Boria Majumdar
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Boria Majumdar is an Indian sports historian, journalist, and author known for his extensive writings on cricket and its cultural and political significance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Boria Majumdar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boria Majumdar Context triple: [Playing It My Way, coAuthor, Boria Majumdar]
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A.
Ash Mukherjee
Ash Mukherjee is a character in the British television drama series "It's a Sin," which explores the lives of young gay men during the 1980s AIDS crisis in London.
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B.
Amar Lahiri
Amar Lahiri is the father of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jhumpa Lahiri and a key figure in her Bengali-Indian immigrant family background.
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C.
Ruma Bose
Ruma Bose is an entrepreneur, investor, and author known for her leadership roles in social impact ventures and global business initiatives.
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D.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Prosenjit Chatterjee is a leading Indian actor and producer, widely regarded as one of the most prominent and influential stars in contemporary Bengali cinema.
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E.
Roma Dasgupta
Roma Dasgupta, better known by her stage name Suchitra Sen, was a legendary Indian Bengali film actress celebrated for her iconic performances and enduring screen presence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boria Majumdar Target entity description: Boria Majumdar is an Indian sports historian, journalist, and author known for his extensive writings on cricket and its cultural and political significance.
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A.
Ash Mukherjee
Ash Mukherjee is a character in the British television drama series "It's a Sin," which explores the lives of young gay men during the 1980s AIDS crisis in London.
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B.
Amar Lahiri
Amar Lahiri is the father of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jhumpa Lahiri and a key figure in her Bengali-Indian immigrant family background.
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C.
Ruma Bose
Ruma Bose is an entrepreneur, investor, and author known for her leadership roles in social impact ventures and global business initiatives.
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D.
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Prosenjit Chatterjee is a leading Indian actor and producer, widely regarded as one of the most prominent and influential stars in contemporary Bengali cinema.
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E.
Roma Dasgupta
Roma Dasgupta, better known by her stage name Suchitra Sen, was a legendary Indian Bengali film actress celebrated for her iconic performances and enduring screen presence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cricket historian
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ sports historian ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
DPhil
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linked to:
Doctor of Philosophy
|
| areaOfInterest |
cultural significance of cricket
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history of Indian sport ⓘ political dimensions of sport ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | India ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTopic | social history of Indian cricket ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Presidency College, Kolkata
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St Edmund Hall, Oxford ⓘ University of Calcutta ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cricket history
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sports history ⓘ sports journalism ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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sports biography ⓘ sports writing ⓘ |
| hasRole |
columnist
ⓘ
cricket analyst ⓘ television sports anchor ⓘ |
| hasWrittenAbout |
Indian Premier League
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Olympic history of India ⓘ Sachin Tendulkar ⓘ colonial history of sport in India ⓘ politics of Indian cricket ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historical analysis of Indian cricket
ⓘ
television sports commentary ⓘ writings on cricket and Indian society ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Bengali
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cricket in Colonial India 1780–1947
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Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians ⓘ Olympics: The India Story ⓘ Playing It My Way ⓘ Sellotape Legacy ⓘ The Illustrated History of Indian Cricket ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ sports historian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kolkata
ⓘ
linked to:
Calcutta
|
| subjectOf | controversies related to Indian cricket administration ⓘ |
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Subject: Boria Majumdar Description of subject: Boria Majumdar is an Indian sports historian, journalist, and author known for his extensive writings on cricket and its cultural and political significance.
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