Benoy Kumar Sarkar (1887–1949) was an India

India

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n social scientist, professor, and nationalist. He founded several institutes in Calcutta, including: the Bengali Institute of Sociology, Bengali Asia Academy, Bengali Dante Society, and Bengali Institute of American Culture.

Sarkar graduated from the University of Calcutta

University of Calcutta

The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...

in 1905 with dual degrees in English and history. The following year he received his master's degree.

In 1925 Sarkar started as a lecturer at the Department of Economics of University of Calcutta. In 1947 he became a professor and head of the department. He died on a trip to the United States in Washington, DC, in November 1949.

Selected publications

Sarker published a large volume of work on a variety of topics, including 53 books in English. A complete list of his publications is contained in Bandyopadhyay's book The Political Ideas of Benoy Kumar Sarkar.

• 1914/1921 The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology
• 1916 The beginning of Hindu culture as world-power (A.D. 300-600)
• 1916 Chinese Religion Through Hindu Eyes
• 1918 Hindu achievements in exact science a study in the history of scientific development