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  Kazi Nazrul Islam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nazrul left the army in 1920, and settled in Kolkata (then Calcutta), which was at the time known as the "Cultural capital of India" and home to many of India's poets, writers, artists and intellectuals.
In 1921, Nazrul was engaged to be married to Nargis, the niece of a well-known Muslim publisher Ali Akbar Khan, in Daulatpur, Comilla.
Nazrul expresses no hesitation in accepting the prostitute as a human being, reasoning that this person was breast-fed by a noble, virtuous woman and belonging to the race of "mothers and sisters," and rejecting society's notions of prostitutes as impure and ignoble persons.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam   (4173 words)

  
 Kazi Nazrul Islam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Kazi Nazrul Islam, known as the 'Rebel' poet in Bengali literature and the 'Bulbul' or Nightingale of Bengali music, was one of the most colourful personalities of undivided Bengal between 1920 and 1930.
In 1914, Nazrul escaped from the rigours of the tea-shop to re-enter a school in Darirampur village, Trishal in Mymensingh district.
In 1921, Nazrul was engaged to be married to Nargis, the niece of a well known Muslim publisher Ali Akbar Khan, in Daulatpur, Comilla, but on the day of the wedding (18th June, 1921) Nazrul suddenly left the place.
www.nazrulsena.org /nazrul.htm   (1362 words)

  
 BanglaMusic.com | Artists | Kazi Nazrul Islam | Nazrul As A Musician
Nazrul's ghazals found a most suitable exponent in Dilipkumar who also presented Nazrul's anti-communal and patriotic songs, 'The mountains are impassable, the deserts are endless' and 'O helmsman, be alert', at the opening of the Bengal Provincial Congress session at Krishnanagar on 22 May 1922.
Nazrul's ghazals composed in 1926-27 were recorded later in the voices of k mallik, Angurbala, Indubala, Harimati and Radharani.
Nazrul knew the intricacies of classical Hindustani music and was able to combine different ragas and raginis to create new ragas and raginis for Bangla music, for instance, benuka and dolanchanpa.
www.banglamusic.com /artists/nazrul/nazrul_musician.htm   (441 words)

  
 Bangladesh Nazrul Sena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bangladesh Nazrul Sena (Bangladesh Nazrul Army) is an NGO, public service organization working for the education, health and upliftment of children, adolescents and young adults in Bangladesh.
It is named after famous Bengali poet, writer and musician Kazi Nazrul Islam, whose philosophy has inspired the purpose and mission of the organization.
It was inspired by the philosophy of Kazi Nazrul Islam, who is regarded as the "national poet" of Bangladesh.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bangladesh_Nazrul_Sena   (388 words)

  
 Bangladesh showbiz - News - The 102nd birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam
Nazrul's songs and poems were also a great source of inspiration for freedom fighters during liberation war in 1971.
Kazi Nazrul Islam - Nazrul, the son of Kaji Fakir Ahmed and Zaheda Khatun, was born in 1899 in an undivided India.
Ashraf Siddiqui spoke from the audience row reminding that Nazrul and Rabindranath are equally honoured in the Barak valley of neighbouring state of Assam in India.
www.bangladeshshowbiz.com /news/nazrul_festival.htm   (1438 words)

  
 KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Kazi Nazrul Islam was born on the 25th May 1898 at Churulia in the district of Burdawan, West Bengal, India.
Nazrul Academy, an institution works for research and propagating the poets life, works and ideals, is situated in Dhaka with several branches in divisional towns.
The rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was crowned in 1972 as the national poet of Bangladesh.
www.ece.uic.edu /~mmehmud/f-page2.html   (241 words)

  
 The ephemeral Jhinge Phool
For some strange reasons only known to Nazrul and his would-be bride’s own folks, the marriage never solemnized (some say that he married the girl but only to fled the house where the marriage was supposed to be consummated).
Nazrul was such a odd personality that there are much confusion about the year he was born.
Nazrul was a born poet no doubt who was also a self taught person.
humanists.net /avijit/jaffor/nazrul_jayanti.htm   (1246 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 351   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
After Nazrul was incapacitated by neurological illness in 1942, his songs were adapted for commercial purposes by a small group of people with little understanding of Nazrul's work.
Nazrul's legendary popularity, his immense stock of songs and the lack of copyrights were certainly at the core of the problem.
Besides being a trainer at Nazrul Academy, BAFA and Ansar VDP Cultural Team, Salauddin is currently engaged in restoring the notations of Nazrul songs.
www.thedailystar.net /2005/05/25/d505251405108.htm   (544 words)

