Bimal Mitra was born in 18 March 1912. He was an Indian writer in Bengali. Bimal Mitra was equally adept in writing in Bengali as well as in Hindi.
Bimal Mitra was equally adept in writing in Bengali as well as in Hindi, and wrote more than one hundred novels and short stories. Many of Bimal Mitra’s novels have been made into successful films. One of his most popular works, Shaheb Bibi Golam was released in January 1953 and was adapted into a hugely popular movie. He also earned a Filmfare nomination for Best Story for the film.
He had served in railways in Bilaspur for long years. He was working in the Chakradharpur Division in the 1940s in the Control Organisation. One of his novelettes Char Chokher Khela is based on the lives of the Anglo-Indian population of Chakradharpur railway colony.
Mitra died on December 2, 1991, at his residence named “Baansh Bhavan” in Chetla, South Calcutta
