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May 13, 1947

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Sukanta Bhattacharya

1947Sukanta Bhattacharya, Indian poet and playwright (born 1926)[†]

Sukanta Bhattacharya was a Bengali poet. He was called "Young Nazrul" and Kishore Bidrohi Kobi, a reference to Kazi Nazrul Islam, for his similar rebellious stance against the British Raj and the social elites through the work of poetry.