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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Himanish Goswami<br />
| image =<br />
| image_size = 180x180<br />
| caption = Himanish Goswami<br />
| birth_date = 18 March 1926<br />
| birth_place = Kalikapur, [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]) <br />
| death_date = 14 March 2012 (age 86)<br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], India<br />
| alma mater = [[Vidyasagar College]] <br />
| occupation = Writer, Journalist and cartoonist <br />
| prize = <br />
|parents = Parimal Goswami (Father:)<br/><br />
Jyotsna Debi (Mother)<br />
|spouse = Enakshi Goswami<br />
|children = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Himanish Goswami''' (18 March 1926—14 March 2012), was an Indian writer, journalist, and cartoonist.<ref name="Samsad">Samsad Bangali Chartabidhan Vol.II Biographical Dictionary edited by Anjali Bose, Sahitya Samsad, Kokata, January, 2019, page.479, {{ISBN|978-81-7955-135-6}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Goswami was born at his maternal uncle's house on 18 March 1926 at Kalikapur in [[Faridpur District]], [[British India]] (now [[Bangladesh]]). His father, [[Parimal Goswami]], was a popular Bengali writer, newspaper editor, and photographer. Goswami's maternal grandfather was the Bengali poet Jatindra Nath Bagchi and his uncle, Jnanendra Nath Bagchi, wrote for several Bengali magazines. His family settled in [[Kolkata]] in 1937. His schooling was started at Rani Bhabani School at Sinthi. He matriculated from high school in 1944 and graduated from Vidysagar College under [[University of Calcutta]] in 1948.In 1951 he went to England to learn cartoon and drawing. He spent three years there.<ref name="Samsad"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
After return from England in 1953, Goswami worked in various organizations, publication houses that include [[McGraw-Hill]] before taking a job with the [[Anandabazar Patrika]] newspaper. He was a journalist from 1972 to 1986. His use of humor is evident in such works as ''Kittu Lahiri & Bagha Kaka'', ''Goenda De & Goenda Daa'', ''Jeebram'', ''Tetul Mama'', and ''Maharaja Singh''. In 2008, he held an exhibition of his photographs of London and Calcutta in Gaganendra Pradarshashala.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Frames from the past|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/frames-from-the-past/cid/1256911|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-10}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Goswami died on 14 March 2012 in a hospital in Kolkata after a long battle with prostate cancer.<ref>{{cite web|author=Author / Source : Agencies |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/international/asia/99825-himanish-goswami-passes-away.html |title=Himanish Goswami passes away |publisher=Theindependentbd.com |accessdate=2012-03-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105013153/http://www.theindependentbd.com/international/asia/99825-himanish-goswami-passes-away.html |archivedate=5 November 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* Abhi-Dhanai-Panai (Gangchil)<br />
* Apadartho (Pratikhon Publications)<br />
* Bangla'r Sesh Detective<br />
* Bhisan Bipod (Ananda Pub)<br />
* Bhuban Charai Kalo Pecha<br />
* Boro Gosai er Bandhubandhab (Ananda Pub)<br />
* Buno Hase'r Sandhane (Ananda Pub)<br />
* Daba Kemon Kore Khelte Hoi<br />
* Hariye Jawa Ghora'r Gari (Karuna Prakashoni)<br />
* Haste Haste (Punascha)<br />
* Jeebram er Golpo (Surjyo/Lalmati)<br />
* Kichu Bhuture Kichu Adbhuture<br />
* Kittu Lahiri'r Teen Kirti (Ananda Pub)<br />
* Kolkatar Saitan (Deys Publishing)<br />
* Londoner Parai Parai<br />
* Londoner Halchal<br />
* Maharaja Singh The Great (Patra Bharati)<br />
* Mojar Khela Daba (Ananda Pub)<br />
* Sob Golpoi Moja'r [Editor] (Pratikhon Publications)<br />
* Sob Golpoi Chore'r [Editor] (Pratikhon Publications)<br />
* Sob Golpoi Jibjontu'r [Editor] (Pratikhon Publications)<br />
* Sokti'r Songe Jholajhuli<br />
* Tetul Mama'r Ajab Kandokarkhana (Pratikhon Publications)<br />
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