Pratul Chandra Gupta
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Born | 16 January 1910 Maratha history |
Awards | Padma Bhushan |
Pratul Chandra Gupta (16 January 1910 – 11 March 1990)
Career
Pratul Chandra Gupta was born in the Teota Rajbari (the home of his mother's family) in 1910. He started school in Rangpur and then attended Calcutta's South Suburban School. He attained an BA Hons. and MA in history from Presidency College, Calcutta, and, after further study of law, he returned to history. He was one of the first Indians to receive a PhD from a UK university (
On his return to India, he became lecturer (1939-1956), and then reader (1957-1961) at the
Pratul Chandra Gupta was active in several learned societies, and especially in
He died in
Family
Pratul Chandra Gupta was the eldest son of Atul Chandra Gupta and Savitri Ray. He married Supriya Roy, and had two children, Avijit (1942-2023) and Ishani (born 1949). Supriya died in 1956.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-81-7955-292-6
- ^ Pratul Chandra Gupta (1964). Nana Sahib and the rising at Cawnpore. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 227.
- ^ "Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies". School of Oriental and African Studies. 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-139-57684-0.
- ^ Edward C. Dimock Jr., Pratul Chandra Gupta (1965). The Maharashta Purana. The Association for Asian Studies. p. 86.
- ^ "INA history rots in defence archive". Times of India. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "Declassify Netaji Files, Demands Legal Aid Forum". Indian Express. 24 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ Pratul Chandra Gupta (1944). The Last Peshwa and the English Commissioners, 1818-1851. S.C. Sarkar and Sons Limited.
- ^ Polier (colonel de, Antoine-Louis-Henri) (1947). Shah Alam II and His Court: A Narrative of the Transactions at the Court of Delhy from the Year 1771 to the Present Time. S.C. Sarkar and sons.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
External links
- Rachel Fell McDermott (28 June 2001). Mother of My Heart, Daughter of My Dreams: Kali and Uma in the Devotional Poetry of Bengal. Oxford University Press. pp. 323–. ISBN 978-0-19-803071-3.