Amalendu De

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Amalendu De
অমলেন্দু দে
Born12 March 1929
Asiatic Society (General secretary)
  • Indian History Congress (president in 1982)
    • SpouseNaseema Banu
    Parents
    • Gopal Chandra De (father)
    • Phoolkumari Devi (mother)
    AwardsAnnadashankar Puraskar

    Amalendu De (1929 - 16 May 2014) was Guru Nanak Professor of History at

    Asiatic Society and in 1982 was President of the Indian History Congress at its meeting in Aligarh
    .

    Early life

    De was the son of a lawyer, born at

    Calcutta, ultimately studying at post-graduate level at the University of Calcutta. He taught at Uluberia College and Murlidhar College before joining the faculty at Jadavpur University.[1]

    Career

    De was appalled that his country had been

    Marxist historian[3] and a humanist, promoting the ideals of a society without communal divisions. He supported closer ties between India and China, and was general-secretary of the West Bengal branch of the Indo-China Friendship Society.[1][4] A Hindu, he married Nasima Banu, a Muslim and the granddaughter of A. K. Fazlul Huq, after completing his post-graduate studies. The inter-religious nature of the marriage made it difficult for them to obtain accommodation at that time.[2]

    De served for some time as President and as Secretary of the

    Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.[4]

    Awarded a

    D. Litt. by Javavpur University,[4] De was involved with Calcutta University National Integration Centre, the Dara Sikoh-Ram-mohan Society, and other organisations through which he voiced his desire for communal harmony.[2] He was also involved with the state heritage commission, the road renaming committee and some other bodies.[1] His work led to the discovery in Sodepur of the grave of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, a pioneering Indian rationalist thinker and human rights activist.[4]

    A

    R. G. Kar Medical College.[1]

    Works

    De wrote the first book documenting the 1938 visit of an Indian medical team to China. Among his other writings were books about the

    Khaksar movement
    titled History of the Khaksar Movement in India, 1931–1947 (2009).

    Aside from his books, De contributed to scholarly journals.

    madrassas. He had to settle for publication by a small publisher and was accused by his opponents of facilitating the Hindutva agenda of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal.[3] He continued to speak on the topic.[7]

    References

    1. ^ a b c d e "Historian Amalendu De passes away". The Times of India. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
    2. ^ a b c d "Lest We Forget". Mainstream. Vol. LII, no. 28. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
    3. ^ a b Ganguly, Anirban (28 October 2014). "West Bengal and the expanding radical space". Rediff.com. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
    4. ^ a b c d e Banerjee, Pranotosh (27 May 2014). "Remembering Historian Amalendu De". Janoswartho Barta. Chatterjee, Garga (trans.). Retrieved 13 January 2016.
    5. OCLC 650771886
      . Retrieved 13 January 2016.
    6. JSTOR 3520213
      .
    7. ^ "Amalendu De Talks on the Mismatch between the Expectations & Achievements of Bangladesh". VOA. 17 December 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

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