Mridu Rai | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Title | Professor |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University Columbia University |
| Thesis | The Question of Religion in Kashmir: Sovereignty, Legitimacy and Rights, 1846–1947 (2000) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ayesha Jalal |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline | Modern History of South Asia |
| Institutions | Presidency University, Kolkata Trinity College, Dublin Yale University Bowdoin College |
| Notable works | Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects |
Mridu Rai is an Indian historian who serves as a professor at Presidency University, Kolkata. Rai is the author of the prizewinning book Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir (2004).