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{{infobox person<br />
| name=Kishori Chand Mitra<br />
| birth_date= May 22,1822<br />
| birth_place=[[Calcutta]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]])<br />
| alma_mater=[[Presidency University, Kolkata|Hindu College]]<br />
| nationality = [[British India]]n<br />
| death_date={{death_date and age|1873|08|06|1822|05|22}}<ref name="Sansad">{{cite book | title=Sansad Bengali Charitabhidhan Vol.I | publisher= Sahitya Sansad,Kolkata | author=Subodhchandra Senguta & Anjali Bose | year=2016 | pages=139,140 | isbn=978-81-7955-135-6}}</ref><br />
| spouse = Kailashbasini Devi<br />
| parents = Ramnarayan Mitra<br />
| relatives = [[Peary Chand Mitra]] (brother)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kishori Chand Mitra''' (1822{{snd}}1873) was a writer, civil servant and social worker.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite news|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Mitra,_Kishori_Chand|title=Mitra, Kishori Chand|access-date=18 November 2015|publisher=[[Banglapedia]]|author=Sirajul Islam}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
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Mitra was born in [[Kolkata]] although his ancestral village is Panisheola in [[Hooghly District]] of present-day [[West Bengal]].<ref name = "Ghosh11">Ghosh, Manmathnath, ''Karmabeer Kishorichand Mitra'', 1926, p 11</ref> His brother was writer [[Peary Chand Mitra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Mitra,_Peary_Chand|title=Mitra, Peary Chand|access-date=19 November 2015|publisher=Banglapedia}}</ref> He studied in Hindu College (later renamed to [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency University]]).<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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Since 1846 Mitra served as the deputy magistrate of Rampur-Boalia (present [[Rajshahi]]) for about eight years. He served as the police magistrate of Kolkata during 1854-1858.<br />
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Mitra founded a weekly newspaper ''Indian Field'' in 1859. Later, in 1865, it was merged with the ''[[Hindoo Patriot]]''. He contributed to the ''Calcutta Review'', ''Hindoo Patriot'', ''Bengal Spectator'' and ''Bengal Magazine''. He was involved in the foundation and functioning of the ''Hare Memorial Society'', ''Bethune Society'', ''Social Science Association'' and ''Hindu Theosophical Society''.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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