caption death_date death_place religion pseudonym birth_place imagesize nationality birth_date period genre image article_title name occupation
the , north oxford . blue plaque for nirad chaudhuri in lathbury road 1 august 1999 lathbury road , oxford , england hinduism balahak '' ' nandi , '' '' ` sonibarer cithi '' kishoreganj -rrb- , mymensingh , british india -lrb- now bangladesh 220px indian 23 november 1897 1930s -- 1999 literature winery , culture , politics , war strategy , chaudhuri blue plaque , oxford.jpg nirad c. chaudhuri
 nirad c. chaudhuri writer and commentator on culture
nirad c. chaudhuri

nirad c. chaudhuri -lrb- `` nirod chôndro choudhuri '' -rrb- -lrb- 23 november 1897 -- 1 august 1999 -rrb- was a bengali − english writer and man of letters .
he was born in 1897 in kishoreganj , then part of bengal in british india , now in bangladesh .
chaudhuri authored numerous works in english and bengali .
his `` oeuvre '' provides a magisterial appraisal of the histories and cultures of india , especially in the context of british colonialism in the 19th and 20th centuries .
chaudhuri is best known for `` the autobiography of an unknown indian '' , published in 1951 .
over the course of his literary career , he received numerous accolades for his writing .
in 1966 , `` the continent of circe '' was awarded the duff cooper memorial award , making chaudhuri the first and only indian to date to be given the prize .
the sahitya akademi , india 's national academy of letters , awarded chaudhuri the sahitya akademi award for his biography on max müller , `` scholar extraordinary '' in 1990 , oxford university awarded chaudhuri , by then a long-time resident of the city of oxford , an honorary degree in letters .
in 1992 , he was made commander of the order of the british empire -lrb- cbe -rrb- .
