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Pramathanath Mitra, the barrister was instrumental in setting up the Anushilan Samiti in 1902 in Calcutta. He was a proponent of Indian nationalism. While on the surface, the Anushilan Samiti functioned as a social club for fitness, it operated as an underground society for anti-British revolutionaries. Along with Mitra, Aurobindo Ghosh and his brother Barindra Kumar Ghosh were instrumental in helping the Anushilan Samiti to grow and spread throughout Bengal.

Source: IGNCA, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India