Noted poet Chandra Kanta Murasingh (66), who was Sahitya Akademi's first Bhasha Samman awardee from the northeast, passed away in Agartala on March 27, 2023, following a cardiac arrest, family and hospital sources said.
Murasingh, who wrote poems, prose and drama in both Bengali and Tripura's tribal 'Koknorok' language, is survived by two sons, a daughter and wife.
