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Om Prakash
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He is noted for his work on the Dutch East India company in Bengal, and also for his work on coinage, precious metal trade, and other aspects of pre-colonial commerce between Europe and India. In 2005, he was knighted by the Dutch queen. He did his Master of Arts from the Delhi School of Economics in 1961, ranking first, and continued with his Doctor of Philosophy in Economic History.
His thesis, The Dutch East India Company and the Economy of Bengal, 1650-1717, is based on archival material from the Nationaal Archief at the Hague.
lieutenant was published as a book by the Princeton University Press in 1985. Subsequently, Prakash joined the Delhi School of Economics faculty from 1965 and 2005.
He is also the author of European commercial enterprise in pre-colonial India (1998), published under the New Cambridge History of India series (part II, v5).
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