Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t53: Kalidas Nag
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t53
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Kalidas Nag
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Professor Kalidas Nag (1891-1966) was born in Howrah, West Bengal in 1891. In 1915, he obtained his MA degree from Calcutta University in History and then started teaching in Scottish Church College, Kolkata. In 1923, he became lecturer of Calcutta University and the same year he obtained his PhD degree from the University of Paris. He represented India in 1921 in the International Education Convention held in Geneva, Switzerland. He was closely associated with Rabindranath Tagore and Roma Rolla. In 1924, he went to China along with Tagore. In his lectures and writings, Prof. Nag reflected the great cultural diversity of India. During the 2ⁿᵈ World War he was put under imprisonment. After India’s independence, he was actively engaged in politics. He became member in the Rajya Sabha nominated by the President. He was Managing Director of two magazines ‘Prabasi’ and ‘Modern Review’. Among the books that he authored were ‘Tagore and China’, ‘Greater India’, ‘Art and Archeology Abroad’, ‘Discovery of Asia’, ‘India & the Pacific World’, ‘New Asia’, etc.
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Prof. Nag breathed his last in 1966.
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(*Avijit Bannerjee*)