Editing Hemant Kumar (section)

==Early life and education==
Hemanta <!-- Use given name for early life --> was born in [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], at his maternal grandfather's residence, where his grandfather served as a physician. His paternal family originated from [[Jaynagar Majilpur]] and had migrated to [[Kolkata]] in the early 1900s. Growing up in Kolkata, he received his early education at Nasiruddin School before transferring to [[Mitra Institution (Main)|Mitra Institution School]] in [[Bhowanipore]]. During his school years, he formed lasting friendships with [[Subhash Mukhopadhyay (poet)|Subhash Mukhopadhyay]], who would later become a celebrated poet, and writer [[Santosh Kumar Ghosh]].

Hemanta enrolled in the Bengal Technical Institute at [[Jadavpur]] (now [[Jadavpur University]]) to pursue an engineering diploma. However, he left academics due to health issues and to pursue a career in music, despite his father's disapproval. He briefly experimented with literature and published a short story in the Bengali magazine [[Desh (magazine)|''Desh'']], but by the late 1930s, he had decided to dedicate himself entirely to music.