Eminent litterateur and social activist Mahasweta Devi passed away on 21 July 2016 (Thursday) afternoon at at around 3 pm at a private hospital in Kolkata.
The 90-year-old Magsaysay awardee was admitted to the hospital in south Kolkata on June 22, 2016 with septicemia and urinary infection. She was also suffering from diabetes. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mahasweta-Devi-eminent-writer-and-social-activist-dies/articleshow/53432761.cms