Renowned Indian author Samaresh Majumdar passes away. He was 81. 

He breathed his last at a hospital in Kolkata on Monday evening.

Samares Mazumdar was born on March 10, 1942. 

His novel Kalbela, Kalpurush and Mousalkal is considered as a modern classic. Kalbela won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1984.

He is also known for creating the detective character Arjun, who is the central character of the 2013 film Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan. The Bengali film Buno Haansh, which released on 15 August 2014, is also based on his novel of the same name, which was published in Pujabarshiki Anondolok.

BDST: 1917 HRS, MAY 08, 2023
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