Bilquis rafi
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Mohammed Rafi
Indian playback singer (1924–1980)
For the Kerala football player, see Mohammed Rafi (footballer). For the Indian cricketer, see Mohammad Rafi (cricketer). For the television actor, see Rafi DQ.
Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent.[5][6] Rafi was notable for his versatility and range of voice; his songs varied from fast peppy numbers to patriotic songs, sad numbers to highly romantic songs, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans to classical songs.[7] He was known for his ability to mould his voice to the persona and style of the actor lip-syncing the song on screen in the movie.[8] He received six Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award. In 1967, he was honored with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India. In 2001, Rafi was honoured with the "Best Singer of the Millennium" title by Hero Honda and Stardust magazine. In 2013, Rafi was voted for the Greatest Voice in Hind
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Kazi Nazrul Islam: A Chronology of Life
by Sajed Kamal
1899 May 24, Kazi Nazrul Islam born at the village of Churulia in the district of Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Mother, Zaheda Khatun; father, Kazi Fakir Ahmad, the Imam (the head of a mosque) and the custodian of the Haji Pahlwan's mazar (a Muslim shrine) in his village; brothers, Kazi Shahebjan and Kazi Ali Husain, and sister, Umme Kulsum (three surviving out of the total of seven sons and two daughters of Fakir Ahmad).
1908 March 20, Nazrul's father dies at the age of 60.
1909 Passes the Muslim lower primary education examination in a maktab ( a Muslim primary school).
1910 Discontinues formal schooling due to financial hardship. Earns his livelihood as a teacher at a maktab, muazzin (a caller for prayer at a mosque), and a custodian of the village shrine, etc.
1911 Joins a 'leto' group (folk musical troupe) with the encouragement and help from his uncle, Kazi Bazle Karim, a singer-song-writer- composer, himself a 'Goda Kobi' (the leading poet) of his troupe. Bazle Karim wrote songs in Bengali as well as Urdu and Far
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National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam's 48th death anniversary today
The 48th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, widely revered for his limitless contributions to Bangla literature, is being observed in a befitting manner across the country today (Tuesday), reports UNB.
Also celebrated as the ‘Rebel Poet’, Kazi Nazrul Islam is considered a pioneer in Bangla literature.
Marking his 48th death anniversary, several organisations and institutions are holding multiple programmes throughout the day commemorating the life and works of the great poet.
Dhaka University teachers, students, officials and employees visited the poet's grave, offered wreaths and recite Fateha.
A delegation of the BNP led by Senior Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also paid tribute to the Rebel Poet at his grave.
Marking the anniversary, people from all walks of life paid tribute to the poet with flowers. Tributes were paid to the poet by placing wreaths at his grave adjacent to Dhaka University Central Mosque in the morning. Members of the poet's family also came to the p
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