# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/radhanath-sikdar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:30:17.139Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/radhanath-sikdar"
name: "Radhanath Sikdar"
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description: "Radhanath Sikdar was an Indian mathematician and social reformer. He is best known for being the first person to calculate the height of Mount Everest, in 1852. He was a member of Henry Derozio's Young Bengal group. In 1854, along with fellow Derozian Peary Chand Mitra, Sikdar founded Masik Patrika, a Bengali journal for the education of the Indian women."
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birthDate: "1813"
deathDate: "1870-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump