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Amaranatha Jha
(25 February 1897 ? 2 September 1955) was the Vice Chancellor (VC) of the
University of Allahabad
and the
Banaras Hindu University
.
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He was the son of Mahamahopadhyay Dr. Sir
Ganganath Jha
, a great scholar of Sanskrit Amaranatha Jha was reputed as the ablest professor of English literature in India of his time.
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He was Head of the Department of English at the University of Allahabad for a long time, being appointed to the post at the young age of thirty-two. He succeeded his father as Vice-Chancellor of the Allahabad University of the Banaras Hindu University in succession to Dr.
Radhakrishnan
.
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He worked as Vice Chairman of the committee for the project leading to the establishment of the
National Defence Academy
.
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He was one amongst eminent dignitaries associated with the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sanstahan, Allahabad.
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At the end of his academic career, he was made the Chairman of the
Bihar Public Service Commission
(1 April 1953 ? 1 September 1955).
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Honours
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In 1910-11 the Muir Hostel was constructed.
Allahabad University
renamed it as "Amarnath Jha Hostel" to pay him regards.
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hostels' history say that Dr. Amarnath Jha as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Allahabad was himself also the warden of the Muir Hostel.
He was among the first recipients of the civilian honour of
Padma Bhushan
(1954).
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Personal life
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Dr. Amarnath Jha was born in a
Maithil Shrotriya Brahmin
family of
Mithila
( Sarisab-Pahi ) in
Bihar
. He died at an early age of fifty nine on 2 September 1955 at
Patna
.
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Dr. Amarnath Jha was a great scholar, a consummate speaker and an administrator par excellence.
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