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{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
| order = 5th
| appointer = [[Lord Mountbatten]]
| country = India
| termstart = 27 February 1948
| termend = 5 December 1948
| predecessor = [[Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
| succeeded = [[Pandit Govind Malaviya]]
}}

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'''Amaranatha Jha''' (25 February 1897 – 2 September 1955) was the Vice Chancellor (VC) of the [[University of Allahabad]] and the [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allduniv.ac.in/index.php/about-us/introduction/ex-vc-list |title=Ex- Vice Chancellor |publisher=[[University of Allahabad]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107021420/http://www.allduniv.ac.in/index.php/about-us/introduction/ex-vc-list |archivedate=7 January 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://bhu.ac.in/history1.htm says ""Dr. Amarnath Jha was the VC of Banaras Hindu University (27.2.1948 -5.12.1948)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230131328/http://www.bhu.ac.in/history1.htm |date=30 December 2012 }}. Banaras Hindu University history from official web page</ref><ref>[http://www.allduniv.ac.in/index.php/academics/faculties/faculty-of-arts/political-science." Dr. Tara Chand succeeded Professor Amarnath Jha as Vice-Chancellor as recorded in Political Science Department of the Allahabad University web page"]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Professor A N Jha's reference</ref> He was the son of Mahamahopadhyay Dr. Sir [[Ganganath Jha]], a great scholar of Sanskrit Amaranatha Jha was reputed as the ablest professor of English literature in India of his time.<ref name=Tribute>{{Cite web |url=http://yabaluri.org/TRIVENI/CDWEB/dramarnathjhaatributeoct55.htm |title=Dr. Amarnath Jha: A Tribute |first=K. K. |last=Prasad |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011214211/http://yabaluri.org/TRIVENI/CDWEB/dramarnathjhaatributeoct55.htm |archivedate=11 October 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> He was Head of the Department of English at the University of Allahabad for a long time, being appointed to the post at the young age of thirty-two. He succeeded his father as Vice-Chancellor of the Allahabad University of the Banaras Hindu University in succession to Dr. [[Radhakrishnan]].<ref name=Tribute/>
He worked as Vice Chairman of the committee for the project leading to the establishment of the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]].<ref>[http://nda.nic.in/history.html " Dr Amarnath Jha was appointed Vice Chairman of the committee that worked on the project from 23 July 1945 to 12 November 1946"]. National Defence Academy</ref> He was one amongst eminent dignitaries associated with the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sanstahan, Allahabad.<ref>[http://gnjhacampusrsks.org/aboutus.html " Dr. Amarnath Jha was amongst eminent dignitaries associated with the institutions in the Univwersity Campus :Ganganath Jha Research Institute (Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan)."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626064252/http://gnjhacampusrsks.org/aboutus.html |date=26 June 2013 }} Ganganath Jha Research Institute is now called [[Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan]] official web page’s section about the Sansathan says</ref> At the end of his academic career, he was made the Chairman of the Bihar Public Service Commission (1 April 1953 – 1 September 1955).<ref>[http://bpsc.bih.nic.in/History.htm " Bihar Public Service Commission official web page]</ref><ref name=Tribute/>

==Honours==
In 1910-11 the Muir Hostel was constructed. [[Allahabad University]] renamed it as "Amarnath Jha Hostel" to pay him regards.<ref>[http://www.allduniv.ac.in/ "Allahabad University official web pages have described Amarnath Jha Hostel among hostel list"], A N Jha Hostel reference</ref><ref>[http://www.allduniv.ac.in/index.php/student/student-welfare/hostels "This hostel is in the list of University of Allahabad Hostel"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204095912/http://www.allduniv.ac.in/index.php/student/student-welfare/hostels |date=4 February 2013 }}. [[Allahabad University]].</ref> hostels' history say that Dr. Amarnath Jha as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Allahabad was himself also the warden of the Muir Hostel.
He was among the first recipients of the civilian honour of [[Padma Bhushan]] (1954).<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 October 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Dr. Amarnath Jha was born in a [[Maithil Brahmin|Maithil Shrotriya Brahmin]] family of [[Mithila, India|Mithila]] ( Sarisab-Pahi ) in [[Bihar]]. He died at an early age of fifty nine on 2 September 1955 at [[Patna]].<ref name=Tribute/>
Dr. Amarnath Jha was a great scholar, a consummate speaker and an administrator par excellence.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.allduniv.ac.in University of Allahabad official webpage]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121230131328/http://www.bhu.ac.in/history1.htm Banaras Hindu University Official webpage]

{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1954–59}}

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[[Category:1896 births]]

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