Peary Chand Mitra

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Peary Chand Mitra was a 19th-century Bengali writer, social reformer, and key figure of the Young Bengal movement known for promoting Western education and rationalist ideas in colonial India.

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Peary Chand Mitra canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century writer ⓘ
Bengali writer ⓘ
member of Young Bengal movement ⓘ
person ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
activity advocacy of women’s education ⓘ
critique of social orthodoxy ⓘ
contributedTo development of modern Bengali prose ⓘ
social reform in 19th-century Bengal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship British India ⓘ
educatedAt Hindu College, Calcutta ⓘ
employer Calcutta Public Library ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bengali ⓘ
fieldOfWork education reform ⓘ
literature ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
novel ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
influencedBy Henry Louis Vivian Derozio ⓘ
knownFor promoting Western education in Bengal ⓘ
promoting rationalist ideas in colonial India ⓘ
use of colloquial Bengali prose ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
literaryMovement early Bengali novel tradition ⓘ
movement Bengal Renaissance ⓘ
linked to: Bengali Renaissance

Young Bengal movement ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
social reform movement in Bengal ⓘ
name Peary Chand Mitra ⓘ
nativeName প্যারীচাঁদ মিত্র ⓘ
notableWork Alaler Gharer Dulal ⓘ
essays on social reform in Bengali periodicals ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
librarian ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
partOf Young Bengal circle ⓘ
placeOfBirth Calcutta ⓘ
placeOfDeath Calcutta ⓘ
positionHeld librarian of Calcutta Public Library ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
workLocation Calcutta ⓘ

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Young Bengal movement → member → Peary Chand Mitra ⓘ
Peary Chand Mitra → name → Peary Chand Mitra ⓘ