Dinabandhu Mitra, also known as Denobhandhoo Mithra, (10 April 1829[1] – 1 November 1873) was a Bengali-language writer and dramatist.

But the small boy fled to Kolkata, where he started working in the house of his uncle, Nilmani Mitra.

His plays include Nil Darpan (1860), Nabin Tapasvini (1863), Biye Pagla Budo (1866), Sadhabar Ekadashi (1866), Lilavati (1867), Jamai Barik (1873) and Kamale Kamini (1873).

Another one of his noted contributions was Jamalaye Jibanta Manush (An Alive Man in the Abode of Yama), the basic storyline will later be adopted into film in the same name starring Bhanu Bandopadhyay and Basabi Nandi.

[5] His first hand experience of the indigo cultivators, while on the job as the postmaster in rural Orissa and Bengal, were reflected in the drama.

It was so emotionally motivating that when the play was staged, the notable educator and reformer Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar was so taken in by the realism of the performance of Ardhendushekhar Mustafi (the actor playing the role of the indigo planter Mr Wood) that he threw a shoe at the actor.

and a month of time in jail, the fully packed court house were full with sympathy towards the Rev.

[3] Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay compared Nil Darpan to Uncle Tom's Cabin for its role in arousing people's awareness of the evils of indigo plantations.

[3] Mitra was awarded the title Rai Bahadur by the British Raj for services rendered at the Lushai Expedition.