Jadunath Sarkar

Sir Jadunath Sarkar CIE FRAS
Sarkar, 1927[1]
Born	10 December 1870 Karachmaria, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh)
Died	19 May 1958 (aged 87) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Occupation	Historian
Spouse	Lady Kadambini Sarkar

Sir Jadunath Sarkar, CIE, FRAS (Bengali: যদুনাথ সরকার; 10 December 1870 – 19 May 1958) was a prominent Indian historian and a specialist on the Mughal dynasty.

Sarkar was educated in English literature and worked as a teacher for some time but later shifted his focus to history research writing. He had vast knowledge of Persian language and all his books he wrote in English. He was vice-chancellor (VC) of University of Calcutta from 1926–1928 and a member of Bengal Legislative Council between 1929–1932. In 1929 the British knighted him.^[2]