Ranajit Guha

Ranajit Guha (23 May 1923 – 28 April 2023) was an Indian historian and the founder of the Subaltern Studies Collective. Guha’s scholarship challenged traditional elite-centered narratives, emphasising the agency of peasants and subaltern communities in shaping historical processes. His influential works, including ''Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in independent India'', have left a lasting impact on the fields of South Asian history, postcolonial studies, and historiography. Guha was nominated an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1996. Provided by Wikipedia