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De's research spanned from early- to late-modern periods of Indian history. In the earlier part of his career he wrote on Henry Dundas and the conquest of India, while later on he addressed the
Marxist critique of the colonial context of the Bengal renaissance. He was also concerned with the national
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textbook review committee. In his post-retirement years, he was chairman of the West Bengal State
Archives, Calcutta, a vice president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, and a member of the Heritage Conservation Committee of the Kolkata
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De, who became a full professor at the age of 33, held various positions at various times, including a senior professorship of social and economic history and programme directorship of the Post-Graduate
Training Programme of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, the founder-directorship of
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Calcutta has instituted a Barun De Memorial Lecture. Barun De Auditorium of Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre, the museum of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, is named after him.
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has described him as "a pioneer of the heritage movement of West Bengal", From 2008 to 2011 he was honorary chairman (in the rank of minister-of-state) of the West Bengal
Heritage Commission, of which he was a member from 2001 to 2008.
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where he completed his 2nd B.A. (Honours School). He was awarded the Curzon Memorial Prize for his essay "Macaulay and India". He completed his
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He was appointed as a Tagore National Fellow by the Government of India, which he held at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta (2011–2013).
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Secularism at Bay: Uzbekistan at the Turn of the Century
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Perspectives in Social Sciences I: Historical Dimension
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Essays in Honour of Professor Sushobhan Chandra Sarkar
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251:Indian Council of Historical Research
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604:"State of Abounding Grace"
145:, founder-director of the
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