Bani Kumar
Baidyonath Bhattacharya (23 November 1907 – 15 August 1978) popularly known as Bani Kumar was a radio broadcaster, playwright, composer, radio script writer from Kolkata, India and a contemporary of Pankaj Mallick and Birendra Krishna Bhadra. He worked for the All India Radio, India's National Radio broadcaster for several years during its early, starting 1930s, and during this period he produced and adapted several plays songs etc.

He is most known for his script writing and composition of India's oldest radio programme, "Mahishashura Mardini" (1931), a collection of shlokas and songs broadcast by All India Radio Calcutta (now Kolkata) at 4:00 am, in the dawn of Mahalaya.
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