Sisir Kumar Ghosh | |
---|---|
শিশির কুমার ঘোষ | |
Born | 1840 Palua Village,
Jessore district,
British India |
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]