| honorific_prefix = Dr| honorific_suffix = MA PhD PRS

| birth_date = 1903| death_date = 1961| address = Lucknow University [census], Lucknow, India| occupation = academicanthropologist

| elected_AI = 19271935.06.28 1940.01.2318

| societies = Indian Anthropological Institute<br />Indian Science Congress Association

19271935.06.28 18 nominated and elected forthwith<br />A63 has Majumbder, Datta-(D.N. Majumdar) (P.N. does this mean notes below do not refer?in printed lists)

Dhirendra Nath Majuradar D. N. Majumdar (1903–1960) was born of Bengali parents. He obtained a first-class master’s degree in Patna anthropology from the University of Calcutta in 19031924. He The training that he received there was in both cultural and physical anthropology, and to the end of his early education life he retained a broad interest in West Bengal both the physical and became graduated from the Arts Faculty cultural aspects of the science of man. A large number of his papers and two of his books deal with anthropometric and serological studies among the University tribes and castes of Calcutta in 1922Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and Bengal. He <br /><br />“General anthropology” was not a mere slogan for Majumdar; it reflected his firm conviction that a unified science of man is not only desirable but also did possible. Thus, in his Manalyses of social stratification in India, he emphasized the need to examine racial factors, Earlier H.AH. Risley, in The Tribes and Castes of Bengal (189lα 1891b) and The People of India (19241908) , had asserted a relationship between race and social groups in India; Majumdar gave further support to this view by his own extensive investigations. He showed that in Uttar Pradesh those castes which constitute “clusters,” being close to each other in Anthropology from the same University where he was placed hierarchy of castes, also fall within a narrow range of biometric variation (1949). Similarly, in first division and secured the first rank his unpublished studies of growth among the successful candidatesschool-children of Uttar Pradesh, he included a sociocultural factor as a significant variable. <br />He conducted first fieldwork The greater part of Majumdar’s published work is ethnographic in nature and consists of accounts of the Ho (Bihar among ), the Khasa, the Korwa, the Hos of Kolhan. At this time he got Tharu, and the company so-called criminal tribes (all of Uttar Pradesh), the veteran Indian EthnographerGond (Madhya Pradesh), Rai Bahadur Sarat Chandra Royand the Bhil (Gujarat). University He published monographic studies of Calcutta awarded him with Premchand Roychand Scholarship in 1926 for both the Ho (1937) and the Khasa (1962). He knew the merit of his original researchKhasa best and spent 22 summers doing field work among them. <br />D<br />Majumdar considered these studies to be contributions to cultural anthropology; he regarded social anthropology as a subdiscipline within cultural anthropology and not as an alternative frame of reference for the study of human social behavior. His approach to the study of culture was that of a functionalist. He went to England in 1933 to work for his doctorate at Cambridge, and he was awarded his degree in 1935.NWhile in England he attended Malinowski’s seminar at the London School of Economics and came under his abiding influence. Majumdar was one of also much influenced by the earliest students writings of anthropology who received their Master’s degree from Ruth Benedict (e.g., Majumdar 1944α). He stressed the University integrated character of Calcutta, after culture and maintained that cultural stresses and strains are the establishment outcome of this discipline a disturbance in 1920a culture’s “base. In 1928” The “base” of a culture, he wrote (1937), is a function of four variables, namely, man, area, resources, Profand cooperation. Radhakamal Mukherjee selected him as If the disturbance is not of too fundamental a nature, a culture has a lecturer in Primitive Economics in tendency to absorb the Department of Economics shock and Sociology at the University revert to its original character; if otherwise, it changes to attain a new equilibrium (1958). His view of Lucknowculture was thus essentially “integrationist,” though not static. <br />Among <br />Majumdar was the first formally trained Indian scholars anthropologist to study the impact of nontribal cultures upon the ways of that time Sri Majumdar had an life of Indian tribes. This early interest in-depth knowledge and abiding interest cultural change led him, in Anthropology. His contribution the 1950s, to welcome the emergence in India of rural anthropology was many . He played a notable part in this new field of research and variousproduced one of the first book-length village studies in India (1958). University <br /><br />He also pleaded for the application of the findings of social science to the task of Calcutta again awarded him Mouat Gold Medal in 1929national reconstruction. In 1933 As a member of the Research Programmes Committee of the National Planning Commission, he went emphasized the help which anthropologists and sociologists could give to Cambridge There he studied social anthropology with Prof Tthe administration by studying the problems of backward communities and by assessing the impact of government-sponsored projects of community development.CHis posthumous book on the Khasa (1962) contains a detailed discussion of the community development program in Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttar Pradesh). Hodson <br /><br />Report Advertisement<br />Home Social sciences Applied and physical anthropology with Prof Gsocial sciences magazines Majumdar, D.MN. Morant<br />Majumdar, D. In 1935N.<br />International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences <br />COPYRIGHT 2008 Thomson Gale<br />Majumdar, he received PhD. N.<br />WORKS BY MAJUMDAR<br /><br />SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY<br /><br />Recipe Indian - View the Healthiest Recipe<br />Get Instant Access to 1000's of Delicious Step-by-Step Recipes. Completely Free.