Language/Linguistics, Anthropology, History, and Other Social Sciences
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy, First Bengali prose writer
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Creator of Standard Bengali Prose (sadhu bhasha)
- Shashi Bhusan Chatterjee, Famous Geographer
- Rajendralal Mitra, First Indian to work with Indologists
- Haraprasad Shastri, Historian of Bengali language and culture
- Dinesh Chandra Sen, Historian of Bengali literature and folklorist
- Pramatha Chaudhuri, Creator of Modern Bengali Prose (chalit bhasha) along with Tagore
- Sir Jadunath Sarkar, Historian
- Rajsekhar Bose, Major contributor for scientific terms in Bengali and lexicographer
- Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, Historian
- Ramesh Chandra Dutta, Historian
- Girindrasekhar Bose, First non-European correspondent of Freud
- Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, Linguist
- Biraja Sankar Guha, Anthropologist
- Sukumar Sen, Linguist
- Susobhan Sarkar, Historian
- Nirmal Kumar Bose, Anthropologist, Associate of Gandhi
- Niharranjan Ray, Historian
- Dineshchandra Sircar, Epigraphist
- Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya, Social Philosopher
- Surajit Chandra Sinha, Anthropologist
- Tapan Raychaudhuri, Professor of History at Oxford University
- Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize Awardee in Economics
- Ranajit Guha, Subaltern Theorist
- Sumit Sarkar, Historian
- Kirti Narayan Chaudhuri, Historian
- Gayatri Spivak, Feminist
- Vina Mazumdar, Women studies Academic
- Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri, Indian Historian (1892–1957), Charmichael Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta
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