Kishori Chand Mitra (18221873) was a writer, civil servant and social worker.

Early life and education

Mitra was born in

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although his ancestral village is Panisheola in

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of present-day

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.Ghosh, Manmathnath, ''Karmabeer Kishorichand Mitra'', 1926, p 11 His brother was writer

Peary Chand Mitra Peary Chand Mitra (22 July 1814 – 23 November 1883) was an Indian writer, journalist, cultural activist and entrepreneur. His pseudonym was Tek Chand Thakur. He was a member of Henry Derozio's Young Bengal group, who played a leading role ...

. He studied in Hindu College (later renamed to Presidency University).

Career

Since 1846 Mitra served as the deputy magistrate of Rampur-Boalia (present

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) for about eight years. He served as the police magistrate of Kolkata during 1854-1858. Mitra founded a weekly newspaper ''Indian Field'' in 1859. Later, in 1865, it was merged with the ''

Hindoo Patriot The ''Hindoo Patriot'' ( bn, হিন্দু প্যাট্রিয়ট) was an English weekly published from Calcutta in the later half of the nineteenth century in Bengal. History In 1853, one Madhusudan Ray, a Burrabazar banker ...

''. He contributed to the ''Calcutta Review'', ''Hindoo Patriot'', ''Bengal Spectator'' and ''Bengal Magazine''. He was involved in the foundation and functioning of the ''Hare Memorial Society'', ''Bethune Society'', ''Social Science Association'' and ''Hindu Theosophical Society''.

References

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