Background
Bhattacharyya was born in Jorhat district at Assam in the year 1932. His father was Tirthanath Bhattacharyya and his mother was Snehalata Bhattacharyya.
Bhattacharyya was born in Jorhat district at Assam in the year 1932. His father was Tirthanath Bhattacharyya and his mother was Snehalata Bhattacharyya.
He is known as Hiruda (Assamese: হীৰুদা) among his fans. Prem aru Rodalir Kobi (Poet of Love and Sunshine) (Assamese: প্ৰেম আৰু ৰ"দালিৰ কবি) is his other name in the Assamese literature. His father was a jailer, and as such as a child he was roamed all over Assam with his family and that was his first inspiration to become a poet.
After battling for life almost three months, he died at 11:30 Department of Administration and Management on 4 July 2012 in Guwahati, Assam.