Draft:Manmohan Misra

Manmohan Mishra studied English Literature in Ravenshaw College and was the Founding President of the Ravenshaw College Students' Union.{{Cite book |last=Mohanty |first=Nivedita |title=Ravenshaw College -Orissa's Temple of Learning, 1868-2006 |date=2017 |publisher=Prafulla, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, India |isbn=978-93-80768-09-0 |edition=1st |location=India |publication-date=2017 |pages=230 |language=English}} He was suspended after taking the initiative to take down the British flag from the College pole. Manmohan joined the fight for freedom after quitting his studies.{{Cite journal |last=Pradhan |first=Prshant Kumar |title=The Communist Movement of Odisha |date=2017 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26906190 |journal=Proceedings of India History Congress |volume=78 |pages=1119–1128 |jstor=26906190 |via=JSTOR}}{{Cite web |title=Bhakti movement in Odisha and its impact on the society of Odisha |url=https://yugschool.com/bhakti-movement-in-odisha-and-its-impact-on-the-society-of-odisha |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=YUG SCHOOL |language=en}} He was a member of Indian People's Theater Association (IPTA).{{Cite journal |last=Pradhan |first=Prasant |date=2018 |title=The Communists of Odisha and Post -Independence Class Struggle |url=https://www.academia.edu/116819168/The_Communists_of_Odisha_and_Post_Independence_Class_Struggle |journal=Proceedings of Indian History Congress, 2018 |via=www.academia.edu}} From early life Mishra had interest in Indian politics, Manmohan was elected the Chairman of Cuttack Municipality in 1959.{{Cite web |title=Orissa Municipal Election Validation Ordinance, 1959 Section 3(1) |url=https://www.courtkutchehry.com/Judgement/Search/AdvancedV2?s_acts=Orissa%20Municipal%20Election%20Validation%20Ordinance,%201959§ion_art=section&s_article_val=3(1) |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=www.courtkutchehry.com}} He strategized the victory of Indian National Congress in Odisha in 1961. In 1965, he was ousted from All India Congress Committee (AICC) because of his support of the students' agitation against the Government. Manmohan continued as a left-leaning Independent for the rest of his life.

Manmohan's early literary compositions were used in marches, meetings and in stage shows. {{Cite book |last=Rath |first=Brajanath |title=ବିପ୍ଳବୀ ମନମୋହନ ସ୍ମୃତି ସଞ୍ଚୟନ (bipaabi manamohana smruti sanchayana) |publisher=Subarnashrre prakashini, Motiganj, Balasore 3, India |year=2008 |edition=1st |location=India |pages=11-14, 18-22, 23-32 |language=Odia}} They were banned from circulation by the British. Manmohan succeeded in recreating many of them from memory{{Cite book |last=Misra |first=Manmohan |title=କୌମି ନାରା Quomi nara |publisher=Bidyaratna Prakashana, Tarapur, Cuttack |year=2000 |edition=1st |location=Cuttack, India |language=Odia}} A three-part series travel diary recollecting his travel to Helsinki is among the early travel literature of Odisha{{Cite book |last=Misra |first=Manmohan |title=ମନମୋହନ ମିଶ୍ର ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥାବଳୀ ଚତୁର୍ଥ ଭାଗ - ଏସିଆର ନିଦ୍ରିତା ରାଜକନ୍ୟା, ଚିରଯୌବନର ଦେଶ, ସମରକନ୍ଦରେ ଗୋଟିଏ ଦିନ |date=2017 |publisher=Bidyaratna Prakashana |edition=1st |location=TTarpur, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, India |publication-date=2017 |pages=125–264 |language=Odia |trans-title=Odia}}. A translation of the collection of poems by Soviet poets has been a unique addition to Odia literature. ରୁଷୀୟ ସଂଗୀତାବଳୀ{{Cite book |last=Misra |first=Manmohan |title=ରୁଷୀୟ ସଂଗୀତାବଳି |publisher=bāṇī bhaṇḍāra, Cuttack, ବାଣୀ ଭଣ୍ଡାର, କଟକ |year=1967 |edition=ist |location=Cuttack, India |language=or}} (Anthology of Poems from Russia) published in 1967 won the Soviet Land Nehru Award for the year. Two other translations Maxim Gorky's "On Literature"{{Cite book |last=Gorki |first=Maxim |title=On Literature |publisher=Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow |year=1930 |edition=1st |location=Moscow |language=English}}{{Cite book |last=Misra |first=Manmohan |title=ମୋର ଅନୁଭୂତି |publisher=Cuttack Trading Company, Cuttack |year=1965 |edition=1st |location=Cuttack, India |language=or}} and Thomas Mann's "The Transposed Heads"{{Cite book |last=Mann |first=Thomas |title=The Transposed Heads |publisher=Alfred A Knopf |year=1941 |edition=ist |location=New York |language=English}}{{Cite book |last=Misra |first=Manmohan |title=ପାଲଟା ମଣିଷ |publisher=Cuttack Trading Company |year=1966 |edition=1st |location=Cuttack, Indai |language=or}} appeared the following year. Manmohan produced two research books on Odia linguistics (i) ଚଳନ୍ତି ଭାଷାର ପ୍ରୟୋଗ caḻanti bhāṣāra prayoga,{{Cite book |last=Misra |first=Manmohan |title=ଚଳନ୍ତି ଭାଷାର ପ୍ରୟୋଗ |publisher=J. Mahapatra & Co |year=1971 |edition=1st |location=Cuttack, India |language=or}} (The use and application of current language) and (ii) ଚଳନ୍ତି ଭାଷାର ବିଜ୍ଞାନ caḻanti bhāṣāra bijñāna{{Cite web |title=Chalanti Bhasara Bigyana (MM Mishra, 1971) p.pdf |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_BhnjCxrAQdUtQlceRX3-Ggz031tkkLe/view?usp=embed_facebook |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Google Docs}} (the science of the current language) in 1969..

Manmohan was detected with Alzheimer's disease in 1999. He died of a stroke on November 19, 2000 at Kalinga Hospital in Bhubaneswar.A statue was unveiled in Cuttack, by the town Mayor on March 23, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn_rBxal7lM 2024].

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