Gautam Bhadra

Gautam Bhadra (; born 1948 in Kolkata) 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 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 (1996-2010). 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 (Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre).

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 Dhara Jaal Rajar Kotha: Bardhamaner Pratapchand Nimnabarger Itihas (edited) Charlie Chaplin O Tatkalin Markin Samaj Iman O Nishan Munshi Abdul Karim Sahityabisharad O Attosattar Rajniti Parbantar Nyara Battalay Jay Kobar On Modern Indian Sensibilities