Ranajit Guha passes away

May 3, 2023

Noted historian Ranajit Guha has passed away.
- He was 100 years old, died at his residence in Austria.
Born on May 23, 1923 at Barisal in present-day Bangladesh, Guha’s family later shifted to Kolkata.
He had studied in a school in the city and completed his post-graduation in History from Calcutta University.
One of his well-known books is ‘Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India’