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Draft:Manmohan Misra

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ମନମୋହନ ମିଶ୍ର

Manmohan Misra was a twentieth century revolutionary poet from Odisha, India.[1] He participated in India's freedom struggle against the British occupation.. Much of of his writings were banned by the British.[2][3] His poems gave voice to the farmers and the mill workers in the State of Odisha[4]

Summary

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He emulated his revolutionary leanings from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose who was his high-school alumnus[5]. He served as a member of the Communist Party of India from 1940 to 1956 and was a member of Indian National Congress from 1957 to 1964[2]. He served as the Founding Editor of the daily newspaper Kalinga[6] from 1960 to 1963 and served as the Chairman of Cuttack Municipality [7] 1959 to 1963. He founded the grassroots People's Literature[8] movement in Odisha. ..

Education and Political Life

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Manmohan studied English Literature in Ravenshaw College (now University) and was the Founding President of the Ravenshaw College Students' Union[9]..He took lead in removing the British flag from the College pole and was suspended. Manmohan quit studies and joined the freedom movement..[10]

Communist Party

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He was known for his eloquence and oratory.[11] He wrote for the masses and sang his songs in public meetings. He was a member of Indian People's Theater Association (IPTA). He contested as a Communist candidate from Puri Parliamentary Constituency in 1952 in the First General Elections of India, but was defeated.. . He established branch units of World Peace Council in Odisha and served as the Founding Secretary. He attended the World Peace Council event at Helsinki, Finland, in 1955, as a poet delegate from India[12]. With the Russian invasion of Hungary[13] in November 1956, Manmohan condemned the aggression[5] and severed his ties with the Communist Party..

Indian National Congress

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He was invited to join the Indian National Congress by the late Govind Ballabh Pant[2].. .He edited a weekly bulletin called The Congress and helped establish the daily Kalinga[2] from Cuttack. Manmohan was elected the Chairman of Cuttack Municipality in 1959. He strategized the victory of Indian National Congress in Odisha in 1961.[5] 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[2][5]

Literary Career

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Manmohan's early literary compositions were used in marches, meetings and in stage shows. [14] They were banned from circulation by the British. Manmohan succeeded in recreating many of them from memory[15] A three-part series travel diary recollecting his travel to Helsinki is among the early travel literature of Odisha[16]. A translation of the collection of poems by Soviet poets has been a unique addition to Odia literature. ରୁଷୀୟ ସଂଗୀତାବଳୀ[17] (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"[18][19] and Thomas Mann's "The Transposed Heads"[20][21] appeared the following year. Manmohan produced two research books on Odia linguistics (i) ଚଳନ୍ତି ଭାଷାର ପ୍ରୟୋଗ caḻanti bhāṣāra prayoga,[22] (The use and application of current language) and (ii) ଚଳନ୍ତି ଭାଷାର ବିଜ୍ଞାନ caḻanti bhāṣāra bijñāna[23] (the science of the current language) in 1969..

He created a biography of Barrister Bishvanatha Misra,.[24] the first Bar-at-law from Odisha who articulated his views in British Legislative Council in his native language Odia. In the '80s, Manmohan edited a literary journal called "Abhijatri." that became a training vehicle for new progressive writers in Odisha.

Death and Memorial

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Manmohan was detected with Alzheimer's disease in 1999[2]. He died of a stroke on November 19, 2000 at Kalinga Hospital in Bhubaneswar[2].A statue was unveiled in Cuttack, by the town Mayor on March 23, 2024.

