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{{Infobox school<br />
| name = Mitra Institution (Main)<br />
| image = Mitra Institution Main - 60B Surya Sen Street - Kolkata 2014-01-01 1786.JPG<br />
| image_size =<br />
| address = 60-B Surya Sen Street<br />
| city = [[Kolkata]]<br />
| state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| postal_code = 700 009<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| type = [[Government]]<br />
| religious_affiliation = Secular<br />
| established = {{start date and age|5 January 1898}}<br />
| founder = Bisweswar Mitra<br />
| locale = <br />
| school_board = [[WBBSE]] & [[WBCHSE]]<br />
| authority = [[Government of West Bengal]]<br />
| category = Higher Secondary<br />
| chairman = [[Governor of West Bengal]]<br />
| principal = Sayantan Das ''(Head Master)''<br />
| years = 120<br />
| gender = only boys upto X and HS section CO-ED<br />
| affiliations = [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]]<br />[[West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education]]<br />
| campus = Urban <br />
}}<br />
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'''Mitra Institution (Main)''' is a heritage educational institution of [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], teaching grades one to twelve under the [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]] and the [[West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education]]. The school premises are situated at 60-B Surya Sen Street, near Sealdah. There is a different co-educational primary and a girls school section up to class X.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icbse.com/schools/mitra-institution-main/19170104028|title=Mitra Institution (Main) School|website=icbse.com|access-date=24 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The school was established by ''Babu'' Bisweswar Mitra on 5 January 1898. Initially it started with only five students. In 1901, Raja Peary Mohan Mukherjee became the first President of the school. After the recognition of [[University of Calcutta]] in 1904, the school became famous. Sir [[Ashutosh Mukherjee]] and Sir Alexander Pedlar, the then Vice Chancellor, helped the institution to grant affiliation of the university. [[Bipin Chandra Pal]], [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]], Sir [[Bhupendra Nath Bose]], Amritlal Bose visited Mitra Institution (Main) and became involved with its affairs.<br />
Renowned revolutionary teacher from Sutia, late Barun Biswas served here.<br />
<ref>{{Cite web |title=MITRA INSTITUTION |url=https://www.mitrainstitutionmain.com/about.php |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=www.mitrainstitutionmain.com}}</ref><br />
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== Alumni ==<br />
=== Others ===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!Name<br />
!Year<br />
!Degree<br />
!class="unsortable"|Notability<br />
!class="unsortable"|References<br />
|-<br />
|[[Saumyendranath Tagore]]<br />
|1917<br />
|[[Matriculation examination|Matriculation]]<br />
|Political ideologue, essayist<br />
|<ref name="Saumyendranath Tagore">{{cite web|url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/tagore/index.htm|title=Saumyendranath Tagore|access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|[[Bishnu Dey]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Poet, essayist<br />
|<ref name="Bishnu Dey, ‘rebel’ poet and harbinger of modernism in Bengali verse">{{cite web|url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/bishnu-dey-rebel-poet-and-harbinger-of-modernism-in-bengali-verse|title=Bishnu Dey, 'rebel' poet and harbinger of modernism in Bengali verse|access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|[[Nirendranath Chakravarty]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Matriculation examination|Matriculation]]<br />
|Poet, translator, novelist<br />
|<ref name="The guardian of Bengali literature Nirendranath Chakraborty passes away">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/the-guardian-of-bengali-literature-passes-away/articleshow/67250530.cms|title=The guardian of Bengali literature Nirendranath Chakraborty passes away|access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|[[Debi Prasad Pal]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Matriculation examination|Matriculation]]<br />
|Advocate, Legislator, former Union Minister of State for Finance<br />
|<ref name="Mitra Institution (Main) Alumni">{{cite web|url=https://www.mitraalumni.in/|title=Mitra Institution (Main) Alumni|access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref><br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of schools in Kolkata]]<br />
* [[List of schools in West Bengal]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Commons category-inline|Mitra Institution (Main)}}<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.mitramain.com/}}<br />
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[[Category:Schools in Colonial India]]<br />
[[Category:Primary schools in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Schools in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1898]]<br />
[[Category:1898 establishments in India]]</div>ScarlettNicholso