January, on the birthday of Indian freedom fighter, Subhas Chandra Bose there is a 10-mile running competition in commemoration. Media Midnapore has an All India Radio Relay station known as Akashvani Midnapore. It broadcasts on FM frequencies. A number of local Bengali-language newspapers are circulated from Midnapore; notable among them being Biplabi Sabyasachi, Medinipur Times, Chhapa Khabor and Dainik Upatyaka. The District Library of the Midnapore district is located in the city. The other notable library is Rishi Rajnarayan Library. Notable people Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, social activist Khudiram Bose, revolutionary Anirban Bhattacharya, Bengali film actor and theatre personality Rajnarayan Basu, writer and proponent of Young Bengal movement Hemchandra Kanungo, revolutionary Matangini Hazra, freedom fighter Birendranath Sasmal, social activist Satish Chandra Samanta, social activist Nirmal Jibon Ghosh, revolutionary Ramkrishna Roy, revolutionary Anath Bondhu Panja, revolutionary Brajakishore Chakraborty, revolutionary Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharya, revolutionary Mahasweta Devi, writer and Magsaysay Award winner Byomkes Chakrabarti, Linguist, writer and poet Mani Lal Bhaumik, Physicist Narayan Chandra Rana, Astrophysicist Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Poet Soumya Sankar Bose, Artist and photographer Tamal Bandyopadhyay, one of India's most prominent Business Journalists and Author Khanto Bala Rai, educator Souhardya De, Indian author, columnist and Bal Puraskar recipient Jayi Rajaguru, Prominent Indian freedom fighter breathed his last here. Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy, educationist and author Hassan Suhrawardy, Lieutenant Colonel and British Indian diplomat Zahid Suhrawardy, eminent jurist and diplomat Hasan Shaheed Suhrawardy, noted art critic and diplomat Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Prime Minister of Bengal, diplomat and later Prime Minister of Pakistan. Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, poet, activist and Pakistani diplomat Prabhanshu Sekhar Pal revolutionary Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharya revolutionary Bimal Dasgupta revolutionary Bankim Bihari Pal Notes References Reference to URS in recent media On temples of Midnapur March 27, 2006 Outlook feature on Pathra's temples and their restoration efforts Account of early history of Midnapore during the Maratha raids A history book that includes an interesting account of what it was like to be English in Midnapore during the days of the Raj Further reading D. K. Chakrabarti, Archaeology of coastal West Bengal: Twenty-four Parganas and Midnapur districts (1994) South Asian Studies,10:pp. 135–160 External links Paschim Medinipur District official website Purba Medinipur District official website Vidyasagar University Midnapore College Midnapore Medical College and Hospital Midnapore Municipality Biplabi Sabyasachi Cities and towns in Paschim Medinipur district