Shankha Ghosh
1932–2021Bengali poet, literary critic and educator (1932-2021)
President of India from 2012 to 2017
Pranab Mukherjee
1935–2020, born Mirati, writes in Bangla, English, autobiographer
Pranab Mukherjee was an Indian politician who served as the president of India from 2012 until 2017. He was the first person from West Bengal to hold the office. In a political career spanning five decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader in the Indian National Congress and occupied several top ministerial portfolios in the Government of India. Prior to his election as President, Mukherjee was Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012 also in 1982 to 1984. He was awarded India’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 2019, by his successor as president, Ram Nath Kovind.
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On Open Library
THE COALITION YEARS2017
Challenges Before the Nation/Saga of Struggle and Sacrifice (Indian National Congress)1993
Beyond survival1984
The dramatic decade2015Editions Open Library lists under this name; a namesake may slip in.
Elsewhere
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Also writing in Bangla
Annada Shankar Ray
1905–2002writer, poet, essayist (1905-2002)
Sunil Gangopadhyay
1934–2012Award-winning and bestselling Bengali poet and author (1934-2012)
Satyajit Ray
1921–1992filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
1894–1950Bengali author (1894–1950)
Alokranjan Dasgupta
1933–2020Bengali poet (1933-2020)