Renowned litterateur Padma Shri Dr. Usha Kiran Khan passed away at a private hospital in Bihar’s capital Patna on Sunday. Dr Usha Kiran Khan was a celebrated writer in Hindi and Maithili, earning accolades, including the Sahitya Akademi Award for her Maithili novel ‘Bhamati: Ek Avismaraniya Premkatha’.
The wife of former IPS officer Ramchandra Khan, Dr. Usha Kiran Khan, originally hailing from Lohiasarai in Darbhanga, Bihar, succumbed to illness during her treatment at a private hospital in Patna.
She had been unwell for the past few days. Dr. Usha Kiran Khan was admitted to a private hospital in Patna for medical care.