Aniruddha Ray

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Aniruddha Ray (11 October 1936 - 9 December 2018) was an eminent historian of Mughal India and medieval Bengal. He was a professor of history at the Department of Islamic History and Culture in University of Calcutta. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Ranjit Sen (2011). "The Historian of Change Professor Aniruddha Roy". In Ishrat Alam & Syed Ejaz Hussain (ed.). The Varied Facets of History: Essays in Honour of Aniruddha Ray. Primus Books. ISBN   978-93-80607-16-0.
  2. Ghose, Chandreyee (14 August 2011). "History and the Untold". The Telegraph.