References

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  1. ^ Misra, Gopal Chandra (1964). "India Literature, Sahitya Academi". www.jstor.org. 7 (2). JSTOR 23329253. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Mahapatra, Ashish (2012). Koti kaNthara spandana କୋଟି କଣ୍ଠର ସ୍ପନ୍ଦନ (in Odia) (1st ed.). Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India: Samyabadi.
  3. ^ Pattanyak, Subhash Chandra (November 23, 2012). "Poet of the masses Manmohan Mishra is yet of utmost Relevance for real Republic: Asish Mohapatra". Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  4. ^ Kalinga TV (2024-03-23). Statue of Late Manmohan Mishra unveils at Chauliaganj in Cuttack || Kalinga TV. Retrieved 2024-06-01 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ a b c d Misra, Bijoymohan (December 1, 2023). ମନମୋହନ ମିଶ୍ର [Manamohana Mishra] (in Odia) (1st ed.). Kolkata, India: Sahitya Akademi (published December 2023). pp. 19–23.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. ^ Jefferey, Robin (1997). "Oriya: 'Identifying... with Newspapers'". Economic and Political Weekly. 32 (11): 511–514 – via jstor.org.
  7. ^ Singh, Subhash Chandra (2022). "Mayor, Cuttack Municipal Corporation". cmccuttack.gov.in/. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  8. ^ Das, Sisir Kumar (1995). A history of Indian literature. 1911-1956, Struggle for freedom, triumph and tragedy (1st ed.). Delhi, India: Sahitya Akademi, India. p. 546. ISBN 81-7201-798-7.
  9. ^ Mohanty, Nivedita (2017). Ravenshaw College -Orissa's Temple of Learning, 1868-2006 (1st ed.). India: Prafulla, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, India. p. 230. ISBN 978-93-80768-09-0.
  10. ^ Pradhan, Prshant Kumar (2017). "The Communist Movement of Odisha". Proceedings of India History Congress. 78: 1119–1128. JSTOR 26906190 – via JSTOR.
  11. ^ Narasimhan, R (1951). "Parsuram Das And Ors. vs State on 18 September, 1951". indiankanoon.org/. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  12. ^ World Council of Peace, Secretariat (1955). "World Assembly for Peace, Helsinki, June 22nd–29th, 1955 : [proceedings]". Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  13. ^ Depart of State, United States (1956). "Hungary, 1956". state.gov. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  14. ^ Rath, Brajanath (2008). ବିପ୍ଳବୀ ମନମୋହନ ସ୍ମୃତି ସଞ୍ଚୟନ (bipaabi manamohana smruti sanchayana) (in Odia) (1st ed.). India: Subarnashrre prakashini, Motiganj, Balasore 3, India. pp. 11–14, 18–22, 23–32.
  15. ^ Misra, Mnamohan (2000). କୌମି ନାରା Quomi nara (in Odia) (1st ed.). Cuttack, India: Bidyaratna Prakashana, Tarapur, Cuttack.
  16. ^ Misra, Manmohan (2017). ମନମୋହନ ମିଶ୍ର ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥାବଳୀ ଚତୁର୍ଥ ଭାଗ - ଏସିଆର ନିଦ୍ରିତା ରାଜକନ୍ୟା, ଚିରଯୌବନର ଦେଶ, ସମରକନ୍ଦରେ ଗୋଟିଏ ଦିନ (in Odia) (1st ed.). TTarpur, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, India: Bidyaratna Prakashana. pp. 125–264.
  17. ^ Misra, Manmohan (1967). ରୁଷୀୟ ସଂଗୀତାବଳି (in Odia) (ist ed.). Cuttack, India: bāṇī bhaṇḍāra, Cuttack, ବାଣୀ ଭଣ୍ଡାର, କଟକ.
  18. ^ Gorki, Maxim (1930). On Literature (1st ed.). Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow.
  19. ^ Misra, Manmohan (1965). ମୋର ଅନୁଭୂତି (in Odia) (1st ed.). Cuttack, India: Cuttack Trading Company, Cuttack.
  20. ^ Mann, Thomas (1941). The Transposed Heads (ist ed.). New York: Alfred A Knopf.
  21. ^ Misra, Manmohan (1966). ପାଲଟା ମଣିଷ (in Odia) (1st ed.). Cuttack, Indai: Cuttack Trading Company.
  22. ^ Misra, Manmohan (1971). ଚଳନ୍ତି ଭାଷାର ପ୍ରୟୋଗ (in Odia) (1st ed.). Cuttack, India: J. Mahapatra & Co.
  23. ^ "Chalanti Bhasara Bigyana (MM Mishra, 1971) p.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  24. ^ "Manmohan Mishra Granthabali, vol.03 (R Dash, Ed., 2014) p.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

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