Radha Kumud Mukherjee
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Radha Kumud Mukherjee | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (Nominated) | |
In office 3 April 1952 – 2 April 1958 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 January 1884 |
Died | 9 September 1963 |
Occupation | Historian |
Radha Kumud Mukherjee (also spelled Radhakumud Mookerji; 25 January 1884 – 9 September 1963Indian nationalist during the period of British colonial rule. He was the brother of the sociologist Radhakamal Mukerjee.[2]
Career
Mukherjee obtained a doctorate from the
Bengal National College. After 1915, he embarked on a series of tenures at universities in Benares, Mysore, and Lucknow.[1]
He published Indian Shipping: A History of Seaborne Trade and Maritime Activity of the Indians from the Earliest Times in 1912. He was an advocate of the notion of
adventurers with huge fleets brought Indians to Southeast Asia and became the foundation of kingdoms in that region.[3]
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1957 for his contribution to Public Affairs.[4]
Bibliography
Books by Radha Kumud Mukherjee:[5]
- Indian Shipping: A History of Seaborne Trade and Maritime Activity of the Indians from the Earliest Times
- Ancient Indian Education: Brahmanical and Buddhist (1947), reprinted by Motilal Banarsidass (1960).
- Men and Thought in Ancient India (1912) McMillan and co., reprinted by Motilal Banarsidass (1996).
- The Fundamental Unity of India
- A History of India
- Chandragupta Maurya and His Times
- Early History of Kausambi
- Local Government in Ancient India
- Nationalism in Hindu Culture
- The University of Nalanda
References
- ^ ISBN 9788180280054. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- JSTOR 4379145.
- ISBN 0-333-24163-0.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Google Books: Search by author". Retrieved 24 September 2014.