Radha Kumud Mukherjee Explained

Birth Date:25 January 1884
Death Date:9 September 1963
Office:Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Termstart:3 April 1952
Termend:2 April 1958
Occupation:Historian

Radha Kumud Mukherjee (also spelled Radhakumud Mookerji; 25 January 1884 – 9 September 1963[1]), also known as Radha Kumud Mukhopadhyaya, was an Indian historian and a noted Indian nationalist during the period of British colonial rule. He was the brother of the sociologist Radhakamal Mukerjee.[2]

Career

Mukherjee obtained a doctorate from the University of Calcutta in 1905 and joined the newly established National Council of Education, teaching at the Bengal National College. After 1915, he embarked on a series of tenures at universities in Benares, Mysore, and Lucknow.

He published Indian Shipping: A History of Seaborne Trade and Maritime Activity of the Indians from the Earliest Times in 1912. He was an advocate of the notion of Greater India in which Indian merchants and adventurers with huge fleets brought Indians to Southeast Asia and became the foundation of kingdoms in that region.[3]

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1957 for his contribution to Public Affairs.[4]

Bibliography

Books by Radha Kumud Mukherjee:[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mookerji. Radha Kumud. The Fundamental Unity of India. 2003. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan/Chronicle Books. New Delhi. 9788180280054. 4 September 2015. About the Author.
  2. Khatkhate. Deena. An Economist Whose Present Was in the Past. Economic and Political Weekly. 8 October 1988. 23. 41. 2093–2094. 4379145.
  3. Book: Hall, D.G.E.. A History of South-East Asia, Fourth Edition. 1981. Macmillan Education Ltd.. Hong Kong. 0-333-24163-0. 16.
  4. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2015 . July 21, 2015.
  5. Web site: Google Books: Search by author . 24 September 2014.