Veteran author passes away
Veteran author and educationist Jiban Krishna Patra passed away leaving a pall of gloom in the entire Barpeta district on Tuesday. The end came in the morning at a local hospital where he was undergoing treatment.
He was 80. Patra, who came to Assam in the Sixtieth authored many books when he was working as a professor of a college.
Various parties, organizations and individuals have condoled the death of the veteran author and paid their last respect to Patra.
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Come Sunday. Bhawanipur College in Barpeta is all prepared to hold a huge alumni meet on that day.
Several college alumnis, now enjoying a rare degree of veneration have already confimed their participation in the function.
For participation, the interested college alumnis are expected to contact Raju Das 9435025318, Manas Chakrabarty 9864424090 or Samiran Sarma 9854475615.
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