  
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Although numerical superiority cannot be used as a gaze for devotion it may be argued that Nazrul had as much devotion for the Hindu gods as the Islamic Allah at least as a songwriter.
Nazrul wrote sixteen plays although many of them are hardly known to the readers.
That thesis will be as incredible as claiming Nazrul as a Bangladeshi poet (I heard it several times) as he was born in Churulia, Bardhowan, a typical heartland of West Bengali culture and spent the most creative period of his life in Calcutta.
humanists.net /avijit/article/kaushik/nazrul.htm   (1321 words)

  
 Kazi Nazrul Islam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
When still a school student in his teens Nazrul joined the newly recruited Bengali regiment (1916) and was sent to Mesopotamia some months before the armistice.
The regiment was not given a chance to face battle but all the same Nazrul got his fill of the fighting gusto which later-found expression in poetic effusion and warmth.
Nazrul was an emotional soul but his emotion was unstable and volatile.
userpages.umbc.edu /~achatt1/Bio/kazi.html   (237 words)

  
 Kazi Nazrul Islam:Poet-icon of Bangladesh
azi Nazrul Islam was born on the 25th May 1898 at Churulia in the district of Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
Nazrul Institute, an institution works for research and propagating the poets life, works and ideals, is situated in Dhaka with several branches in divisional towns.
Pakistan issued also a set of 2 stamps on the great poet,musician and patriot Kazi Nazrul Islam in the year 1968.Pakistan made mistake by writing the poets birth year 1889,these stamps were not issued.Some are known to have released in error.Pakistan postal authority again made mistake and stated the poet's birth year 1899.
www.pabna.net /ni.htm   (440 words)

  
 Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) - Home
Describing poet Kazi Nazrul Islam as a poet of humanity, the Prime Minister said that dream of national poet Nazrul was to achieve independence and freedom of people, dignity and equity.
Nazrul, she said, aspired for an end to repression, oppression, exploitation and deprivation forever.
She said that Nazrul also had wanted to free the people by breaking the cycle of superstition, communalism, class difference, narrowness and hypocrisy.
www.bssnews.net /index.php?genID=BSS-06-2005-06-12&id=7   (303 words)

  
 Feature
Nazrul Islam had thrown himself into the struggle which left a permanent mark on his work.
Nazrul Islam was a true poet of revolution equally keen on national liberation of India and removal of exploitation from the prevailing society of ours.
Nazrul Islam is a great modern Bengali poet who succeeded in capturing the masses through his literary charisma.
pib.nic.in /feature/fe0699/f0406991.html   (1019 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Bengal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Jalpaiguri, Sept. 28: Nazrul Nazrul, a Bangladeshi national arrested for links with the ISI in Rajasthan earlier this month, has told police here that he was engaged by the Pakistani outfit to recruit agents from here and the Northeast.
Nazrul told the police that he worked according to instructions from the ISI setup in Dhaka.
Nazrul has been to Pakistan on several occasions but Gupta had no confirmation on whether he had been trained there.
www.telegraphindia.com /1020929/asp/bengal/story_1245355.asp   (270 words)

  
 Virtual Bangladesh : Literature: Poetry : Kazi Nazrul Islam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Kazi Nazrul Islam, popularly known asbidrohi kobi (Rebel poet) took the bengali literary world by storm by his poem, bidrohi or the Rebel.
Both Nazrul's poems and prose writing exuberate a certain force and energy, denouncing all social and religious bigotry and plurality, cultural differences and oppression as the principal reasons for national discord and disharmony.
Nazrul also got equal prominence and popularity in writing songs, almost 3,000 of them, the largest by any Bengali poet and composing music.
www.virtualbangladesh.com /literature/poetry_nazrul.html   (239 words)

  
 The Arts
Nazrul was the music director of the film, 'Gora', was based on the famous novel of Rabindranath Tagore.
Nazrul has written a large number of humorous songs, but many young learners of Nazrul Sangeet are oblivious of this.
Nazrul’s amusing songs are satirical, often providing an insight into the society of his era, sometimes making fun of individuals who are excessively class-conscious.
www.newagebd.com /2005/may/27/arts.html   (2789 words)

  
 nazrul
The national poet of Bangladesh, Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in Churulia, Burdhaman district, West Bengal in 1899 (1306 Bengali year.) He didn't grow up with the luxury of enjoying his boyhood, rather lost his father in his early life.
Nazrul wrote 50 books of poetry and songs, 6 books of stories and novels, 3 books of translations, 53 plays, verse-plays and operas, 2 movie scripts, 5 books of essays and 4000 songs and ghazals.
Nazrul holds the world record of recorded songs, most of which, the music were composed by Nazrul himself.
www.bongoz.com /people/nazrul.html   (466 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Nazrul, a petty thief of north Calcutta, worked by day at a jewellery showroom on K.N. Basu Road.
Then, the local party leaders asserted that Nazrul was an integral part of the CPM and refused to believe he had criminal antecedents.
It took the team several hours to convince Pingla’s people that Nazrul had, indeed, stolen jewellery and should be tried in court.
www.telegraphindia.com /1030603/asp/calcutta/story_2007694.asp   (248 words)

