Editing Radhanath Sikdar (section)

{{short description|Indian mathematician (1813–1870)}}
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| name               = Radhanath Sikdar
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| image              = Radhanath Sikdar, the Mathematician who calculated the height of Mount Everest.jpg
| caption            = Radhanath Sikdar
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| birth_date         = {{birth date|1813|10|5|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Jorasanko]], [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]]  
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1870|05|17|1813|10|5|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Chandannagar|Chandernagore]], [[Hooghly district]], [[Bengal Presidency]] 
| alma_mater         = [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
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| nationality        = [[British India]]n
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| father             = Tituram Sikdar
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| relatives          = Srinath Sikdar (brother) 
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'''Radhanath Sikdar''' ({{langx|bn|রাধানাথ শিকদার}}; 5 October 1813 – 17 May 1870) was an Indian mathematician who is best known for being the first person to calculate the height of [[Mount Everest]], in 1852. <ref>{{Cite news|date=2003-10-20|title=The man who 'discovered' Everest|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3193576.stm|access-date=2021-01-14}}</ref>