Harish Chandra Mitra (1837–1872) was a Bengali playwright, poet, essayist, journalist.
His father, Abhay Charan Mitra was a resident of Howrah, West Bengal.
[1] In the last phase of his life, Mitra was mainly a journalist, editor and publisher.
He published the first newspaper from Dhaka: monthly Kavita Kushumabali(1960).
[1] Harish Chandra Mitra also wrote a number of school-text books including Saralpath (1863), Kavita Kaumoodi (3 vol), Chhatra Sakha, Kushumlata, and Chasitabalir Artha.