The Carmichael Chair of Ancient Indian History and Culture is a history professorship in the University of Calcutta, India; its holder is known as Carmichael Professor. The post was created by Ashutosh Mukherjee in 1912 after Baron Carmichael the then Governor of Bengal. The German Indologist George Thibaut was the first to be appointed a Carmichael Professor.
List of Carmichael Professors +NameTerm1912 George Thibaut1912–19141917 D. R. Bhandarkar1917–19361936 Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri1936–19521952Jitendra Nath Banerjea1952-19591962 Dineshchandra Sircar1962–19721975 B. N. Mukherjee1975–1998
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