Sumit Sarkar

  • On 13th August 2026, historian Sumit Sarkar passed away in New Delhi at the age of 87.
  • Sumit Sarkar was a Marxist historian known for his work on modern Indian history.
  • He researched nationalism, colonialism and social history in India.
  • His major work The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, 1903–1908 was published in 1973.
  • His textbook Modern India: 1885–1947 was published in ....
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