Nisith Ranjan Ray (born 1910–1994)
was an Indian historian, social activist and the founder of the Society for Preservation, Calcutta, an organisation working for the preservation of the cultural heritage of
Kolkata.
Born in
Mymensingh District of the present-day Bangladesh in 1910, Ray taught History at
Calcutta University before joining the
Victoria Memorial Hall in 1971 as its secretary and curator.
He was one of the founder members of the
Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, the apex body for
Bengali language in
West Bengal and the director of the Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata.
He was the author of several books on history,
including ''Bengal: Yesterday and Today'',
''Calcutta: the Profile of a City'',
''India and Her People: Bengal'',
''A History of India''
and ''Concise history of the Indian National Congress, 1885-1947''
The
Government of India awarded him its fourth-highest civilian honour, the
Padma Shri, in 1992.
A year of celebrations for the centenary of his birth was opened in November 2009 by the historians
P. T. Nair and
Amalendu De.
Selected bibliography
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Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education
1910 births
People from Mymensingh District
Academic staff of the University of Calcutta
20th-century Indian historians
Scholars from Kolkata
Date of death missing
1994 deaths