Ranajit Guha was an Indian historian and the founder of the Subaltern Studies Collective. Guha's scholarship challenged traditional elite-centered narratives, emphasising the agency of peasants and subaltern communities in shaping historical processes.
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Sunil GangopadhyayAlso won Ananda Puraskar
Graham PriestAlso won Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
Shakti ChattopadhyayAlso won Ananda Puraskar
J. J. C. SmartAlso won Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
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Shirley HazzardAlso won Fellow of the Australian Academy of the HumanitiesAbout this person
Ranajit Guha was an Indian historian and the founder of the Subaltern Studies Collective. Guha's scholarship challenged traditional elite-centered narratives, emphasising the agency of peasants and subaltern communities in shaping historical processes. His influential works, including Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in independent India, have left a lasting impact on the fields of South Asian history, postcolonial studies, and historiography. Guha was nominated an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1996.
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