Kalidas Nag (; 16 January 1892 – 9 November 1966) was an Indian historian, writer and parliamentarian. He was nominated to the

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in 1952 and served till 1954.

Early years

Kalidas was born to Babu Matilal Nag. He married Shrimati Santa Devi, daughter of Ramananda Chatterjee. Together they had three daughters.

Education and career

After graduating in history from the

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, he earned a postgraduate degree from the

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, and a doctorate from the

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.Brief Biodata Rajya Sabha members list, surname starting with the letter 'N'
/ref> A prolific author, he taught history at the Scottish Church College and University of Calcutta, and was nominated as an Officer d’ Academic by the

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.''Teaching Staff: History'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 575 He served as the principal of Mahinda College in

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from 1919 to 1920.Eminent Indians in Galle
The Island In the 1920s he was a supporter of the French contribution to Tagore's university project at Santiniketan (north of Calcutta). He later edited several books on Indian culture.

Bibliography

*Kalidas Nag (1957).
Discovery of Asia
', The Institute of Asian African Relations, Calcutta.

References

Sources

Brief biodata
at Rajya Sabha Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha 1892 births 1966 deaths Scottish Church College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Academic staff of Scottish Church College Academic staff of the University of Calcutta 20th-century Indian historians University of Paris alumni Expatriates from British India Expatriate academics in France Bengali historians Writers from West Bengal {{India-politician-stub