Jadunath Sarkar
Jadunath Sarkar (1870-1958) was one of the foremost historians of his time. He was a Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University. His many books include India of Aurangzib, a five-volume History of Aurangzib, a four-volume Fall of the Mughal Empire, Chaitanya: His Pilgrimages and Teachings, The History of Bengal, Economics of British India, Military History of India and Shivaji and His Times. Besides his original works, Sarkar also translated into English and Bengali many Persian and Marathi documents and was a considerable force behind the work of Indian Historical Records Commission and the National Archives of India. You can read more about him here, here and here.
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