Ranajit Guha, historian of the subaltern, passes away

Historian Ranajit Guha’s death at his Austria home on Saturday, a month before his 100th birthday, has left the academic community in India and across the world remembering the icon’s enormous influence in shaping post-colonial history in south Asia. Guha’s influence was not limited to any school of history but revolutionised diverse streams of social sciences, with his approach to highlighting the lives of the marginalised.

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