Hansanarayan Bhattacharya (1928 - 14 March 2002), a researcher of Sanskrit and Bengali literature, was born in Mirhat (now Baidyapur) village, West Bengal, India.
Bhattacharya passed the Master of Arts examination thrice – in Sanskrit, Bengali and history of India with distinction respectively.
He completed his doctoral studies from Calcutta University; his research area was in Yatragan.
He also studied Sanskrit grammar, kabyo[check spelling] and vedanta.
[2] Bhattacharya's work has been documented by the Indian Institute of Science's Digital Library of India.