Renowned documentary and activist Tapan K Bose died on Thursday at his residence at the age of 78.


Bose is known for his activism stint during the Emergency period in the late 1970s, wherein he fearlessly advocated against human rights violations in Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir.


As a documentary director, his credits include An Indian Story on Bhagalpur Bindings(1981), Bhopal: Beyond Genocide (1986), Jharkhand (1993) and The Expendable People (2016).


Bose was a part of a collective comprising of activists, scientists, journalists and artists, who tried to strengthen the rationalist spirit of the Indian constitution and fight oppression both in the historic and contemporary periods.