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<div>{{Short description|Indian historian, author and parliamentarian}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Kalidas Nag<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]<br>[[University of Paris]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term = 1952-1954<br />
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'''Kalidas Nag''' {{lang-bn|Kalidas Nag}} (16 January 1892 – 9 November 1966) was an Indian historian, author and parliamentarian. He was nominated to the [[Rajya Sabha]] in 1952 and served till 1954.<br />
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==Early years==<br />
Kalidas was born to Babu Matilal Nag and Shrimati Santa Devi.<ref name= RS/><br />
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==Education and career==<br />
[[File:Atul Prasad Sen a group photo.jpg|thumb|Kalidas Nag in a group photo of Monday Club founded by Sukumar Roy<br/>First row sitting from left: Subinoy Ray, [[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis]], [[Atul Prasad Sen]], Shishir Kumar Datta, [[Sukumar Ray]] <br/> Middle row from left: Jatindranath Mukhopadhyay, Amal Home, [[Suniti Kumar Chatterji|Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay]], Jibanmoy Roy <br/> Standing from left: Hiran Sanyal, Ajitkumar Chakrabarty, '''Kalidas Nag''', Pravat Chandra Gangoadhyay, Dr. Dwijendranath Maitra, Satish Chandra Chattopadhyay, Shrish Chandra Sen, Girija Shankar Roy Choudhury]]<br />
After graduating in history from the [[Scottish Church College]], he earned a postgraduate degree from the [[University of Calcutta]], and a doctorate from the [[University of Paris]].<ref>''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 586</ref><ref name=RS>[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/n.pdf Brief Biodata Rajya Sabha members list, surname starting with the letter 'N']</ref> A prolific author, he taught history at the Scottish Church College and at University of Calcutta, and was nominated as an Officer d’ Academic by the [[Government of France]].<ref name=RS/><ref name=Teaching_Staff>''Teaching Staff: History'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 575</ref><br />
In the 1920s he was an avid supporter of the French contribution to Tagore's university project at Santiniketan (north of Calcutta). He later edited several books on India culture.<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*Kalidas Nag (1957). ''Discovery of Asia'', The Institute of Asian African Relations, Calcutta.<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/n.pdf Brief Biodata]<br />
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[[Category:Scottish Church College alumni]]<br />
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Scottish Church College faculty]]<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian historians]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali historians]]<br />
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