Manas R Bannerjee

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Gender	Male
Location	English Bazaar, West Bengal, India
Introduction	Siliguri based Senior Staff Correspondent for The Statesman. I joined here 1 July 2010. I was in Malda, a small district in north Bengal, based stringer for Statesman News Service since July 1999. The Statesman is one of India's oldest English newspapers. It was founded in Kolkata in 1875 and is directly descended from The Friend of India (founded 1818). The Englishman (founded 1821) was merged with The Statesman in 1934..... I was in REUTERS as text stringer from May 2002 to July 2007 for central and northern West Bengal . Winner JOURNALISM awards 2009, District Reporting,organised by Candid Communication in Kolkata. I am permanent resident of MALDA , formerly called English Bazaar, a foreign settlement dating from 1680 is known for its mangoes, silk and the museum which houses the archaeological finds at Gour and Pandua , over 203 miles ( 340 km) north of Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta . Gour, capital to three dynasties of ancient Bengal—the Buddhists Palas, the Hindu Senas and the Muslim Nawabs has seen three distinct eras of glory. Contact No: 94341-70697