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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Bimal Mitra<br />
| image = Bimal_Mitra_author.jpg<br />
| image_size = 200px<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = 18 March 1912<br />
| birth_place = Fatehpur, [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|12|2|1912|3|18|df=y}}<br />
|death_place = [[Chetla]], [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| occupation = writer<br />
| genre = Novelist, Stories<br />
| notableworks = ''[[Saheb Bibi Golam]]'', ''Kori Diye Kinlaam''<br />
| awards = [[Rabindra Puraskar]]<br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Bimal Mitra''' (18 March 1912 – 2 December 1991) was an Indian writer in Bengali. Bimal Mitra was equally adept in writing in Bengali as well as in Hindi, and wrote more than one hundred novels and short stories. Many of Bimal Mitra's novels have been made into successful films. One of his most popular works, ''[[Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam book|Shaheb Bibi Golam]]'' (January 1953) which was adapted into a hugely popular movie. He also earned a [[Filmfare]] nomination for Best Story for the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf|format=PDF|title=Filmfare Awards Nominees and Winners|website=Deep750.googlepages.com|access-date=7 March 2022|archive-date=12 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612065210/http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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Set in the last years of the nineteenth century, the novel tells the story of the sumptuous lifestyle and the decay of a feudal family. It is the story of Pateshwari, aka Chhoto Bou, a woman who wants to experience romance, to be a real wife, to invent for herself and live a new kind of conjugality. The book also tells the story of Calcutta, now Kolkata, and of all the people who lived there.<br />
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''Asami Hazir'' is another popular work of Bimal Mitra. The novel is based on the true story of a man who wants to repent for the sins of his father and grandfather. The novel was adapted into a TV series for Doordarshan - ''[[Mujrim Hazir]]''.{{fact|date=June 2023}}<br />
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He had served in railways in [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] for long years. He was working in the Chakradharpur Division in the 1940s in the Control Organisation. One of his novelettes ''Char Chokher Khela'' is based on the lives of the Anglo-Indian population of Chakradharpur railway colony.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ckpser.gov.in |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-07-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625192408/http://www.ckpser.gov.in/ |archivedate=2009-06-25 }}</ref><br />
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He resigned from Indian Railway Services in 1950 at the age of 38 to become a full-time writer.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}<br />
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Mitra died on 2 December 1991, at his residence named "Baansh Bhavan" in Chetla, South Calcutta.<ref>{{Google books |id=YRJZAAAAMAAJ |page= |title=Indian Author }}</ref><br />
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==Literary works==<br />
* ''Saheb Bibi Golam'' (King, Queen and Slave)<br />
* ''Kori Diye Kinlaam'' (Bought With Money) <br />
* ''Begum Mary Bishwas'' (A Historical Novel of the Period of Nawab Siraujdalla / British Lord Clive)<br />
* ''Ekak Dasak Shatak'' (Uni Deci Centi)<br />
* ''Asami Hazir'' (At Your Service)<br />
* ''Pati Param guru''<br />
* ''Rajabadal''<br />
* ''Sab Jhut hai''<br />
* ''Ei Norodeho'' (This Human body)<br />
* ''Mrityuheen'' (Deathless)<br />
* ''Tomra dujone mile''<br />
* ''Gulmohor''<br />
* ''Ja debi''<br />
Short stories<br />
*"Neelnesha"<br />
*"Bonshodhor"<br />
*"Lojjahoro"<br />
*"Jenana Sambad"<br />
*"Putul Didi"<br />
*"Amrutyu"<br />
*"Milonanto"<br />
*"Dori"<br />
*"Rekjon Mohapurush"<br />
*"RaniSaheba"<br />
*"Gharonti"<br />
*"Satashe Srabon"<br />
*"Ashukaka"<br />
*"Nimaontrito Indranath"<br />
*"Amir o Urboshi"<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.kalpana.it/eng/writer/indian_writers/bimal_mitra.htm A profile webpage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104064220/http://www.kalpana.it/eng/writer/indian_writers/bimal_mitra.htm |date=4 January 2020 }}<br />
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