Gautam Bhadra () (Born: 1948) is a

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and was a member of the erstwhile Subaltern Studies collective.

Career

Bhadra was born in

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

in 1948. His original home is Uthali village in Satkhira district of Bangladesh. obtained education at Chetla Boys School, Presidency College (), thereafter from

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and

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(). He started teaching at the Department of History,

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() and continued there for more than 15 years. After that, he became the professor of history at Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta () (1996-2010). He was the second Tagore National Fellow at the

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in Kolkata. Currently he is Honorary Professor at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences (Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre).

Awards and honours

In 2011, Bhadra was conferred with the Bengali literary award,

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(), for his book 'Nyara Bot-tolaye Jai Ko-bar?' ().

Books

* ''Bangalar Bhakti Andolone Paribartaner Dhara'' * ''Jaal Rajar Kotha: Bardhamaner Pratapchand'' * ''Nimnabarger Itihas'' (edited) * ''Charlie Chaplin O Tatkalin Markin Samaj'' * ''Iman O Nishan'' * ''Munshi Abdul Karim Sahityabisharad O Attosattar Rajniti'' * ''Parbantar'' * ''Nyara Battalay Jay Kobar'' * ''Mughal Juge Krishi Arthoniti O Krishak Bidroho'' * ''On Modern Indian Sensibilities''

References

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