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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Anantahari Mitra<br />
| image = Martyr Anantahari Mitra.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth year|1906}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Begampur, India|Begampur]], [[Chuadanga District]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1926|9|28|1906}}<br />
| death_place = [[Alipore Jail]], [[Kolkata]], British India<br />
| occupation = [[Indian independence movement]] activist<br />
| criminal_charges = Killing of Bhupen Chatterjee<br />
| criminal_penalty = [[Sentenced to death]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Anantahari Mitra''' (1906 – September 28, 1926) was a Bengali [[Indian independence movement]] activist.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Anantahari, the son of Ramlal Mitra, was born in [[Begampur, India|Begampur]] village, [[Chuadanga District]] in [[British India]].<ref name=":2" /> He received a student scholarship and went to [[Chattagram]]. After passing the entrance exam, Mitra entered in [[Bangabasi College]] to study I.Sc.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Swadhinata Sangrame Nadia (Bengali)|publisher=Nadia Jela Nagarik Parishad|year=1973|location=Krishnagar|pages=207, 208}}</ref>{{Clarify|reason=what is I.Sc.?|date=January 2021}}<br />
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Mitra' family was from Joshor.{{Where|date=January 2021}} One of his younger brothers, K.D. Mitra, was also an independence fighter who fought against British forces. One of his uncles who was in police informed them that the British had passed a "shoot on sight" order for K.D Mitra along with his some of associates. Therefore, he moved to [[Varanasi|Banaras]] with his family. He went on to join the post and telegram department. Currently, Mitra's family lives in [[Allahabad]].<br />
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== Revolutionary activities ==<br />
While studying in college in 1921 Mitra joined the [[non-cooperation movement]]. After that Mitra, met with nationalist revolutionary poet Bijaylal Chattopadhyay and came to [[Krishnanagar, Nadia]] where he met with leaders of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":1" /> In 1924, Mitra actively took part in revolutionary freedom struggle and left for [[Dakshineswar|Daksineswar]]. Police raided his residence at Daksineswar on 10 November 1925 and arrested Mitra along with other activists. He was sent to prison in 1926 for his connection with the Daksineswar Conspiracy Case.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7jaaDQAAQBAJ&q=ananta+hari+mitra&pg=PT117|title=Indias Struggle Quarter of Century 1921 to 1946|last=Part I|first=Arun Chandra Guha|isbn=9788123022741|access-date=November 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last=Vol - I|first=Subodh S. Sengupta & Anjali Basu|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=14}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Mitra and his partners killed Bhupen Chatterjee, an infamous [[deputy superintendent of police]] of the Intelligence Branch because he spied on prisoners. For this, Mitra was [[Capital punishment|sentenced to death]]. On 28 September 1926, Mitra and [[Pramod Ranjan Choudhury]] were hanged at [[Alipore Jail]], [[Kolkata]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://m.siliconindia.com/news/general/Prominent-Martyrs-Of-Indias-Freedom-Struggle-nid-152430-cid-1.html|title=Prominent Martyrs Of India's Freedom Struggle|access-date=November 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y74pDwAAQBAJ&q=ananta+hari+mitra+book&pg=PA86|title=Gentlemanly Terrorists: Political Violence and the Colonial State in India|last=Durba Ghosh|date=20 July 2017|isbn=9781107186668|access-date=November 25, 2017}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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