Nihar Ranjan Gupta

Nihar Ranjan Gupta
নীহাররঞ্জন গুপ্ত
Nihar Ranjan Gupta
Born(1911-06-06)6 June 1911
Died20 February 1986(1986-02-20) (aged 74)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Physician, novelist, script writer
Known forKiriti Roy

Nihar Ranjan Gupta (Bengali: নীহাররঞ্জন গুপ্ত, pen name: Banbhatta (বানভট্ট); 6 June 1911 – 20 February 1986) was an Indian dermatologist and a popular Bengali novelist. He is the creator of the fictional detective character Kiriti Roy. Some of his writings were made into films of Bengal and Bollywood.