DHAKA: Eminent litterateur and journalist Nimai Bhattacharya has passed away. He was 89.

He breathed his last on Thursday morning at his residence at Tallyganj of Kolkata (India), said a Kolkata TV online.

He had started his career in journalism. A novel which was written by him was published in Amritobazar in 1963. 

Nimai Bhattacharya was born in 10 April 1931 in Magura's Shalikha.

He had written more than 150 books. But his most notable work is Memsaheb. A film was made based on the book named Memsaheb where Uttam Kumar and Aparna Sen in main roles.

BDST: 2020 HRS, JUN 25, 2020
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