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Peary Chand Mitra

(English: Piari Chand Mitra)

A Bengali writer and social reformer with an interest in spiritualism. He became the first president of the Bengal Theosophical Society when that branch was organised in Calcutta in April 1882. He contributed essays on spiritual and philosophical subjects to The Theosophist.
Indian writer and social reformer (1814-1883), active in the Theosophical Society in Calcutta and interested in Spiritualism. He helped found the British Indian Association, served on the Bengal Legislative Council and promoted prevention of cruelty to animals.  (BCW 2:536).
The appendix refers to his biographical sketch elsewhere in the collected writings.  (BCW 4:658).

Chaired H. S. Olcott’s lecture in Calcutta on 5 April 1882; the Bengal branch was organised the following day.  (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 4:xxiii)

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Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
CTD article in Russian: Митра, Пиари Чанд

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+Indian writer and social reformer (1814-1883), active in the Theosophical Society in Calcutta and interested in Spiritualism. He helped found the British Indian Association, served on the Bengal Legislative Council and promoted prevention of cruelty to animals. {{ctd-source|BCW|2|536}}.
+The appendix refers to his biographical sketch elsewhere in the collected writings. {{ctd-source|BCW|4|658}}.
+Chaired [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]]’s lecture in Calcutta on 5 April 1882; the Bengal branch was organised the following day. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4)#xxiii|BCW 4:xxiii]]}}
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-== Contributions to The Theosophist, volume 1 ==
-* The Inner God. October 1879, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 18. ID: 001-0019-01.
-* The Hindu Bengal. August 1880, vol. 1, no. 11, p. 280. ID: 001-0280-01.
-== Sources ==
-* [https://theosophy.wiki/en/Bengal_Theosophical_Society Biographical source].
-* [https://en.teopedia.org/lib/Theosophist/Vol1 The Theosophist, vol. 1 (1879–1880)]: the cited articles and the volume’s Names of Contributors.
-* The Theosophist 1879 - 1885 Reference.xlsx, volume 1 entries; used as a finding aid, with attributions checked against the journal.