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Siddha Mohana Mitra
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Writer and editor
Other names
S. M. Mitra
About
Siddha Mohana Mitra was born in 1856 and died in 1925. He was of Hindu Bengali origin and had lived in Hyderabad for some years. Mitra was editor of the Deccan Post.
From the beginning of the twentieth century, Mitra wrote a number of books on India, published in London. He was a regular contributor to the Asiatic Quarterly Review. He was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society and met several high-ranking Anglo-Indian officials. His book Indian Problems, cited by Lord Curzon in a House of Lords debate in 1912, revealed Mitra's argument that the partition of Bengal had not had a detrimental effect on the region. George Birdwood wrote an introduction to this book and encouraged Mitra to publish his work of fiction, Hindupore.
Maharani of Baroda, George Birdwood, John Murray (publisher).
Cobden Club, Royal Asiatic Society.
British Rule in India, introduction by Sir James Fergusson, L. Ashburner, John Pollen and Colonel W. Loch (London: Dalziel & Co., 1905)
India and Imperial Preference (London: Cobden Club, 1907)
Indian Problems, introduction by Sir George Birdwood (London: J. Murray, 1908)
Hindupore: A Peep behind the Indian Unrest – An Anglo-Indian Romance (London: Luzac & Co., 1909)
Life and Letters of Sir John Hall, introduction by Rear-Admiral R. Massie Blomfield (London: Longmans, 1911)
(with her Highness the Maharani of Baroda) The Position of Women in Indian Life (London: Longmans, 1911)
Anglo-Indian Studies (London: Longmans, 1913)
Peace in India, How to Attain It (London: Longmans, 1922)
My book, 'Indian Problems', has not only been well received by the British Press, but has been quoted by Lord Curzon in a Debate in the House of Lords. Among my humble suggestions therein which aroused attention was the granting of the Victoria Cross to members of the Native Army, which was graciously taken into consideration by the King-Emperor, with the result that the much-coveted V. C. is now within the reach of my countrymen. Such circumstances have encouraged me to publish the present volume, 'Anglo-Indian studies'.
Anglo-Indian Studies (London: Longmans, 1913), preface
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