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Kazi Nazrul Islam

Died in 1976

Kazi Nazrul Islam was born on 24 May 1899 in Churulia, in Bardhaman, into a Muslim family; his father, imam of the village mosque, died in 1908, and the boy took his place in the service of the mosque. He composed for a popular theatre troupe, enlisted in 1917 in the 49th Bengal Regiment, stationed in Karachi, then became a journalist in Calcutta after the unit was disbanded in 1920. He founded the fortnightly Dhumketu, was arrested in 1923 for his writings and composed thousands of songs. Struck in 1942 by an illness that ended his work, he died in Dhaka on 29 August 1976.

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