Sisir Kumar Ghosh

Sisir Kumar Ghosh (1840–1911), also spelled Shishir Kumar Ghose, was an Indian journalist, founder of the Amrita Bazar Patrika, a Bengali language newspaper, in 1868,^[1][2] and an independence activist from Bengal.

Sisir Kumar Ghosh
শিশির কুমার ঘোষ
Born	1840 Palua, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	10 January 1911 (aged 70–71) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Hare School, Presidency College, Calcutta University
Occupation(s)	Journalist, Freedom fighter, playwright, biographers
Known for	Founders of Amrita Bazar Patrika
Movement	Indian Independence Movement

He started the India League in 1875 intending to stimulate the sense of nationalism amongst the people.^[3] He was also a Vaishnavite, remembered for writings on mystic saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (Gauranga), and for penning a book on him titled Lord Gauranga or Salvation for All in 1897.^[4][5] He also writes several biographies for example: Narottam Charit.^[6] He was one of the first batch of students who passed the first entrance examination of Calcutta University in 1857.^[7]