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	'''Mihir Sengupta''' is an Indian writer of [[Bengali people\|Bengali]] ~~origin,~~ best known for his 2005 autobiography ''Bishaad Brikkho'' (''Tree of Sorrow'').<ref>[http://www.mcrg.ac.in/Spheres/Rajarshi.doc Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group document]</ref><ref>[http://kafila.org/2010/10/29/the-return-of-daya-prasanta-chakravarty/ Kafila essay]</ref> It describes the ~~1947~~ partition as seen by the author, who was uprooted from his native [[Barisal]] in present-day [[Bangladesh]] and ended up in Calcutta as a refugee. ''Bishaad Brikkho'' is regarded as an important literary document of the ~~1947~~ partition and won the [[Ananda Puroshkar]] literary prize.		{{Infobox person
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			\| birth_date = 1 September 1946
			\| birth_place = Keora, [[Barisal District\|Barisal]], British India
			\| death_date = 17 January 2022 (Age 75)
			\| death_place = [[Kolkata]], India
			\| alma mater = [[Brojomohun College]]
			\| occupation = Bank employee, writer
			\|notable_works = Bisadbrikhho
			\| awards = [[Ananda Purashkar]] (2005)
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			'''Mihir Sengupta''' (1946 – 17 January 2022) was an Indian writer of [[Bengali people\|Bengali]] literature.

			He was best known for his 2005 autobiography ''Bishaad Brikkho'' ('Tree of Sorrow').<ref>[http://www.mcrg.ac.in/Spheres/Rajarshi.doc Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group document]</ref><ref>[http://kafila.org/2010/10/29/the-return-of-daya-prasanta-chakravarty/ Kafila essay]</ref> It describes the atrocities of post-partition East Pakistan as seen by the author, who was uprooted from his native [[Barisal]] in present-day Bangladesh and ended up in Calcutta as a refugee. ''Bishaad Brikkho'' is regarded as an important literary document of the atrocities of post-partition West Pakistan and won the [[Ananda Puroshkar]] literary prize. Sengupta died in Kolkata of blood cancer on 17 January 2022, at the age of 75.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Mihir Sengupta: ভাটিপুত্রের কথা ফুরোল \|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/famous-author-mihir-sengupta-passed-away/cid/1324149 \|access-date=21 January 2022 \|publisher=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] \|date=18 January 2022}}</ref>

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'''Mihir Sengupta''' is an Indian writer of [[Bengali people|Bengali]] origin, best known for his 2005 autobiography ''Bishaad Brikkho'' (''Tree of Sorrow'').<ref>[http://www.mcrg.ac.in/Spheres/Rajarshi.doc Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group document]</ref><ref>[http://kafila.org/2010/10/29/the-return-of-daya-prasanta-chakravarty/ Kafila essay]</ref> It describes the 1947 partition as seen by the author, who was uprooted from his native [[Barisal]] in present-day [[Bangladesh]] and ended up in Calcutta as a refugee. ''Bishaad Brikkho'' is regarded as an important literary document of the 1947 partition and won the [[Ananda Puroshkar]] literary prize.

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