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কিরীটী অমনিবাস #5

কিরীটী অমনিবাস ৫

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Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta was an Indian-Bengali famous author. He was a popular mystery story writer and physician and remembered as the creator of the famous detective character of Kiriti. Since childhood, he has always dreamed of becoming a writer and at the age of eighteen, he wrote his first novel ‘Rajkumar’. After that he wrote first detective novel ‘Kalo Bhromar’ and he was added detective character as Kiriti Roy.

382 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2009

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Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta (Bangla: নীহাররঞ্জন গুপ্ত) was an Indian dermatologist and a popular Bengali novelist. He is the creator of the fictional detective character Kiriti Roy.

Gupta came from a prestigious Kabiraj family of Itna village under Lohagara police station, in the district of Jessore, presently in the Narail district of Bangladesh. During the Second World War, Gupta served as an army doctor and was posted in different parts of the world. He was posted in Chittagong, Burma and Egypt. After the war, he completed post-graduation in medicine from the United Kingdom, specializing in dermatology. On his return he joined the Calcutta Medical College. In his career as a physician he was associated with several hospitals in India. After the Partition, his family permanently migrated to Kolkata in 1947.

As a child Gupta always dreamed of becoming a writer. He once went to Shantiniketan to seek the blessings of Rabindranath Tagore and took his autograph. At the age of eighteen he composed his first novel, Rajkumar. During his stay in England he developed a keen interest in detective stories and met Agatha Christie. After coming back to India, he composed his first detective novel, Kalo Bhramar [কালো ভ্রমর] where his launched his detective character Kiriti Roy [কিরীটী রায়].

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