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Peary Chand Mitra
Indian author and journalist (1814–1883) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Peary Chand Mitra (22 July 1814 – 23 November 1883) was an Indian writer, journalist, cultural activist and entrepreneur.[1] His pseudonym was Tek Chand Thakur. He was a member of Henry Derozio's Young Bengal group, who played a leading role in the Bengal renaissance with the introduction of simple Bengali prose. His Alaler Gharer Dulal pioneered the novel in the Bengali language, leading to a tradition taken up by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and others. Mitra died on 23 November 1883 in Kolkata.
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![]() Portrait of Peary Chand Mitra, c. 1906 | |
Born | (1814-07-22)22 July 1814 |
Died | 23 November 1883(1883-11-23) (aged 69) |
Nationality | British Indian |
Other names | Tek Chand Thakur |
Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist, cultural activist, entrepreneur |
Notable work | Alaler Gharer Dulal (1857) |
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