Sepoy Revolt, Bengal saw one more important revolt in its history. The play was published from Dhaka and soon after its publication it ignited a major argument in the newspapers. 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. Michael Madhusudan Dutt translated the play into English immediately after it was published. and Reverend James Long published it. The play got wide publicity in Europe where it was translated into other languages. No other Bengali book at that time got so wide publicity at such large scale. 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. The actor accepted the shoe as a compliment. A lawsuit was filed against Rev. Long on 19 July 1861 for libeling the editor of the Englishman and libeling the indigo planters. Rev. Long was fined a sum of 1000 Rs. and a month of time in jail, the fully packed court house were full with sympathy towards the Rev. and the dramatist. The fined sum was paid at the spot by author Kaliprasanna Singha. The court hearing against the indigo planters went for the next four years. Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay compared Nil Darpan to Uncle Tom's Cabin for its role in arousing people's awareness of the evils of indigo plantations. Later life and legacy Mitra was awarded the title Rai Bahadur by the British Raj for services rendered at the Lushai Expedition. He was the matchmaker between Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and Rajlakshmi Devi. He died on 1 November 1873. The college Dinabandhu Mahavidyalay (estd. 1947) is named after Mitra. References 1830 births 1873 deaths People from Nadia district Hare School alumni Presidency University, Kolkata alumni University of Calcutta alumni Bengali writers Bengali-language writers Dramatists and playwrights from West Bengal