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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Adrish Bardhan''' (1 December 1932 – 20 May 2019) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] science fiction writer, editor and translator.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adrish Bardhan (1932-2019) single-handedly put science-fiction in the Bengali reader’s imagination |url=https://amp.scroll.in/article/925278/adrish-bardhan-1932-2019-single-handedly-put-science-fiction-in-the-bengali-readers-imagination |website=Scroll.in}}</ref><br />
{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Adrish Bardhan<br />
|native_name = অদ্রীশ বর্ধন<br />
| image = <br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = 1 December,1932<br />
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]],[[British India]]<br />
|death_date = 20 May ,2019(aged 86)<br />
|death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]],[[India]]<br />
| occupation = Science Fiction Writer, Translator, Editor<br />
| language = Bengali <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| education = [[B.Sc]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Calcutta University]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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Bardhan was born on 1 December 1932 in [[Calcutta]] in [[British India]]. He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] from the [[University of Calcutta]]. He started his career as purchase manager of a private company. After the resignation of the service Bardhan started writing detective stories and science fiction. His creation, detective ''Indranath Rudra'', lady detective ''Narayani'' and Professor ''Nut Boltu Chakra'' got huge popularity among the Bengali readers. In 1963 Bardhan edited ''Ascharya'', the first science fiction magazine of [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/literature/renowned-bengali-science-fiction-writer-adrish-bardhan-dead-104288/|title=পরলোকে বাংলার কল্পবিজ্ঞান কিংবদন্তি অদ্রীশ বর্ধন|website=bengali.indianexpress.com|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref> He also became the editor of the ''Fantastic'' magazine. He received Kishor Gyan Biggan Purashkar, Sudhindranath Raha Awards for his contributions in [[Bengali science fiction]] literature.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Patay Patay Rahasya|last=Adrish Bardhan|publisher=Ananada Publishers|isbn=81-7215-344-9|location=Kolkata|pages=167}}</ref> Bardhan was the founder secretary of Science fiction cine club.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&q=Adrish+Bardhan&pg=PA109|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|last=Kartik Chandra Dutt|year=1999|isbn=9788126008735|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7268131.Adrish_Bardhan|title=Adrish Bardhan|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
In January 2019, Bardhan was hospitalised to [[Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital]] due to physical illness.<ref>{{cite web |title=অসুস্থ অদ্রীশ বর্ধনের পাশে দাঁড়ালেন অভিষেক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় |url=https://www.kolkata24x7.com/abhishek-banerjee-stands-beside-ailling-adrish-bardhan.html |website=Kolkata24x7|date=17 January 2019|language=bn}}</ref> He died on 21 May 2019 at the age of 87 in his own apartment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Page 4 - Sangbad Pratidin 26-05-19 |url=https://epaper.sangbadpratidin.in/epaper/m/356385/5ce9e53e3fff7 |website=Epaper Sangbad Pratidin}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.kolkata24x7.com/veteran-writer-adrish-bardhan-passes-away.html/|title=Veteran Writer Adrish Bardhan Passes Away|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* ''Sudhindranath Raha Purashkar''<br />
* ''Kisore Jnan-Bijnan Purashkar''<br />
* ''Dineshchandra Smriti Purashkar''<br />
* ''Moumachhi Smriti Purashkar''<br />
* ''Rotary Smriti Puraskar'' <br />
* ''[[Kalpabiswa]] Sammanana''<br />
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