Kamal Kumar Majumdar was born on 17 November 1914, He was a major Fiction-writer of the Bengali language.
He started his studies in a school called “Bishnupur Shiksha Sangha” in Bishnupur but dropped formal studies before completing high school. For some time, he studied Sanskrit in Tol and learned sitar from a local maestro.
In 1937 he established a magazine called “Ushnish” where he used to write under his real name as well as a number of pen names. But during 1944–45 he devoted himself mostly to painting. During 1937–38 he got numerous offers for going abroad which he refused. The novel ‘Antarjali Jatra’ is considered his most notable work.
