| Sir Jadunath Sarkar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 December 1870 Karchamaria, Natore |
| Died | 19 May 1958 Calcutta |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Spouse | Kadambini, Lady Sarkar |
Sir Jadunath Sarkar (Bengali: যদুনাথ সরকার) was a prominent Indian Bengali aristocrat and historian.
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Born in Singra, Natore. He was the son of Rajkumar Sarkar, the Zamindar of Karchamaria in Natore in Bengal.
In 1891, he passed the B.A. examination with honours in English and History from Presidency College, Calcutta. In 1892, he stood First in the First Class in the M.A. examination of Calcutta University in English. In 1897, he received Premchand-Roychand scholarship.
He became a teacher in English literature in 1893 at Ripon College, Kolkata (later renamed Surendranath College). In 1898, he started teaching at Presidency College, Calcutta. In 1899, he was transferred to Patna College, Patna, where he taught till 1926. In between, in 1917-1919, he taught Modern Indian History in Benaras Hindu University and during 1919-1923 he taught in Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, in Orissa. In 1923, he became an honorary member of the Royal Asiatic Society of London. In August 1926, he was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University. In 1928, he joined as Sir W. Meyer Lecturer in Madras University.
His residence at 10 Lake Terrace, Calcutta housed the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, an autonomous research centre from 1973 to 2000. It now houses the newly established Jadunath Sarkar Resource Centre for Historical Research, under the aegis of the CSSSC.