Background
He was the son of Manoranjan Raychaudhuri, the Zamindar of Ponabalia in the present-day Jhalokati District in Bangladesh, and his wife Tarangini Devi.
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Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri
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He completed his schooling at Brajamohan Institution in Barisal, which had been founded by Ashwini Kumar Dutta.
Career
He passed the University of Calcutta"s entrance examination in 1907, standing first among all the students of East Bengal and Assam. He then joined Scottish Church College, Calcutta and after that Presidency College, Calcutta, standing First in the First Class in his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) examination in 1911. He again stood First in the First Class in his Master of Arts examination in 1913 and was awarded the Griffith Prize in 1919.
He taught as a Lecturer in Bangabasi College, Calcutta (1913-1914).
Soon after he joined the Bengal Education Service and was posted at Presidency College, Calcutta from (1914-1916). In 1916 he was transferred to Chittagong College.
Around this time Sir Ashutosh Mookerjee offered him a Lecturership at the Department of Ancient History and Culture, University of Calcutta in 1917. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Ancient Indian history from Calcutta University in 1921.
In 1928 he acted as Reader in the Department of History of the University of Dacca.
In 1936 he succeeded Doctorate. R. Bhandarkar as the Carmichael Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture at Calcutta University from where he retired in 1952.
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Indian