Question

Which historian is famous for his research on Mughal History?
1. Summit Sarkar
2. Jadunath Sarkar
3. Sushobhan Chandra Sarkar
4. S. Gopal

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Jadunath Sarkar

The correct answer is Jadunath Sarkar.

• Sir Jadunath Sarkar was considered one of the greatest Indian historians of his generation.
• He was a prominent Indian historian especially of the Mughal dynasty.
• He was honored by Britain with a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire CIE and knighted in the 1929 Birthday Honours list.
• Books published by Sarkar include Economics of British India, The India of Aurangzib, Shivaji and his Times, Studies in Mughal India, Mughal Administration, Nadir Shah in India, The Fall of the Mughal Empire, The House of Shivaji, The History of Bengal, etc.

Summit Sarkar	He is an Indian historian of modern India. In 2004, he was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar literary award for his book Writing Social History by the West Bengal government, but he returned the award in 2007 in protest against the expulsion of farmers from their land. His publications are Modern Times, Towards Freedom, Writing Social History, Khaki Shorts and Saffron Flags, Modern India, The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal.
Sushobhan Chandra Sarkar	He was an Indian historian. The book written by him is On the Bengal Renaissance.
S. Gopal	Sarvepalli Gopal was a Indian historian. He is the son of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. He is the author of his father's biography Radhakrishnan: A Biography and Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography. His publications are History of Humanity, The Essential Writings of Jawaharlal Nehru, Anatomy of Confrontation, British Policy in India, Modern India, The Viceroyalty of Lord Irwin, The Permanent Settlement in Bengal and its Result.