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Professor Dilip Kumar Biswas an eminent historian and the former President of The Asiatic Society, Calcutta, was born on the 7th of July, 1920. His schooling was completed from the prestigious Hamilton School, Midnapore, where he ranked in the matriculation exam. He graduated from Presidency College, Calcutta, with a first class in History, and subsequently completed his masters from Calcutta University, with a first class again. His first teaching assignment was at the Darjeeling Government College, followed by Krishnanagar Govt College, Presidency College, Sanskrit College, and at Calcutta University. In his lifetime, he had guided a number of eminent scholars in their research and had contributed immensely to the study of history in India, and the study of Indian history in the world. He was conversant in 7 languages that included Bengali,Oriya, Hindi, English, French, German, and Spanish. Acknowledging his contributions, he was awarded by the state and the central government a number of times. For his seminal work "Rammohan Samiksha", he was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar, the highest literary state honour of the Govt. of West Bengal.

Abhi shek707 (talk) 08:02, 30 July 2016 (UTC)