Background
Das, Taraknath was born on June 15, 1884 in near Calcutta, India. Son of Kali Mohon and Biraj Mohini (Bose) Das.
Das, Taraknath was born on June 15, 1884 in near Calcutta, India. Son of Kali Mohon and Biraj Mohini (Bose) Das.
Education in India, Norwich University, Vermont. Bachelor of Arts, University of Washington, 1910, Master of Arts, 1911 (Fellow in Political Science and Economics). Student of University California, University of Berlin, Columbia University.
Doctor of Philosophy, Georgetown University, 1924.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University of Munich, 1954.
Came to the United States, 1906, naturalized citizen, 1914. Special lecturer on Far Eastern Affairs, Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia, 1934-1935. Special lecturer history and international relations, College of the City of New York 1936-1947, international relations, U. Maryland, summers, 1937 and 1938.
Member faculty New England Institute of International Relations, Wellesley College. Member of faculty. Institute Public Affairs, University of Virginia, 1950, Institute International Affairs, U. Wyoming, 1951, U. Denver, 1951, Columbia, summer 1953, U. Hawaii, summer 1952, 54, University of Southern California Los Angeles, summer 1955, Brooklyn College, 1956. Fellow American, Geography Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Society International Law, American German Cultural Cooperation Committee, American Academy Political and Social Science Academy Political Science, American History Association Hindu religion.
Married Mary Keatinge Morse, 1924.