Rudrangshu Mukherjee
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Rudrangshu Mukherjee | |
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Alma mater | Oxford University |
Occupation | Historian |
1st Vice Chancellor of Ashoka University | |
In office 2014–2017 | |
Succeeded by | Prof. Pratap Bhanu Mehta |
Chancellor of Ashoka University | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
Rudrangshu Mukherjee is a historian and author of several history books. He was formerly the Opinions Editor for
Academics
He studied at
]His 1980 D.Phil thesis at the University of Oxford was titled "The rebellion in Awadh, 1857-1858: a study in popular resistance".[3] He has revisited his view of the revolt from the native perspective in books including Awadh in Revolt 1857-58: A Study of Popular Resistance (Delhi, 1984, repr. 2002), Spectre of Violence: The 1857 Kanpur Massacres (Delhi, 1988), and Mangal Pandey: Brave Martyr or Accidental Hero? (Penguin India).[4]
Career
He has taught history at the
He has authored and edited several books on other themes, including The Penguin Gandhi Reader, Trade and Politics and, the Indian Ocean World: Essays in Honour of Ashin Das Gupta, Remembered Childhood: Essays in Honour of Andre Beteille, New Delhi: The Making of a Capital and Great Speeches of Modern India. His latest book is Nehru and Bose.[1]
He has also worked on the history of the leftist movement in India.[5] After the 2007 Nandigram episode, he was among those leftist intellectuals in Kolkata who protested the violent policies of the left.[6]
References
- ^ a b University, Ashoka. "Faculty/Staff | Ashoka University". Ashoka University. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Rudrangshu Mukherjee | The DSC Prize for South Asian LiteratureThe DSC Prize for South Asian Literature". dscprize.com. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ a b Rudrangshu Mukherjee (September 2004). "Sephis e-magazine: Partha Chatterjee interview" (PDF). Vol. 1, no. 1. South-south Exchange programme for research on the history of development. Retrieved 17 December 2007. [dead link]
- ^ . The cover illustration of one book was drawn by Satyajit Ray. Rudrangshu Mukherjee (4 September 2005). "Clio Is Not For Worship:- History is best freed from nation-building". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 December 2005. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
- ^ Rudrangshu Mukherjee (July 2004). "A Mandate For Change: A symposium on the 2004 general elections". www.india-seminar.com/ Seminar, New Delhi, ed. Raj and Romesh Thapar].
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Rudranghshu Mukherjee (10 January 2007). "Kiss of Death - The CPI(M)'s use of violence in Nandigram isn't surprising". The Telegraph. Archived from the originalon 8 February 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2007.(part of a three-article series)