<br />viewfreerecipes.com/recipes/free | Sponsored▼<br />D. N. Majumdar (1903–1960) was born of Bengali parents. He obtained a first-class master’s degree in anthropology from Cambridgethe University of Calcutta in 1924. The subject training that he received there was in both cultural and physical anthropology, and to the end of his dissertation was life he retained a broad interest in both the physical and the cultural change aspects of the science of man. A large number of his papers and two of his books deal with anthropometric and serological studies among the Hostribes and castes of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and Bengal. <br />In 1936, he <br />“General anthropology” was elected as not a mere slogan for Majumdar; it reflected his firm conviction that a fellow unified science of the Royal Anthropological Institute man is not only desirable but also possible. Thus, in his analyses of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1939social stratification in India, he presided over emphasized the Anthropology need to examine racial factors, Earlier H. H. Risley, in The Tribes and Archaeology Section Castes of the 26th Session Bengal (189lα 1891b) and The People of the Indian Science Congress held at LahoreIndia (1908), had asserted a relationship between race and social groups in India; Majumdar gave further support to this view by his own extensive investigations. He was showed that in Uttar Pradesh those castes which constitute “clusters,” being close to each other in the hierarchy of castes, also fall within a good conversationalist and optimist with firm faith narrow range of biometric variation (1949). Similarly, in his vocationunpublished studies of growth among the school-children of Uttar Pradesh, he included a sociocultural factor as a significant variable. <br />In 1945, Prof Majumdar founded the Ethnographic and Folk<br />Hopi -culture Society of UUp To 70% Savings<br />Compare Prices Before You Buy Hopi<br />idealprice.Pco. uk/shopping/hopi | Sponsored▼<br /><br />Report Advertisement<br />The principal aim greater part of this Society was to collect Majumdar’s published work is ethnographic data on folk cultures in nature and consists of accounts of the Ho (Bihar), the Khasa, the Korwa, the Tharu, and the so-called criminal tribes (all of Uttar Pradesh. Two years later), the Society brought out Gond (Madhya Pradesh), and the reputed journalBhil (Gujarat). ‘The Eastern Anthropologist’ He published monographic studies of both the Ho (1937) and Dthe Khasa (1962).NHe knew the Khasa best and spent 22 summers doing field work among them. <br /><br />Majumdar became considered these studies to be contributions to cultural anthropology; he regarded social anthropology as a subdiscipline within cultural anthropology and not as an alternative frame of reference for the Editorstudy of human social behavior. From His approach to the beginning study of culture was that of a functionalist. He went to England in 1933 to work for his anthropological careerdoctorate at Cambridge, and he was awarded his degree in 1935. While in England he combined anthropometric surveys with ethnographic investigationsattended Malinowski’s seminar at the London School of Economics and came under his abiding influence. Majumdar was also much influenced by the writings of Ruth Benedict (e.g., Majumdar 1944α). He tried to coordinate between stressed the integrated character of culture and maintained that cultural anthropology stresses and physical anthropologystrains are the outcome of a disturbance in a culture’s “base. Although ” The “base” of a culture, he wrote (1937), is a function of four variables, namely, man, area, resources, and cooperation. If the disturbance is not of too fundamental a nature, a culture has a tendency to absorb the shock and revert to its original character; if otherwise, it changes to attain a new equilibrium (1958). His view of culture was thus essentially “integrationist,” though not engaged static.<br /><br />Majumdar was the first formally trained Indian anthropologist to study the impact of nontribal cultures upon the ways of life of Indian tribes. This early interest in any investigations cultural change led him, in prehistoric sitethe 1950s, he kept himself concerned with to welcome the major developments emergence in archaeological India of rural anthropology . He played a notable part in this new field of research and occasionally he lectured on this subjectproduced one of the first book-length village studies in India (1958). <br />In <br />He also pleaded for the application of the findings of social science to the field task of national reconstruction. As a member of anthropology, Majumdar’s vast contribution came mainly in the form Research Programmes Committee of extensive anthropometric and serological surveysthe National Planning Commission, he emphasized the help which was carried out among anthropologists and sociologists could give to the administration by studying the tribes problems of backward communities and castes by assessing the impact of government-sponsored projects of Bihar, Mcommunity development.PHis posthumous book on the Khasa (1962) contains a detailed discussion of the community development program in Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttar Pradesh).<br /><br />It was Majumdar’s deep belief in the utility of applied sociological research which made him undertake, in 1954, Ua survey of the industrial city of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh (1960a).PIn this, as in many other personal and academic attitudes, he reflected the strong influence of Western social science.Although he did not visit the United States until 1952–1953, Gujarat when he attended a WennerGren Foundation symposium on anthropology and Bengallectured at Cornell University, from quite early in his life he was receptive to ideas emanating from American universities. He emphasized statistical techniques Thus, in his very first book (1937) he underscored the importance of studying the psychological dimension of human behavior, particularly in the analysis acceptance and rejection of anthropometric innovations.<br /><br />Majumdar’s ethnographic works are characterized by a richness and serological dataprecision of detail, but they lack theoretical sophistication. This particular method was designated is probably due to the fact that almost the whole of his work in physical as well as biometrics method in cultural anthropologywas of a pioneering nature.More than any other individual of his generation, he endeavored to place anthropological studies in India on a scientific footing. The success he achieved, considering the circumstances, was considerable.<br /><br />At the time of his death, Majumdar was professor of anthropology and dean of the faculty of arts at the University of Lucknow. When he died, a book on polyandry among the Khasa was about to be published; at least one more (a village study) was ready for the publisher; and a research project on growth among schoolchildren in Uttar Pradesh was in progress. He was editor of the Eastern Anthropologist, a journal he founded in 1947. All these activities bear testimony to the breadth of his academic interests.<br /><br />T. N. Madan