Gautam Bhadra

Gautam Bhadra is a historian of South Asia and was a member of the erstwhile Subaltern Studies collective.He favoured bringing to light the lower sections of the Indian people till recently neglected by writing of history.

Career

Bhadra was born in Kolkata in 1948. His original home is Uthali village in Satkhira district of Bangladesh. obtained education at Chetla Boys School, Presidency College, thereafter from Jadavpur University and Jawaharlal Nehru University. He started teaching at the Department of History, University of Calcutta and continued there for more than 15 years. After that, he became the professor of history at Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta . He was the second Tagore National Fellow at the National Library in Kolkata. Currently he is Honorary Professor at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences.

Awards and honours

In 2011, Bhadra was conferred with the Bengali literary award, Ananda Puraskar, for his book 'Nyara Bot-tolaye Jai Ko-bar?'.

Books

Bangalar Bhakti Andolone Paribartaner DharaJaal Rajar Kotha: Bardhamaner PratapchandNimnabarger Itihas Charlie Chaplin O Tatkalin Markin SamajIman O NishanMunshi Abdul Karim Sahityabisharad O Attosattar RajnitiParbantarNyara Battalay Jay KobarMughal Juge Krishi Arthoniti O Krishak Bidroho

''On Modern Indian Sensibilities''