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নারায়ণ দেবনাথ y indian bengali hindu y y y 200 debnath.jpg narayan debnath in 2010 shibpur , howrah , bengal , british india president sahitya akademi -lrb- 2013 -rrb- , bangobibhushan -lrb- 2013 -rrb- 's , d . lit -lrb- doctor of literature -rrb- by special rabindrabharati university -lrb- 2015 -rrb- . recognition award -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , west bengal নারায়ণ দেবনাথ narayandebnath.indidir.com indian y narayan debnath
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narayan debnath

narayan debnath -lrb- born in 1925 -rrb- is senior and popular comics-artist of india , who is the creator of popular bengali comics including ` handa bhonda ' -lrb- in `` shuktara '' magazine since 1962 -rrb- , ` batul the great ' -lrb- in `` shuktara '' magazine since 1965 -rrb- and ` nonte phonte ' -lrb- in `` kishor bharati '' magazine since 1969 -rrb- .
he holds the record of longest running comics by an individual artiste for `` handa bhonda '' comics series which have now completed its continuous 53 years of running .
he is the first and only comics-artist in india who has received d.lit degree -lrb- doctor of literature -rrb- .
his other creations include detective ` koushik roy ' -lrb- in `` shuktara '' magazine from 1976 -rrb- , ` bahadur beral ' -lrb- in `` shuktara '' magazine from 1983 -rrb- , ` danpite khadu aar tar chemical dadu ' -lrb- in `` chotoder ashore '' magazine from 1983 -rrb- , etc. .
having contributed to the early development of bangla comics and its growth in a career spanning more than fifty years , he is still read in west bengal , india and bangladesh .
apart from comic books and strips , narayan debnath is also an artist who has illustrated several children 's novels .
many of his comics are serialised in popular children 's magazines published from kolkata including `` shuktara '' and `` kishor bharati ''
