Sachindranath Sengupta (1891 - 1961), also known as Sachin Sengupta was a prominent

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and the producer and director of theatrical plays in

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. His works include the dramatization of the works of poets

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and

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. Some of his famous plays include- Raktakamal, Rashtrabirohi, Desher dabi. Sirajdullah was his most famous work. It was staged both as a Natak and Jatra all over Bengal and was very popular among the contemporary Bengali society. He had travelled

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, China,

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etc. as the part of the non governmental troupe. He died on 5 March 1961 (Bhupen Bose Avenue, Kolkata). Son's name- Rabindranath Sengupta, Surendranath Sengupta & Dipendra Sengupta/Dipen Sengupta (family lives in now Behala, Kolkata).

References

For farther information -"তরঙ্গ উৎসব সংখ্যা২০১৩" little magazine: writer Abhirup Dasgupta, Page (23-25)(sachin Sengupta's sister Protiva moye debi is great grand mother of Abhirup Dasgupta) 1891 births 1961 deaths Indian male dramatists and playwrights Bengali writers University of Calcutta alumni 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Dramatists and playwrights from West Bengal Writers from Kolkata 20th-century Indian male writers {{India-writer-stub People from Khulna District