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'''Radha Kumud Mukherjee''', also spelled Radhakumud Mookerji, was an [[India]]n [[historian]]. he was a noted Indian [[nationalist]] during the period of British [[colonial rule]]. He published ''Indian Shipping: A History of Seaborne Trade and Maritime Activity of the Indians from the Earliest Times'' in 1912. He was an advocate of the notion of [[Greater India]] in which Indian [[merchant]]s and [[adventurer]]s with huge fleets brought Indians to [[Southeast Asia]] and became the foundation of kingdoms in that region.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hall|first=D.G.E.|title=A History of South-East Asia, Fourth Edition|year=1981|publisher=Macmillan Education Ltd.|location=Hong Kong|isbn=0-333-24163-0|pages=16}}</ref> Such theories have been largely discredited by modern [[scholarship]] in the Southeast Asia region. |
'''Radha Kumud Mukherjee''', also spelled Radhakumud Mookerji, was an [[India]]n [[historian]]. he was a noted Indian [[nationalist]] during the period of British [[colonial rule]]. He published ''Indian Shipping: A History of Seaborne Trade and Maritime Activity of the Indians from the Earliest Times'' in 1912. He was an advocate of the notion of [[Greater India]] in which Indian [[merchant]]s and [[adventurer]]s with huge fleets brought Indians to [[Southeast Asia]] and became the foundation of kingdoms in that region.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hall|first=D.G.E.|title=A History of South-East Asia, Fourth Edition|year=1981|publisher=Macmillan Education Ltd.|location=Hong Kong|isbn=0-333-24163-0|pages=16}}</ref> Such theories have been largely discredited by modern [[scholarship]] in the Southeast Asia region. |
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Mukherjee was nominated as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] in 1952 and served till 1958. As a member of the house, introduced a Bill to amend the Hindu Law governing Hindu childless widow’s rights to property in 1953. Even though he withdrew the Bill on the assurances of the Government that a comprehensive legislation would be introduced, it articulated the aspects of the sufferings of women who remain vulnerable to the exploitation and discrimination. In 1956 the law on succession incorporating the rights of childless widows was passed by Parliament. |
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Radha Kumud Mukherjee, also spelled Radhakumud Mookerji, was an Indian historian. he was a noted Indian nationalist during the period of British colonial rule. He published Indian Shipping: A History of Seaborne Trade and Maritime Activity of the Indians from the Earliest Times in 1912. He was an advocate of the notion of Greater India in which Indian merchants and adventurers with huge fleets brought Indians to Southeast Asia and became the foundation of kingdoms in that region.[1] Such theories have been largely discredited by modern scholarship in the Southeast Asia region.
Mukherjee was nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha in 1952 and served till 1958. As a member of the house, introduced a Bill to amend the Hindu Law governing Hindu childless widow’s rights to property in 1953. Even though he withdrew the Bill on the assurances of the Government that a comprehensive legislation would be introduced, it articulated the aspects of the sufferings of women who remain vulnerable to the exploitation and discrimination. In 1956 the law on succession incorporating the rights of childless widows was passed by Parliament.
References
- ^ Hall, D.G.E. (1981). A History of South-East Asia, Fourth Edition. Hong Kong: Macmillan Education Ltd. p. 16. ISBN 0-333-24163-0.
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