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{{Short description|British Indian Army Officer}}
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| name = Mohit Kumar Munshi
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| unit = [[Bengali Regiment|49th Bengalee Regiment]]
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* [[World War I]]
** [[Mesopotamian campaign]]
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'''Mohit Kumar Munshi''', also spelt '''Mohitkumar Munsi''' (Bengali: মোহিতকুমার মুন্সী), was a soldier of [[British Indian Army]], [[aristocrat]] and author. He was one of the scions of the extended [[Munshi family]] of [[Kadirpara Estate|Kadirpara]] and [[Chougachi Estate|Chougachi]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite book |last=Ghosh |first=Santanu |title=মুন্সীয়ানায় চল্লিশ পুরুষ |language=bn |publisher=Kamalini |location=Kolkata |year=2016 |page=47}}</ref> He served as a [[non-commissioned officer]], holding the rank of [[Havildar]], in the [[Bengali Regiment|49th Bengali Regiment]] during the [[First World War]]. Munshi was one of the few aristocrats who belonged to a [[zamindar|zamindar family]], along with [[Khwaja Habibullah]], the 5th [[Nawab of Dhaka]], and Kumar Adhikram Mazumdar.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bengalis who fought in World War I and the first 'only Bengali' British regiment |author=Information Desk |work=Get Bengal |url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/bengalis-who-fought-in-world-War-I-and-the-first-only-bengali-british-regiment |date=10 August 2020 |access-date=25 September 2025|quote="Enthusiastic scions of nawabs and zamindars also joined the Bengali Battalion and they included the Nawab of Dhaka, Khwaja Habibullah Bahadur, Kumar Adhikram Mazumdar and Mohitkumar Munshi."}}</ref>

==Career==
Munshi, the son of Babu Prasanna Kumar Munshi, joined the [[Bengali Regiment]] while studying in his second year at [[Govt. Edward College, Pabna|Edward College]], [[Pabna]], enlisting as an [[Sepoy|ordinary soldier]] in the 49th Bengali Regiment. He was later promoted to the rank of [[Havildar]].<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2">{{cite book |last1=Sengupta |first1=Bandhan|last2=Chattapadhyay|first2=Sudin |title=আলোর উদ্দাম পথিক |language=bn |publisher=Deep Prakashan |location=Kolkata |year=2016 |url= https://ia600109.us.archive.org/14/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.454932/2015.454932.An-Anthology_text.pdf|page=182}}</ref>

Following the cessation of hostilities in the First World War on 11 November 1918, [[King George V]] of the United Kingdom issued a decree designating 29 July 1919 as 'Peace Day'. On 29 July 1919, England hosted a ''Victory March'' and accompanying ceremonies to commemorate Peace Day. Three delegates from the 49th Bengali Regiment (Bengali Paltan) were invited to participate in the celebrations. On 25 June, the Officer Commanding and staff officers of the [[Karachi Brigade]], Bengali Paltan, nominated [[Havildar]] Mohit Kumar Munshi, who was then serving as an instructor at the Karachi Brigade headquarters, along with [[Jamadar]] [[Ranada Prasad Saha]] and his orderly Sepoy Nittyagopal Bhattacharya, as the official delegates. In addition, a washerman and a sweeper were included in the delegation. According to Bandhan Sengupta and Sudin Chattapadhyay, on 27 June 1919, Munshi departed for London along with other delegates, via [[Bombay]]. [[Company quartermaster sergeant|Quartermaster Havildar]] [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] was duly equipped with the appropriate uniform and other accoutrements for the delegates attending the peace celebrations.<ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last= |first= |title=Banglapedia entry on Ranada Prasad Saha |encyclopedia=[[Banglapedia]] |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Saha,_Ranada_Prasad |access-date=25 September 2025 |quote="A 'Victory March' and a function to celebrate the peace day were organised on the same day in England. Three delegates from the 49 bengali regiment or Bangali Paltan were invited to take part in the peace celebration Programmes. The officer Commanding and the Staff officers of Karachi Brigade Bangali Paltan on 25 June nominated Jamadar RP Saha, his orderly Sepoy Nittyagopal Bhattacharya and NCO Havildar Mohit Kumar Munshi as the delegates."}}</ref>

==Later life==
Post-retirement from the British Indian Army in 1920, Munshi served as an inspector at the Central Telegraph Office, [[Calcutta]]. He never married. Later, he came into the spiritual association of his guru, Sri Sri Bhupatinath (Bhupatinath Mukherjee), who was an intimate disciple of [[Sri Ramakrishna]]. In memory of his guru, Munshi, together with other spiritual siblings, acquired 20 bighas of land at Kora village near [[Hridaypur railway station]] in the Barasat subdivision and established an ashram, which was named ''Risabha Ashrama'' (also known as ''Sri Bhupati Math''). The ashrama used to observe an annual festival on the birth anniversary of his guru.<ref name="auto1"/> Munshi edited three volumes of the book titled ''Brahmabidguru Śrīśrībhūpatinātha sannidhāne'' dedicated to his Guru, which was published in three volumes in 1958 by the Asrama.<ref>{{cite book |author= Munsi, Mohitkumar|title=ব্রহ্মবিদগুরু শ্রীশ্রীভূপতিনাথ সন্নিধানে (volume 1, in Bengali)|language=bn |publisher=Risabha Ashrama |location=Kora|year=1958|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Brahmabidguru_%C5%9Ar%C4%AB%C5%9Br%C4%ABbh%C5%ABpatin%C4%81tha_s/UN0RAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Brahmabidguru%20%C5%9Ar%C4%AB%C5%9Br%C4%ABbh%C5%ABpatin%C4%81tha%20sannidh%C4%81ne,%20volume%201 |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author= Munsi, Mohitkumar|title=ব্রহ্মবিদগুরু শ্রীশ্রীভূপতিনাথ সন্নিধানে (volume 2, in Bengali)|language=bn |publisher=Risabha Ashrama |location=Kora|year=1958|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Brahmabidguru_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A5_%E0%A6%B8/DmYgAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%20%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%80 |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author= Munsi, Mohitkumar|title=ব্রহ্মবিদগুরু শ্রীশ্রীভূপতিনাথ সন্নিধানে (volume 3, in Bengali)|language=bn|publisher=Risabha Ashrama |location=Kora|year=1958|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/tt0RAQAAIAAJ?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj65MPvkPKPAxVHSWwGHdXDBSIQ7_IDegQIHBAE |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref> His biography appears in the bengali book ''Munshianany Chollis Purush'', edited by Santanu Ghosh, which highlights the contributions and accomplishments of the [[Munshi family]] across diverse fields. A review of the book was featured in [[Anandabazar Patrika]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 Sep 2016 |title=নানা রঙের ক্যানভাসে আলোছায়ার কাহিনি |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/culture/book-reviews/story-of-colors-of-many-shades-1.483560 |trans-title=Story of Colors of Many Shades |work=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] |language=bn |publisher=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] |access-date=24 September 2016}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]]
* [[Ranada Prasad Saha]]
* [[Khwaja Habibullah]]
* [[Bengali Regiment]]
* [[Kadirpara Estate]]
* [[Chougachi Estate]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:British Indian Army soldiers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:People from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Pabna Edward College alumni]]
[[Category:Year of death missing]]

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