Sisir Kumar Ghosh

Sisir Kumar Ghosh
শিশির কুমার ঘোষ
Born1840
Palua, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died10 January 1911
(aged 70–71)
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
NationalityIndian
Alma materHare School, Presidency College, Calcutta University
Occupation(s)Journalist, Freedom fighter, playwright, biographers
Known forFounders of Amrita Bazar Patrika
MovementIndian Independence Movement

Sisir Kumar Ghosh (1840–1911), also spelled 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 intending to stimulate the sense of nationalism amongst the people.[3] He was also a Vaishnavite, remembered for writings on mystic saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (Gauranga), and for 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 the first entrance examination of Calcutta University in 1857.[7]

  1. ^ Jeffrey, Robin (1997). "Bengali: 'Professional, Somewhat Conservative' and Calcuttan". Economic and Political Weekly. 32 (4): 141–144. JSTOR 4405008.
  2. ^ Raj Kumar (2003). Essays on Indian Renaissance. Discovery Publishing House. pp. 78–. ISBN 978-81-7141-689-9.
  3. ^ Sen, Sailendra Nath (2010). An Advanced History of Modern India. Delhi: Macmillan India. p. 236.
  4. ^ Haripada Adhikary (2012). Unifying Force of Hinduism: The Harekrsna Movement. AuthorHouse. pp. 131–. ISBN 978-1-4685-0393-7.
  5. ^ "Lotusimprints Blog » Mahatma Sisir Kumar Ghosh". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  6. ^ Wayfarer (1946). Life of Shishir Kumar Gosh. Calcutta & Allahabad: Tarun Kanti Gosh.
  7. ^ Jitendra Nath Basu (1979). Romance of Indian Journalism. Calcutta University. p. 195.