R. C. Majumdar

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R. C. Majumdar
A. F. Rahman
Succeeded byMahmud Hasan
Personal details
Born
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar

(1888-12-04)4 December 1888
Khandapara,
British India
Died11 February 1980(1980-02-11) (aged 91)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
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Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (known as R. C. Majumdar; 4 December 1888 – 11 February 1980)[1][2][3] was an Indian historian and professor. He principally studied the history of India.[4][5][6]

Early life and education

Coming from a

Presidency College, Calcutta. Graduating with a B.A.(Honours) and M.A. (History) in 1909 and 1911, respectively, he won the Premchand Roychand scholarship for his research work in 1913, which led to his thesis: Andhra-Kushana Age.[1]

Career

Majumdar started his teaching career as a lecturer at

Benares Hindu University. He was elected the General President of the Indian History Congress
and also became the vice president of the ‘International Commission for a History of the Scientific and Cultural Development of Mankind’ (1950-1969) set up by the UNESCO for the history of mankind.[8]

Works

Majumdar started his research on ancient India. After extensive travels to Southeast Asia and research, he wrote detailed histories of Champa (1927), Suvarnadvipa (1938) and Kambuja Desa (1944). On the initiative of

Sheriff of Calcutta (1967–68).[citation needed
]

When the final volume of The History and Culture of the Indian People was published in 1977, he had turned eighty-eight. He also edited the three-volume history of Bengal published by Dacca University. His last book was "Jivaner Smritidvipe".[citation needed]

The proposal to write on "Freedom movement" with Government sponsorship was put forth by in 1948 by R. C. Majumdar. In 1952 the ministry of education appointed Board of Editors for the compilation of the History. Majumdar was appointed by the Board as the Director and entrusted with the work of sifting and collecting materials and preparing the draft of the history. However, the Board as consisting of politicians and scholars, was least likely to function harmoniously. Perhaps this was the reason why it was dissolved at the end of 1955. The scheme remained in balance for a year until the government decided to transfer the work on to a single scholar. To the disappointment of Majumdar the choice of the ministry of education fell on one Tara Chand, a historian but also an ex-secretary of the Ministry of Education. Majumdar then decided to write independently The History of the Freedom movement in India in three volumes.[9][10]

Views on the Indian independence movement

When the

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.[11]

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. ^
    JSTOR 41691933
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  2. S2CID 162643792
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  3. JSTOR 3516534
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  4. ISBN 978-81-7930-688-8
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  5. ^ Shobhan Saxena (17 October 2010). "Why is our past an area of darkness?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Books". Spectrum. The Sunday Tribune. 3 September 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  7. ^ Corporate Life in Ancient India: Thesis. mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 17 November 2013
  8. ^ Prof. RC Majumdar: Vice President UNESCO.
  9. ISSN 0002-8762
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  10. S2CID 162399240
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  11. ^ "R C Majumdar - A Forgotten Historian Who Rebelled Against The Establishment". UnBumf. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

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