Carmichael Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture
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The Carmichael Chair of Ancient Indian History and Culture is a history professorship in the University of Calcutta, India; its holder is known as Carmichael Professor. The post was created by Ashutosh Mukherjee in 1912 after Baron Carmichael the then Governor of Bengal. The German Indologist George Thibaut was the first to be appointed a Carmichael Professor.{{cite book|author=Harihar Panda|title=Prof. H. C. Raychaudhuri: As a Historian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f1XMtc2Q97IC&pg=PA3|year=2007|publisher=Northern Book Centre|isbn=978-81-7211-210-3|page=3}}
List of Carmichael Professors
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|+ !Name !Term |
1912 George Thibaut
|1912–1914 |
1917 D. R. Bhandarkar
|1917–1936 |
1936 Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri
|1936–1952 |
1952
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1962 Dineshchandra Sircar
|1962–1972 |
1975 B. N. Mukherjee
|1975–1998 |
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Category:1912 establishments in India