Nisith Ranjan Ray | |
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| Born | (1910-11-19)19 November 1910 Ishwarganj, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 7 September 1994(1994-09-07) (aged 83) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Known for | Indian history |
| Awards | Rabindra Puraskar(1988 Padma Shri(1992) |
Nisith Ranjan Ray(19 November, 1910 – 7 September,1994)[1][2] was an Indian historian, social activist and the founder of the Society for Preservation, Calcutta, an organisation working for the preservation of the cultural heritage ofKolkata.[3]
Born inMymensingh District of the present-day Bangladesh in 1910, Ray taught History atCalcutta University before joining theVictoria Memorial Hall in 1971 as its secretary and curator.[3][4] He was one of the founder members of thePaschimbanga Bangla Akademi, the apex body forBengali language inWest Bengal and the director of the Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata.[3] He was the author of several books on history,[5] includingBengal: Yesterday and Today,[6]Calcutta: the Profile of a City,[7]India and Her People: Bengal,[8]A History of India[9] andConcise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947[10]
TheGovernment of India awarded him its fourth-highest civilian honour, thePadma Shri, in 1992.[11] A year of celebrations for the centenary of his birth was opened in November 2009 by the historiansP. T. Nair andAmalendu De.[4]
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