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Raja Rajendralal Mitra
Raja Rajendralal Mitra
Born
(1822-02-16)16 February 1822
Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Died
26 July 1891(1891-07-26) (aged 67)
Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Nationality
British Indian
Occupation
Orientalist scholar
Raja Rajendralal Mitra (16 February 1822 – 26 July 1891) was among the first Indian cultural researchers and historians writing in English. A polymath and the first Indian president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, he was a pioneering figure in the Bengali Renaissance.[1][2] Mitra belonged to a respected family of Bengal writers.[citation needed] After studying by himself, he was hired in 1846 as a librarian in the Asiatic Society of Bengal, for which he then worked throughout his life as second secretary, vice president, and finally the first native president in 1885. Mitra published a number of Sanskrit and English texts in the Bibliotheca Indica series, as well as major scholarly works including The antiquities of Orissa (2 volumes, 1875–80), Bodh Gaya (1878), Indo-Aryans (2 volumes, 1881) and more.[citation needed]
^Imam, Abu (2012). "Mitra, Raja Rajendralal". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
^Bhattacharya, Krishna (2015). "Early Years of Bengali Historiography" (PDF). Indology, historiography and the nation : Bengal, 1847-1947. Kolkata, India: Frontpage. ISBN 978-93-81043-18-9. OCLC 953148596.
Raja RajendralalMitra (16 February 1822 – 26 July 1891) was among the first Indian cultural researchers and historians writing in English. A polymath...
December 1832, Ram Comul Sen was elected 'Native Secretary'. Later, RajendralalMitra became the first Indian President in 1885. Both the orientalist Brajendranath...
of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 18–19. ISBN 9788120613034. RajendralalMitra (1878). "On the Early Life of Asoka". Proceedings of the Asiatic Society...
Agni Purana. The first printed edition of the text was edited by RajendralalMitra in the 1870s (Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1870–1879, 3 volumes;...
rank of the Mahisyas in Bengal society. Sankritist and antiquarian RajendralalMitra appeared to believe that Mahisyas were a caste of small farmers and...
one of the pioneers of the Indian Renaissance. Rajendralal was the third son of Janmejay Mitra. Mitra died on 25 July 1936. He was the first Professor...
R. C. Majumdar, historian Vina Mazumdar, women's studies academic RajendralalMitra, first Indian to work with Indologists Bhudev Mukhopadhyay, earliest...
GRETIL etext Archived 2009-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, based on RajendralalMitra, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal 1870–1879, 3 vols. (Bibliotheca...
have not yet seen." Bibidhartho Samgraha was first edited by Babu RajendralalMitra, the well known native gentleman. After him that magazine had been...
(purushamedha) is an unacceptable practice. However, some others, such as RajendralalMitra, Max Müller and Julius Eggeling, believe that the legend indicates...
the Hindus practised human sacrifice in the past, quoting historian RajendralalMitra. Ambedkar then quotes the Asvalayana-grihya-sutra to state that the...
of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 18–19. ISBN 9788120613034. RajendralalMitra (1878). "On the Early Life of Asoka". Proceedings of the Asiatic Society...
Harrassowitz Verlag, ISBN 978-3447016032, "Chapter IX: The Āraṇyakas". RajendralalMitra, ed. (1872). The Taittiriya Aranyaka. Baptist Mission Press. W. Caland...
scientific terminology, as well as by incorporating terms created by RajendralalMitra, Madhusudan Gupta, Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay...
solution of the nucleon 3- body problem RajendralalMitra, first modern Indologist of Indian origin Sisir Kumar Mitra ) MBE, FNI, FASB, FIAS, FRS (24 October...
received criticism for Elitism. Historians in this school included RajendralalMitra, R. G. Bhandarkar, Romesh Chunder Dutt, Anant Sadashiv Altekar, K...
meant to be read symbolically, or as a "priestly fantasy". However, RajendralalMitra published a defence of the thesis that human sacrifice, as had been...
Some scholars have interpreted this as suicide, but according to RajendralalMitra, this was a conventional way of announcing a person's death. Dhanga...
1888, as a part of their Bibliotheca Indica series. It was edited by RajendralalMitra. The Venkateshvara Press, Bombay edition was published in 1895. It...
He was first introduced to research by RajendralalMitra, a noted Indologist. Due to his ailing health, Mitra asked him for help working on The Sanskrit...
The legendary personalities of this area Sir Gurudas Banerjee, Raja RajendralalMitra, Rakhal Chandra Ghosh and Harish Chandra Chakraborty, a dedicated...
The first printed edition of the Gopatha Brahmana was edited by RajendralalMitra and Harachandra Vidyabhushan. It was published by the Asiatic Society...
John Reynolds (1882–1884) Henry Francis Blanford (1884–1885) Dr. RajendralalMitra (1885) Edwin Felix Thomas Atkinson (1886–1887) James Waterhouse (1888–1890)...
specific name mitranus is after Indian archaeologist-anthropologist Babu RajendralalMitra (1824–1891). S. mitranus may grow to a length of 20 cm (7.9 in) and...
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