Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 10:01am on 25 Oct 2026,Sunday India
Renowned Indian painter and former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jogen Chowdhury died at a private hospital in Kolkata on Sunday, October 25, at the age of 87. He had been battling a rare blood cancer, known as myeloproliferative neoplasm, for around 14 months and was undergoing chemotherapy. Ruby General Hospital said he was admitted on October 16 and died at 10.15 am. Born in Faridpur in undivided Bengal, Chowdhury developed a distinctive artistic style influenced by Indian and European traditions. He served in the Rajya Sabha from 2014 to 2020 and received the Banga Bibhushan in 2012. (PC: India Today)
