1. Bhavabhushan Mitra, or Bhaba Bhusan Mitter, alias Swami Satyananda Puri, was a Bengali Indian freedom fighter and an influential social worker.
15 Facts About Bhavabhushan Mitra
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Bhavabhushan Mitra discovered Swami Vivekananda's teachings, which had inspired the physical fitness programme in which Jatin was assisted by his boyhood friend, Kunjalal Saha of Kushtia.
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In 1900, invited by Suren at his Kolkata residence, Jatin and Bhavabhushan attended a meeting where Kakuzo Okakura, the Japanese dreamer of the movement "Asia is One," was presented to dignitaries like Sister Nivedita, Barrister Pramathanath Mitra, Shashibhushan Raychaudhury and the members of the Tagore family.
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At Kolkata, Bhavabhushan Mitra noticed young Jatin's popularity among the seasoned personalities.
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In Nadia, Kolkata and Deoghar, Bhavabhushan Mitra grew as much familiar with Jartin's relatives as with those of Barin's.
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Previous to the search at Sil's Lodge one Bhaba Bhusan Bhavabhushan Mitra used to frequent Mani Basu's akhara.
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Bhavabhushan Mitra was known as the wanderer on account of his roving habits.
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Bhaba Bhusan Bhavabhushan Mitra "was very much mixed up with the Deoghar conspirators".
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Early in May 1908, escaping the massive arrests in Bengal, Bhavabhushan Mitra fled to Mumbai under the name of Advaitananda Brahmachari; when a money order sent by one Swami Krishnananda from 275 Upper Chitpur Road of Kolkata reached him, the Police detained it for investigation.
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Bhavabhushan Mitra secured 78 Russa Road for the use of the conspirators and was an associate of Barin, Ullaskar Dutta, Sushil Ghosh, Sailendra Nath Das and others.
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Bhavabhushan Mitra was holding a valid passport when the police arrested him in Mumbai.
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Bhavabhushan Mitra inserted an advertisement in the Amrita Bazar Patrika regarding a nursing home he intended setting up.
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Bhavabhushan Mitra was released on personal recognisance in January 1920.
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Bhavabhushan Mitra admired the Mother's effort for women's emancipation at Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry.
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Younger than Bagha Jatin, towards the end of life, Bhavabhushan Mitra lived the illusion of having brought up Jatin and guided him across critical choices.