Sohrab Hossain

Deceased Person

1922 – 2012

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Who was Sohrab Hossain?

Sohrab Hossain was a Bangladeshi Bengali singer and an exponent of Nazrul Sangeet. From his childhood, he was interested in music and started learning music. He met singer Abbas Uddin in a function in Ranaghat. Then he went to Kolkata. In Kolkata with the help of Abbas Uddin he started working on a music album but could not finish it.

After the partition of India, he came back to Dhaka where he got a Government job. With the musical troupe of Abbas Uddin he performed all over Bangladesh. He worked as a playback singer in several movies. He was also a teacher of few musical institutions.

In 1980, Hossain was honoured with the highest state award, the Independence Day Award.

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Born
Apr 9, 1922
Nadia district
Died
Dec 27, 2012
Dhaka

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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