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Peary Chand Mitra
Indian author and journalist (1814–1883)
Peary Chand Mitra | |
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Portrait of Peary Chand Mitra, c. 1906 | |
| Born | (1814-07-22)22 July 1814 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 23 November 1883(1883-11-23) (aged 69) Calcutta, British India (now Kolkata, India) |
| Nationality | British Indian |
| Other names | Tek Chand Thakur |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist, cultural activist, entrepreneur |
| Notable work | Alaler Gharer Dulal (1857) |
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'sYoung 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 a