Besides Ganguly, eminent historian Dr Irfan Habib, artist Prof K G Subramanyam and Assamese litterateur and journalist Homen Borgohain were honoured with the degrees at a ceremony held at the University.
The degrees were presented by the University's Vice Chancellor Prof Tapadir Bhattacharjee. Among others who spoke at the function included the Chief Guest N R Madhavan Menon who holds the Dr S Radhakrishnan Chair of Parliamentary Studies of the Rajya Sabha.
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