Kazi Nazrul Islam | |
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কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম | |
![]() Nazrul Islam playing setar, before 1940 | |
Pronunciation | [kad͡ʒi nod͡ʒɾul islam] |
Born | Churulia, Burdwan, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Churulia, Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India) |
Died | 29 August 1976 Dhaka, Bangladesh | (aged 77)
Resting place | Mausoleum of Kazi Nazrul Islam, Dhaka 23°44′06″N 90°23′42″E / 23.7351°N 90.3950°E |
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Years active | 1920–1942 |
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Political party | Workers and Peasants Party[4][5][6] |
Movement | Bengali Renaissance |
Criminal charges | Sedition |
Criminal penalty | 3-month imprisonment |
Spouses | Nargis Asar Khanum
(m. 1921; div. 1937)Ashalata Sengupta (Pramila Devi)
(m. 1924; died 1962) |
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Pen name | Dhūmketu |
Nickname | Dukhumian, Tarakkhyapa |
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Period | Modern |
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Discography | Full list |
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Formerly of | Leto group |
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Years of service | 1917–1920 |
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Unit | 49th Bengalee Regiment[7] |
Battles/wars | World War I |
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Kazi Nazrul Islam PB EP IA (Bengali: কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম, pronounced [kad͡ʒi ˈnod͡ʒɾul islam] ; 25 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a Bengali poet, writer, journalist, and musician.[8] He is the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul produced a large body of poetry, music, messages, novels, and stories with themes that included equality, justice, anti-imperialism, humanity, rebellion against oppression and religious devotion.[9] Nazrul Islam's activism for political and social justice as well as writing a poem titled as "Bidrohī", meaning "the rebel" in Bengali, earned him the title of "Bidrohī Kôbi" (Rebel Poet).[10] His compositions form the avant-garde music genre of Nazrul Gīti (Music of Nazrul).[11][12][13][14]
Born into a Bengali Muslim Kazi family hailing from Burdwan district in Bengal Presidency (now in West Bengal, India),[2] Nazrul Islam received religious education and as a young man worked as a muezzin at a local mosque. He learned about poetry, drama, and literature while working with the rural theatrical group Leṭor Dôl, Leṭo being a folk song genre of West Bengal[15] usually performed by the people from Muslim community of the region. He joined the British Indian Army in 1917 and was posted in Karachi. Nazrul Islam established himself as a journalist in Calcutta after the war ended. He criticised the British Raj and called for revolution through his famous poetic works, such as "Bidrohī" ('The Rebel') and "Bhangar Gan" ('The Song of Destruction'),[16] as well as in his publication Dhūmketu ('The Comet'). His nationalist activism in Indian independence movement led to his frequent imprisonment by the colonial British authorities. While in prison, Nazrul Islam wrote the "Rajbôndīr Jôbanbôndī" ('Deposition of a Political Prisoner').[17] His writings greatly inspired Bengalis of East Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Nazrul Islam's writings explored themes such as freedom, humanity, love, and revolution. He opposed all forms of bigotry and fundamentalism, including religious, caste-based and gender-based.[18] Nazrul wrote short stories, novels, and essays but is best known for his songs and poems. He introduced the ghazal songs in the Bengali language[19][20][21][22] and is also known for his extensive use of Arabic and Persian influenced Bengali words in his works.[23][24][25]
Nazrul Islam wrote and composed music for nearly 4,000 songs (many recorded on HMV gramophone records),[26] collectively known as Nazrul Gīti. In 1942 at the age of 43, he began to be affected by an unknown disease, losing his voice and memory. A medical team in Vienna diagnosed the disease as Pick's disease,[27] a rare incurable neurodegenerative disease. It caused Nazrul Islam's health to decline steadily and forced him to live in isolation. He was also admitted in Ranchi (Jharkhand) psychiatric hospital for many years. At the invitation of the Government of Bangladesh, Nazrul Islam's family took him to Bangladesh and moved to Dhaka in 1972. He died on 29 August 1976.[21]
Banglapedia
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Kazi Nazrul Islam was born on Jaistha 11 of the Bengali year 1306, corresponding to May 24, 1899 at village Churulia in Burdwan district of what is now West Bengal.
In 1976 Nazrul was awarded the citizenship of Bangladesh.
Tripura will be celebrating Nazrul Jayanti on 26 May
পশ্চিম বাংলার এক শ্রেণীর জনপ্রিয় লোক-সঙ্গীত লেটো গান, ইহাকে লাটু গান, লোট্যার গানও বলে৷
Firoza Begum too sang these Bengali ghazals of Nazrul Islam
He is best known for his songs, in which he pioneered new forms such as Bengali ghazals