Ranajit Guha was an Indian historian, born in 1923, and the founder of the Subaltern Studies Collective. His scholarship challenged traditional elite-centered historical narratives, emphasizing the agency of peasants and subaltern communities in shaping historical processes, and his influential work on peasant insurgency in colonial India left a lasting mark on South Asian history, postcolonial studies and historiography. He was named an honorary fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1996. He died in 2023.
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BirthplaceSiddhakati, Bengal Presidency, British India 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionEmphasised the agency of peasants and subaltern communities in shaping historical processes 1 Notable WorkElementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency 1 Connections
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Guha founded the Subaltern Studies collective, arguing that colonial and elite nationalist historiography of empire had erased the political agency of ordinary peasants and workers.
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1. Wikipedia: Ranajit Guha
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1923-05-23
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28 April 2023
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2023-04-28
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Siddhakati, Bengal Presidency, British India
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Vienna Woods, Austria
Wikidata Q475026, P27 country of citizenship
India
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emphasising the agency of peasants and subaltern communities in shaping historical processes
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Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency
View the Source2. Government Arts College Coimbatore e-material 18MHI41C Unit 2 (Wikidata reference for Ranajit Guha birth date)
Wikidata Q475026, P569 date of birth, referenceQuote, Wikidata Q475026, P569 date of birth, reference
1923-05-23
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