Sisir Kumar Ghosh
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Sisir Kumar Ghosh
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Born | 1840 |
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) was a noted Indian journalist, founder of the Amrita Bazar Patrika, a noted Bengali language newspaper in 1868[1][2] and a freedom fighter 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 Lord Chaitanya, and penning a book on him titled Lord Gauranga or Salvation for All in 1897.[4][5] He was one of the first batch of students who passed in the first entrance examination of the Calcutta University in 1857.[6]
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