The Quora reply was very illuminating: the astrophysicist mentions that Einstein and Eddington already suggested the same solution as Mitra did long before him,

The Quora reply was very illuminating: the astrophysicist mentions that Einstein and Eddington already suggested the same solution as Mitra did long before him, but most people today don't think it's the correct one. I guess Einstein also lacked the CAMBRIDGE AFFILIATION to get any recognition for that solution.