Santosh Gupta's birthday today
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Today is the 91st birth anniversary of eminent journalist and writer Santosh Gupta.
Santosh Gupta Smriti Parishad will place wreaths at his memorial at the Postagola crematorium at 10:00am.
Born in 1925 in Jhalakathi, Gupta was involved in left politics before starting journalism career in 1957. He was a senior assistant editor of the daily Sangbad. Santosh wrote 18 books on politics, literature and journalism and also edited some 30 books. He was awarded Swadhinata Padak, Ekushey Padak and Sher-e-Bangla Padak. He died on August 6, 2004 at the age of 80.
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