Background
Sinha was born in 1935, in the village of Sindurkait-Babupur, in the district of Noakhali in undivided Bengal, now in Bangladesh.
Sinha was born in 1935, in the village of Sindurkait-Babupur, in the district of Noakhali in undivided Bengal, now in Bangladesh.
At the age of eleven he became a victim of the Noakhali genocide when his ancestral house was looted and his family had to flee Noakhali. After the Partition, he migrated to Kolkata. He joined the university service in the University of Calcutta.
While in the service, he pursued his studies and research and obtained his doctoral degree.
He was awarded the, and for research work on different topics. He retired as the Deputy Registrar of the University of Calcutta in 1995.
He has been the editor of Bengali literary magazine Krishanu since 1968.