtheages"> Jadunath Sarkar, India Through The Ages, (Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1928; reprinted in 2003)</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 1892, he obtained a first class in 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> He graduated with double honours in English (1891) and History from [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College, Calcutta]].<ref name="Indiathroughtheages"> Jadunath Sarkar, India Through The Ages, (Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 1928; reprinted in 2003)</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 1892, he obtained a first class first in 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 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]]. | 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]]. | ||