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Respected leather technician dies

24/05/2017
Respected leather technician dies

A respected leather technician who spent years working for and managing Irish and Indian tanneries has passed away in Kolkata at the age of 89. Debansu Dasgupta, known to many as David Dasgupta, also wrote a book on leather technology and was an avid reader of World Leather. After graduating from the Bengal Leather College, he began his career...

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