Balkrishna Atmaram Gupte (1851–1925) was the assistant Director of Ethnography of India under Sir Herbert Hope Risley and later an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London. He was the author of "Hindu Holidays And Ceremonials" and several other books. Later he was a professor at Calcutta. He was awarded the title "Rai Bahadur".[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ B.T. GopalaKrishna (2013). Festivals and Dalits. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-300-68262-2. Sri Rai Bahadur B A Gupte the writer and author of the book Hindu holidays and ceremonials was the Asst. Director of ethnography for India under Sir Herbert
  2. ^ Rai Bahadur B.A.Gupte (1916). Hindu Holidays and Ceremonials: With Dissertations on Origin, Folklore and Symbols. Thacker Spink. ISBN 978-81-206-0953-2.
  3. ^ W. Crooke (September 1922). "The Tribes and Castes of Bombay". Folk-lore (Review). Vol. 33, no. 3. p. 328.
  4. ^ "Ourselves: The Late Rai Bahadur B. A. Gupte". The Calcutta Review. Third Series. Vol. XV. May–June 1925. p. 395.

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