Editing Radhanath Sikdar (section)

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It appears that while Everest and Waugh both extolled him for his exceptional mathematical abilities, his relations with the colonial administration were far from cordial. Two specific instances are on record.

In 1851 a Survey Manual (eds. Capt. H. L. Thullier and Capt. F. Smyth) was published by the Survey Department. The preface to the Manual mentions that the more technical and mathematical chapters of the Manual were written by Babu Radhanath Sikdar. The Manual proved to be immensely useful to surveyors.  However, the third edition, published in 1875 (i.e., after Sikdar's death) did not contain that preface, so that Sikdar's memorable contribution was de-recognized. The incident was condemned by a section of British surveyors. The paper ''[[The Statesman (India)|Friend of India]]'' in 1876 called it 'robbery of the dead'.<ref name=lahiri>For details, see Ashish Lahiri, ''Radhanath Sikdar: Beyond the Peak'', Boi-Chitra, Kolkata, 2010.</ref>

It is also on record that Sikdar was fined a sum of 200 rupees in 1843 for having vehemently protested against the unlawful exploitation of survey department workers by the Magistrate Vansittart. The incident was reported in detail in ''The Bengal Spectator'' edited by [[Ramgopal Ghosh]].<ref name=lahiri/>

In 1854, Sikdar along with his [[Young Bengal|Derozian]] friend [[Peary Chand Mitra]] started the Bengali journal ''Masik Patrika'', for education and empowerment of women.  He used to write in a simple and uncluttered style that was rather atypical for the age.

Sikdar had retired from service in 1862, and was later appointed as teacher of mathematics at the General Assembly's Institution (now [[Scottish Church College]]).<ref name=Banglapedia_article>{{cite web|last1=Hasnat|first1=Abul|title=Shikder, Radhanath|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Shikder,_Radhanath|website=Banglapedia|accessdate=26 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=GAI>''Staff List: General Assembly's Institution (1856-1907)'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 569</ref>