Tapan Raychaudhuri ( 8 May 1926 -- 26 November 2014 ) was an Indian historian specialising in British Indian history , Indian economic history and the History of Bengal .
Tapan Raychaudhuri ( 8 May 1924 - 26 November 2014 ) was an Indian historian . He was an expert in British Indian history , Indian economic history and the History of Bengal .