Peary Chand Mitra
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Peary Chand Mitra
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Peary Chand Mitra 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 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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Indian author and journalist (1814–1883)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peary_Chand_Mitra
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2006-10-28T04:36:11Z
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2024-09-07T09:26:07Z
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