The following is a chronology taken from the book titled Nirad C. Chaudhuri by Chetan Karnani with some additions by me. Incidentally, I find some discrepancies in the chronology by Karnani. For example, Karnani says Chaudhuri was married in 1931, while the author himself gives the year as 1932. I have tried my best to make this as accurate as possible.
This chronology leaves much to be desired. Exact dates are hard to come by and there are gaps. For, I know that from my readings Nirad Chaudhuri worked for the French ambassador in New Delhi for a period of time. I shall try to plug these holes when I can.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1897 | Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri is born on 23 November, in Kishorganj, Myemsingh district, East Bengal (now Bangladesh), the second of eight children of Upendra Narayan Chaudhuri and Susheela Sundarrani Chaudhurani. |
| 1910 | Leaves Kishorganj for Calcutta. |
| 1914 | Passes matriculation examination. |
| 1917 | Writes ``Objective Method in History.'' |
| 1918 | Graduates with a first class in History from Scottish Church College, Calcutta University. |
| 1920 | Fails exams for M. A. (History); gives up formal studies. |
| 1921 | Government clerk in Military Accounts. |
| 1924 | Nirad Chaudhuri's mother passes away. |
| 1926 | Assistant editor of The Modern Review, under Ramanand Chatterjee. |
| 1927 | Editor of the Bengali journal Shonibarer Chithi. Meets poet Rabindranath Tagore. |
| 1932 | Marries Amiya Dhar, a writer on April 21, 1932. Works for the Bangla journal Probashi. |
| 1934 | First son Dhruva Narayan Chaudhuri is born. |
| 1934 | Second son Kirti Narayan Chaudhuri is born on 8 September. He is named after Chaudhuri's great-great-grandfather. |
| 1937 | Nirad Chaudhuri becomes secretary to Sarat Chandra Bose. |
| 1937 | Stops writing in Bengali. |
| 1939 | Third son Prithvi Narayan Chaudhuri is born. |
| 1942 | Leaves Calcutta for Delhi; appointed political commentator for All India Radio. |
| 1951 | Publishes The Autobiography of an unknown Indian. |
| 1955 | Makes first trip abroad to England, France and Italy. |
| 1959 | Publishes A Passage to England. |
| 1965 | Publishes The Continent of Circe. |
| 1966 | Nirad Chaudhuri receives the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize for The Continent of Circe. Resumes writing in Bengali for a brief period and stops again. |
| 1967 | Publishes The Intellectual in India. |
| 1970 | Leaves India and emigrates to Oxford. Begins work on Scholar Extraordinary. |
| 1972 | Visiting Professor at University of Texas and University of Chicago. |
| 1974 | Publishes Scholar Extraordinary. |
| 1975 | Publishes Clive of India. |
| 1979 | Publishes Hinduism. |
| 1987 | Publishes Thy Hand! Great Anarch at age ninety. Resumes writing in Bengali. |
| 1990 | Oxford university confers an honorary doctorate on Nirad Chaudhuri. |
| 1992 | The Queen of England confers an honorary CBE on Dr. Chaudhuri. |
| 1994 | Amiya Chaudhurani passes away 17 September 1994. |
| 1997 | At age 100, publishes Three Horsemen of the new Apocalypse. |
| 1 August 1999 | At age 101, Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri passes away in Oxford. |