Abdul Ahad (music director)

Abdul Ahad
Native name আবদুল আহাদ
Born 1920
Rajshahi, East Bengal (now Bangladesh)
Died 1994 (aged 73–74)
Occupation musician
Awards Independence Day Award (1978)

Abdul Ahad (1920–1994) was a lyricist and music director from Bangladesh.[1]

Career

Ahad was born in Rajshahi. He developed an interest in music from his student life and became the first Bengali Muslim to get admitted into Shantiniketan.[2] In 1941 he joined HMV, Calcutta and gradually became a popular music director for the recording industry as well as the film industry. After the Partition of India, Ahad joined Radio Pakistan and became a key person in the musical arena of Dhaka.[3] He introduced many new talents to the music world, composed numerous songs and wrote several books on Bengali music.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Khan, Mobarak Hossain (2012). "Ahad, Abdul". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ↑ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Plymouth: Scarecrow Press. p. 9. ISBN 9780810874534.
  3. ↑ Zaman, Habibuz (1999). Seventy Years in a Shaky Subcontinent. London: Janus Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 9781857564051.
  4. ↑ Arnold (ed.), Alison (2000). The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia : the Indian subcontinent. New York: Taylor & Francis. p. 858.



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