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Nirad C. Chaudhuri
  • Date of Birth:
    November 23, 1897
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Sagittarius
  • Place of Birth:
    Kishoregunge, Mymensingh, British India (presently Bangladesh)
  • Place of Death:
    Lathbury Road, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
  • Date of Death:
    August 1, 1999
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    Indian

Family

Nirad C. Chaudhuri
  • Spouse:
    Amiya Dhar
  • Son:
    Kirti N. Chaudhuri

Career

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Trivia

Nirad C. Chaudhuri
  • Died in Oxford, England two months short of his 102nd birthday in 1999.
  • His wife Amiya Chaudhuri died in 1994 in Oxford.
  • Was a productive and prolific writer till the very end of his life; publishing his last work at the age of 99.
  • In 1941, he started working for the Delhi Branch of the All India Radio.
  • Amiya Chaudhuri was also a well known writer in her own right.
  • Married Amiya Dhar in 1932 and had three sons.
  • In 1938, he obtained a job as the secretary to Sarat Chandra Bose, a famous political leader during the freedom movement in India.
  • Started two short-lived but highly esteemed Bengali magazines, Samasamayik and Notun Patrika.
  • Started his career as a clerk in the Accounting Department of the Indian Army.
  • At Scottish Church College, he attended the seminars of renowned historian Professor Kalidas Nag.

Biography

Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Nirad C. Chaudhuri was born in Kishoreganj, then in the Mymensingh district of East Bengal (now in Bangladesh). He was educated in Kishorganj and Calcutta, where he attended Scottish Church College, Calcutta with honours in History. He topped the University of Calcutta merit list standing First Class First. However in his M.A. exams, at the same university, he did not appear for all of his exam papers, and thus did not get his M.A. degree. He was a productive and prolific writer till the very end; publishing his last work at the age of 99.

His masterpiece, 'The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian', published in 1951, put him on the short list of great Indian English writers. He lived by his genteel squirearchical standards till he breathed his last. In 1992, he was honoured by the Queen of England with the title of Commander of Order of the British Empire (CBE). He published a sequel to his autobiography, entitled 'Thy Hand, Great Anarch!', in 1988. He died in Oxford, England two months short of his 102nd birthday in 1999.

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