Mitra Institution (Main)

{{Infobox school

| name = Mitra Institution (Main)

| image = Mitra Institution Main - 60B Surya Sen Street - Kolkata 2014-01-01 1786.JPG

| image_size =

| streetaddress = 60-B Surya Sen Street

| city = Kolkata

| state = West Bengal

| postcode = 700 009

| country = India

| type = Government

| religious_affiliation = Secular

| established = {{start date and age|5 January 1898}}

| founder = Bisweswar Mitra

| locale =

| schoolboard = WBBSE & WBCHSE

| authority = Government of West Bengal

| category = Higher Secondary

| chairman = Governor of West Bengal

| principal = Sayantan Das (Head Master)

| years = 120

| gender = only boys upto X and HS section CO-ED

| affiliations = West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education

| campus = Urban

}}

Mitra Institution (Main) is a heritage educational institution of Kolkata, West Bengal, teaching grades one to twelve under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. The school premises are situated at 60-B Surya Sen Street, near Sealdah. There is a different co-educational primary and a girls school section up to class X.{{Cite web|url=http://www.icbse.com/schools/mitra-institution-main/19170104028|title=Mitra Institution (Main) School|website=icbse.com|access-date=24 March 2018}}

History

The school was established by Babu Bisweswar Mitra on 5 January 1898. Initially it started with only five students. In 1901, Raja Peary Mohan Mukherjee became the first President of the school. After the recognition of University of Calcutta in 1904, the school became famous. Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee and Sir Alexander Pedlar, the then Vice Chancellor, helped the institution to grant affiliation of the university. Bipin Chandra Pal, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Sir Bhupendra Nath Bose, Amritlal Bose visited Mitra Institution (Main) and became involved with its affairs.{{Cite web |title=MITRA INSTITUTION |url=https://www.mitrainstitutionmain.com/about.php |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=www.mitrainstitutionmain.com}}

Alumni

= Others =

class="wikitable sortable"
Name !Year !Degree !class="unsortable"\|Notability !class="unsortable"\|References
Saumyendranath Tagore \|1917 \|Matriculation \|Political ideologue, essayist \|{{cite web\|url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/tagore/index.htm\|title=Saumyendranath Tagore\|access-date=20 August 2024}}
Bishnu Dey \| \| \|Poet, essayist \|{{cite web\|url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/bishnu-dey-rebel-poet-and-harbinger-of-modernism-in-bengali-verse\|title=Bishnu Dey, ‘rebel’ poet and harbinger of modernism in Bengali verse\|access-date=20 August 2024}}
Nirendranath Chakravarty \| \|Matriculation \|Poet, translator, novelist \|{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/the-guardian-of-bengali-literature-passes-away/articleshow/67250530.cms\|title=The guardian of Bengali literature Nirendranath Chakraborty passes away\|access-date=20 August 2024}}
Debi Prasad Pal \| \|Matriculation \|Advocate, Legislator, Union minister of India \|{{cite web\|url=https://www.mitraalumni.in/\|title=Mitra Institution (Main) Alumni\|access-date=20 August 2024}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Name

!Year

!Degree

!class="unsortable"|Notability

!class="unsortable"|References

Saumyendranath Tagore

|1917

|Matriculation

|Political ideologue, essayist

|{{cite web|url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/tagore/index.htm|title=Saumyendranath Tagore|access-date=20 August 2024}}

Bishnu Dey

|

|Poet, essayist

|{{cite web|url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/bishnu-dey-rebel-poet-and-harbinger-of-modernism-in-bengali-verse|title=Bishnu Dey, ‘rebel’ poet and harbinger of modernism in Bengali verse|access-date=20 August 2024}}

Nirendranath Chakravarty

|

|Matriculation

|Poet, translator, novelist

|{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/the-guardian-of-bengali-literature-passes-away/articleshow/67250530.cms|title=The guardian of Bengali literature Nirendranath Chakraborty passes away|access-date=20 August 2024}}

Debi Prasad Pal

|

|Matriculation

|Advocate, Legislator, Union minister of India

|{{cite web|url=https://www.mitraalumni.in/|title=Mitra Institution (Main) Alumni|access-date=20 August 2024}}