{"id":1261,"date":"2021-04-08T08:57:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T02:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialherald.net\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2021-04-08T08:57:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T02:57:19","slug":"eminent-folk-singer-indramohan-rajbongshi-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialherald.net\/?p=1261","title":{"rendered":"Eminent folk singer Indramohan Rajbongshi passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ekushey Padak recipient and Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra artiste Indramohan Rajbongshi passed away yesterday while undergoing treatment at a city hospital.<\/p>\n<p>He breathed his last at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMUH) at 10:25 am at the age of 75. Earlier, the eminent folk singer had tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wikipedia, Indramohan was an eminent folk singer. In the early 1950s, He learnt music under his grandfather, Krishna Das Rajbongshi.<\/p>\n<p>Involved with Jatra, Palagaan, Nazrul Sangeet and folk songs, he was admitted to the Bulbul Lalitakala Academy in Nazrul song in the late 1960s and completed a five-year course.<\/p>\n<p>In 1963, Indramohan started to learn folk songs under Hafizur Rahman. He joined the Government College of Music in 1974.<\/p>\n<p>In 1971, Indramohan took part in Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra. In 1998, he established a folk organisation, Bangladesh Lok Sangeet Parishad (Folk Song Council), which works to practice, preserve, promote and do research on folk songs.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote about 100 folk songs for children, including songs on the country\u2019s Liberation War and Language Movement.<\/p>\n<p>Indramohan received his Certificate of World Master from Kim Sung Oak, chairperson of The Association of World Masters for the Exchange of Arts and Culture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President mourns death of noted folksinger Indromohan Rajbongshi<\/p>\n<p>President M Abdul Hamid yesterday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of country\u2019s eminent folksinger Indramohan Rajbongshi.<\/p>\n<p>In a condolence message, the head of the state prayed for salvation of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family.<\/p>\n<p>Ekushey-award recipient and Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra artiste Rajbongshi breathed his last at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMUH) here at 10:25 am yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier he had tested positive for COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>PM mourns Mahila Awami League leader Parul\u2019s death<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Bangladesh Mahila Awami League Vice-President Parul Akhter.<\/p>\n<p>In a condolence message, the premier prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family. Parul breathed her last in the early hours of yesterday while undergoing treatment at a city hospital. She was 51.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ekushey Padak recipient and Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra artiste Indramohan Rajbongshi passed away yesterday while undergoing treatment at a city hospital. He breathed his last at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMUH) at 10:25 am at the age of 75. Earlier, the eminent folk singer had tested positive for COVID-19. 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