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'''Radharaman Mitra''' (23 February 1897 – 7 February 1992) was a revolutionary involved with [[Meerut Conspiracy Case]] and Bengali writer.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cruroSVFoUC&q=Radharaman+mitra+Meerut+Conspiracy&pg=SL219-PA194|title=The Pearson CSAT Manual 2012|last=Edgar Thorpe|year=2012|isbn=9788131767344|access-date=6 October 2017}}</ref> In 1981 he received [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his book ''Kalikata Darpan''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/a-rare-man-of-books-words/cid/1287269|title=A rare man of books, words|date=10 May 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=India|access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp|title=AKADEMI AWARDS (1955-2016)|website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in|access-date=6 October 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Mitra was born in [[Shyambazar]], [[Kolkata]] in a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] lower middle class family. He passed Matriculation examination from [[Hindu School, Kolkata]] in 1913 and passed Intermediate with Gold medal in 1915. In 1917 he completed his graduation from [[St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last=Ed. Anjali Basu|first=Vol - II|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2004|isbn=81-86806-99-7|location=Kolkata|pages=301}}</ref><br />
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==Revolutionary activities==<br />
[[File:Meerut prisoners outside the jail.jpg|thumb|475x475px|'''Portrait of 25 of the [[Meerut]] Prisoners taken outside the jail'''. Back row (left to right): [[K. N. Sehgal]], [[Sohan Singh Josh|S. S. Josh]], [[Lester Hutchinson|H. L. Hutchinson]], [[Shaukat Usmani]], [[Benjamin Francis Bradley|B. F. Bradley]], [[A. Prasad]], [[Philip Spratt|P. Spratt]], [[G. Adhikari]]. Middle Row: R. R. Mitra, [[Gopen Chakravarti]], [[Kishori Lal Ghosh]], [[L. R. Kadam]], [[D. R. Thengdi]], [[Goura Shanker]], [[Shibnath Bannerjee|S. Bannerjee]], [[K.N. Joglekar]], [[P. C. Joshi]], [[Muzaffar Ahmed (politician)|Muzaffar Ahmed]]. Front Row: [[M. G. Desai]], [[Dharani Goswami|D. Goswami]], [[R.S. Nimbkar]], [[S.S. Mirajkar]], [[S.A. Dange]], [[S. V. Ghate]], [[Gopal Basak]].]]<br />
Mitra joined in [[Non-cooperation movement]] while studying M A. in [[University of Calcutta]]. He went to [[Etawah]] with his friend another revolutionary [[Bankim Mukherjee]] to organise grass route people in support of [[Gandhism]]. In 1921 he was arrested and imprisoned in [[Naini]] jail for one year. After release Mitra personally met with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] at [[Sabarmati Ashram]] and worked with him continuously three years. In 1927 he established Kolkata Corporation Teachers Association while teaching in a School in [[Kolkata]].<ref name=":0" /> After that he participated in trade union movements, constructed labour organisation in various area of [[West Bengal]]. Police again arrested Mitra in Meerat Conspiracy Case but he was released by order of [[Allahabad High Court]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ZEDvcJdVRMC&q=Radharaman+mitra+Meerut+Conspiracy&pg=PA6|title=Samar Sen|last=Nityapriẏa Ghosha|year=2001|isbn=9788126011100|access-date=6 October 2017}}</ref> In 1943-44 Mitra joined in the [[Communist Party of India]]. He was popular for his [[Marxism|Marxist]] intellectualism, literary works and enormous knowledge about history of Calcutta metropolis. He was also a member ''Bharat Soviet Suhrid Samity'' established in 1941. He resigned from the active politics since 1951.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''Bangalar Tin Manishi''<br />
* ''Kalikatay Vidyasagar''<br />
* ''Kalikata Darpan (Vol I,II)''<br />
* ''Devid Hare: His life and works''<br />
* ''Radharaman Mitrer Prabandha''<br />
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