| Hemchandra Raychaudhuri | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 April 1892 Ponabalia, Jhalokati District |
| Died | 4 May 1957 Calcutta, West Bengal |
| Occupation | Historian |
Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri (Bengali: েহম চন্দ্র রায়চৌধুরী) (8 April 1892 – 4 May 1957[1]) was an Indian historian, known for his studies on ancient India.
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He was the son of Manoranjan Raychaudhuri, the Zamindar of Ponabalia in the present-day Jhalokati District in Bangladesh, and his wife Tarangini Devi. Always a brilliant student, he completed his schooling at Brajamohan Institution in Barisal, which had been founded by Ashwini Kumar Datta. He passed the University of Calcutta's entrance examination in 1907, standing first among all the students of East Bengal and Assam. He then joined Scottish Church College, Calcutta and after that Presidency College, Calcutta, standing First in the First Class in his B.A. (Hons.) examination in 1911. For his outstanding achievements in this examination he was awarded the Eshan Scholarship. He again stood First in the First Class in his M.A. examination in 1913 and was awarded the Griffith Prize in 1919.
He taught as a Lecturer in Bangabasi College, Calcutta (1913–14). Soon after he joined the Bengal Education Service and was posted at Presidency College, Calcutta from (1914–16). In 1916 he was transferred to Government College, Chittagong. Around this time Sir Ashutosh Mookerjee offered him a Lecturership at the Department of Ancient History and Culture, University of Calcutta in 1917. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Ancient Indian history from Calcutta University in 1921. In 1928 he acted as Reader in the Department of History of the University of Dacca. In 1936 he succeeded D.R. Bhandarkar as the Charmichael Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture at Calcutta University from where he retired in 1952.[1][2]