Peary Chand Mitra
(1814-1883)
author and journalist
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Peary Chand Mitra (Bengali: প্যারীচাঁদ মিত্র; 22 July 1814 – 23 November 1883) was an Indian writer, journalist, cultural activist and entrepreneur. His pseudo name is Tekchand 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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22 July 1814 Kolkata
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23 November 1883 (aged 69) Calcutta, British India (now Kolkata, India)
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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