Nimai Bhattacharya was born on 10 April 1931 in Shalikha, Magura, Bengal Presidency, British India (Bangladesh).
He had passed IA and BA from Ripon College, Calcutta. He started his career in journalism. A novel which was written by him was published in Amritobazar in 1963. His next four novels were published in the newspaper. After that, he became a professional author.
He wrote more than 150 books, one of the most lauded of which was Memsaheb. A film was made based on the book, Mem Saheb (starring Uttam Kumar and Aparna Sen) in leading roles.
