EMINENT HISTORIAN SUMIT SARKAR PASSED AWAY

* EMINENT HISTORIAN SUMIT SARKAR PASSED AWAY ON 13TH AUGUST 2026.

* BORN ON 1939

* HIS CONTRIBUTION IN SWADESHI MOVEMENT 

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AWARDS - 

* RAVINDRA PURASKAR (2004) 

* He RETURNED THE AWARD IN 2007 IN PROTEST AGAINST THE EXPULSION OF FARMERS IN WEST BENGAL.

BOOKS - 

* WRITING SOCIAL HISTORY (1998) 

* MODERN INDIA ( 1885-1947( 

* THE SWADESHI MOVEMENT IN BENGAL 1903- 1908 

* ESSAY OF A LIFETIME 

* WOMAN AND SOCIAL REFORM IN MODERN INDIA 

* BEYOND NATIONALIST FRAMES 

* A CRITIQUE OF COLONIAL INDIA ( 2000)

* TOWARDS FREEDOM ( 2007)