Kalidas Nag (Bengali: Kalidas Nag; 16 January 1892 – 9 November 1966) was an Indian historian, writer and parliamentarian. He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1952 and served till 1954.
Early years
Kalidas was born to Babu Matilal Nag. He married Shrimati Santa Devi, daughter of Ramananda Chatterjee. Together they had three daughters.[1]
Education and career
Kalidas Nag in a group photo of Monday Club founded by Sukumar Roy First row sitting from left: Subinoy Ray, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Atul Prasad Sen, Shishir Kumar Datta, Sukumar Ray Middle row from left: Jatindranath Mukhopadhyay, Amal Home, Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay, Jibanmoy Roy Standing from left: Hiran Sanyal, Ajitkumar Chakrabarty, Kalidas Nag, Pravat Chandra Gangoadhyay, Dr. Dwijendranath Maitra, Satish Chandra Chattopadhyay, Shrish Chandra Sen, Girija Shankar Roy Choudhury
After graduating in history from the Scottish Church College, he earned a postgraduate degree from the University of Calcutta, and a doctorate from the University of Paris.[2][1] A prolific author, he taught history at the Scottish Church College and University of Calcutta, and was nominated as an Officer d’ Academic by the Government of France.[1][3]
In the 1920s he was a supporter of the French contribution to Tagore's university project at Santiniketan (north of Calcutta). He later edited several books on Indian culture.
Bibliography
Kalidas Nag (1957). Discovery of Asia, The Institute of Asian African Relations, Calcutta.
