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Devatatma Himalaya
Author: Prabodh kumar Sanyal

Publisher: Mitra o Ghosh
ISBN: 81-7293-021-6
Pages: 352
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Sanyal, Prabodh Kumar (1905-1983) litterateur, journalist and traveller, was born on 7 July 1905 at his maternal uncle's house at Chorbagan in Kolkata. During 1937-1941 he worked as editor of the Sunday literary magazine of Jugantar. While working as editor of the Swadesh he was once accused of sedition. He also edited the Bijli and Padatik.

Prabodh Kumar loved travelling, and travelled six times all over India, going to many inaccessible areas in the Himalayas. Apart from India and Nepal, he also travelled to other places in Asia as well as Europe, the Americas and Russia. He enriched the travel literature of Bengal by writing books such as Mahaprasthaner Pathe (1937), Russiar Diary, Debatatma Himalaya (2 vol) and Uttar Himalaya Charit. Mahaprasthaner Pathe was immensely popular. In 1960 he established the Himalayan Association in Kolkata. In1968 he was made president of the Himalayan Federation. In 1978 he went to Norway via the North Pole.
This is one of his best travelogue about Himalayas