Nihar Ranjan Gupta was born on 6 June 1911, in a Kabiraj family in Itna village under Lohagara police station, in the district of Jessore, presently in the Narail district of Bangladesh. He was an Indian dermatologist and a popular Bengali novelist.
Due to his father’s transferable job, he had to attend several schools, including Gaibandha High School. In 1930 he passed Matriculation from Konnagar High School. After completing his I.Sc. from Krishnagar Government College, Krishnanagar, he took admitted to Carmichael Medical College.
He is the creator of the fictional detective character Kiriti Roy. Some of his writings were made into films in Bengal and Bollywood.
