May 14, 2026 01:07 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Vijay-led TVK wins Tamil Nadu floor test as AIADMK split plays out | Congress veteran Sonia Gandhi admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram | PM Modi halves convoy size after austerity call | Mulayam Singh's younger son Prateek Yadav dies at 38 | Protests erupt in Delhi after NEET UG 2026 cancellation over alleged paper leak | AIADMK cracks widen after Tamil Nadu defeat; faction backs Vijay-led TVK government | Himanta Biswa Sarma takes oath as Assam CM for second term after BJP’s landslide win | Bengali rights activist Garga Chatterjee arrested over alleged provocative remarks ahead of assembly polls | No return to full WFH yet: IT firms unlikely to change hybrid work model despite PM Modi’s appeal | Suvendu Adhikari Cabinet clears BSF land transfer, census rollout, Ayushman Bharat in Bengal
Sumitra Sen
Image Credit: Facebook/Srabani Sen

Eminent Rabindra Sangeet singer Sumitra Sen passes away in Kolkata

| @indiablooms | Jan 03, 2023, at 05:27 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Eminent Bengali Rabindra Sangeet singer Sumitra Sen passed away at the age of 89 here on Tuesday.

Sen breathed her last at her home at 4 am.

Sumitra Sen's daughter Srabani Sen, who is also a Rabindra Sangeet singer, posted on Facebook, "My mother passed away this morning."

Image Credit: Screenshot grab

Sumitra Sen was admitted to hospital last month after catching a cold, reports said.

She was later diagnosed with bronchopneumonia.

Mourning her demise, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, "I am expressing my condolences at the demise of eminent singer Sumitra Sen... Her demise has left an unfulfilling void in the music industry."

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.