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|birth_date =1840 |
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|birth_place =Palua Village, [[Jessore district]], [[British India]] |
|birth_place =Palua Village, [[Jessore district]], [[British India]] |
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|death_date =10 January |
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|death_place =[[Calcutta]], [[India]] |
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|occupation=[[Journalist]], [[Freedom fighter]], [[playwright]], [[biographers]] |
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|nationality =[[India |
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|known_for =Founders of [[Amrita Bazar Patrika]] |
|known_for =Founders of ''[[Amrita Bazar Patrika]]'' |
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|alma_mater =[[Hare School]], |
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[[Presidency College, Kolkata |
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|movement=[[Indian Independence Movement]] |
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'''Sisir Kumar Ghosh''' (1840–1911) |
'''Sisir Kumar Ghosh''' (1840–1911), also spelt '''Shishir Kumar Ghose''', was an Indian journalist, founder of the ''[[Amrita Bazar Patrika]]'', a [[Bengali language]] newspaper, in 1868,<ref>{{cite journal | title = Bengali: 'Professional, Somewhat Conservative' and Calcuttan | journal = Economic and Political Weekly | volume = 32 | issue = 4 | pages = 141–144 | jstor = 4405008 | last1 = Jeffrey | first1 = Robin | year = 1997 }}</ref><ref name="Kumar2003">{{cite book|author=Raj Kumar|title=Essays on Indian Renaissance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubRkhPM0ETMC&pg=PA78|year=2003|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7141-689-9|pages=78–}}</ref> and an [[Indian independence movement|independence activist]] from [[Bengal]]. |
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He started the India League in 1875 with the object of stimulating the sense of nationalism amongst the people.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sen|first=Sailendra Nath|title=An Advanced History of Modern India|year=2010|publisher=Macmillan India|location=Delhi|pages=236}}</ref> He was also a [[Vaishnavite]], remembered for writings on mystic-saint [[ |
He started the India League in 1875 with the object of stimulating the sense of nationalism amongst the people.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sen|first=Sailendra Nath|title=An Advanced History of Modern India|year=2010|publisher=Macmillan India|location=Delhi|pages=236}}</ref> He was also a [[Vaishnavite]], remembered for writings on mystic-saint [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]] (Gauranga), and penning a book on him titled ''Lord Gauranga or Salvation for All'' in 1897.<ref name="Adhikary2012">{{cite book|author=Haripada Adhikary|title=Unifying Force of Hinduism: The Harekrsna Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=83SbfGkFzB0C&pg=PA131|year=2012|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4685-0393-7|pages=131–}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.lotusimprints.com/new/blog/category/mahatma-sisir-kumar-ghosh/ | title=Lotusimprints Blog » Mahatma Sisir Kumar Ghosh | access-date=9 July 2012 | archive-date=2 November 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102071724/http://www.lotusimprints.com/new/blog/category/mahatma-sisir-kumar-ghosh/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> He also writes several biographies for example: Narottam Charit.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wayfarer |title=Life of Shishir Kumar Gosh |date=1946 |publisher=Tarun Kanti Gosh |location=Calcutta & Allahabad}}</ref> |
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He was one of the first batch of students who passed in the first entrance examination of the [[Calcutta University]] in 1857.<ref name="Basu1979">{{cite book|author=Jitendra Nath Basu|title=Romance of Indian Journalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ILnZQyWng3kC|year=1979|page=195|publisher=Calcutta University}}</ref> |
He was one of the first batch of students who passed in the first entrance examination of the [[Calcutta University]] in 1857.<ref name="Basu1979">{{cite book|author=Jitendra Nath Basu|title=Romance of Indian Journalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ILnZQyWng3kC|year=1979|page=195|publisher=Calcutta University}}</ref> |
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Sisir Kumar Ghosh
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Born | 1840
Palua Village, Jessore district, British India
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Died | 10 January 1911 |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Hare School, Presidency College, Calcutta University |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, Freedom fighter, playwright, biographers |
Known for | Founders of Amrita Bazar Patrika |
Movement | Indian Independence Movement |
Sisir Kumar Ghosh (1840–1911), also spelt Shishir Kumar Ghose, was an Indian journalist, founder of the Amrita Bazar Patrika, a Bengali language newspaper, in 1868,[1][2] and an independence activist from Bengal.
He started the India League in 1875 with the object of stimulating the sense of nationalism amongst the people.[3] He was also a Vaishnavite, remembered for writings on mystic-saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (Gauranga), and penning a book on him titled Lord Gauranga or Salvation for All in 1897.[4][5] He also writes several biographies for example: Narottam Charit.[6] He was one of the first batch of students who passed in the first entrance examination of the Calcutta University in 1857.[7]
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