  
 Feature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Nazrul jointly directed the film as well as the music for the film, was lyricist and also played the role of Narod in the film.
Nazrul was selected for playing the role of Meer and Dr Wafa Rashedi was selected for the character of Galib.
Nazrul immediately told him that he had studied the books of Galib than other poets but frankly speaking, he told him that Meer's poetry gave him a very sophisticated understanding.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/may/27/27052006ft.htm   (9717 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It is mentioned here that Kazi Nazrul Islam stayed at Daulatpur with his first wife Nargis Akhter Khanam and composed many poems and songs.
Nazrul's grandson Shubarna Kazi enthralled the audience of Shilpakala Academy Auditorium with Solo Nazrul Songs and Nazrul poems.
"Nazrul created a style of his own breaking the strong circle created by Rabindra Nath Tagore, Muhitlal Mazumder and Biharilal in Bengali poem and his rhythm in music was also unparalled" the speakers asserted.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/06/02/district.htm   (2122 words)

  
 Article: Reflections on a few aspects of Nazrul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Nazrul DID try to synthesize the two, much more than many others (maybe he even wanted to be a "guru-mara shishyo").
Nazrul's synthesis is not that let us give up the culture of Azan or the culture of Shonghkho-dhoni and come up with something common in lieu of both.
In conclusion to this part, Nazrul has imbibed from many sources and his messages and works are some in the context of Muslims, some Hindus, some Bengal, some India, and a good deal are purely universal, for all people seeking liberty, justice, harmony and truth.
www.globalwebpost.com /farooqm/writings/bangladesh/reflections.html   (5501 words)

  
 Nazrul Sena School
Nazrul Sena School is a well known kindergarten school in Mymensingh.
Nazrul Sena School is directly monitored by Bangladesh Nazrul Sena.
And Nazrul Sena School has a committee to control the school activities.
www.nazrulsena.org /school.htm   (272 words)

  
 Literature
Nazrul Islam was barely twenty-one when he made his first appearance in Bengali literature in the nineteen-twenties, having been demobilized from the recently raised Bengali Regiment created for service in the Middle East.
Nazrul Islam wrote with equal ardour on Hindu and Muslim subjects, on the goddess Kali and on Kemal Pasha.
Nazrul defended himself in court, arguing that he had a sacred right as a poet to speak out the truth, without fear.
www.newagebd.com /2005/may/28/lit.html   (2558 words)

  
 Nazrul London - Restaurant Review and Information, , 130 Brick Lane
Nazrul serve a variety of popular Indian dishes at their restaurant.
Nazrul was the worst food and eating experience I've had in dozens of visits to Brick Lane restaurants with cramped seating and jostling, surly waiters who had absolutely no knowledge of any of the dishes on the menu when asked for advice.
Nazrul also have tasteless naan bread, uninspiring rice and watery and poorly spiced main dishes, almost devoid of meat.
www.viewlondon.co.uk /info_restaurant_3994.html   (129 words)

  
 Main page for SOUTHASIA TIMES
Kazi Nazrul Islam, better known as the “Rebel Poet” of Bengal for his famous poem “The Rebel” that shook the entire Indian subcontinent in 1920s, is still barely known to the West.
Nazrul holds the world record of recorded songs, many of which he himself composed the music for as well as sang.
For the extraordinary universal appeal of Nazrul's works, their popularity around the world is bound to flourish, as evidenced by the growing number of languages—at least twenty to this date, varying in number from just a single poem to more—into which his poems have been translated.
www.southasiatimes.com /article/june2000/al-culturec.htm   (1110 words)

  
 Image Gallery - The Ricksha Arts of Bangladesh
Nazrul became known as and felt himself to be a "rebel poet" in that
Nazrul took Rabindranath Tagore as his artistic guru (kobiguru); they became mutually admiring friends.
Rabindranath is the forerunner, paving ways and Nazrul, the follower of the path but exclusively distinctive.
www.webpak.net /~ricksha/gallery3.htm   (834 words)

  
 banglarglimpse.com
Under the auspicious of Bangladesh government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the poet was moved to Dhaka, capital of newly liberated Bangladesh situated 125 km west of Trishal a small township in Mymensingh district where Kazi Nazrul Islam spent several years during his boyhood.
Muzaffar Ahmed was a regular contributer of the Dhumketu(eng: Comet), a bangla literary magazine edited by Kazi Nazrul Islam from Calcutta.
Reactionary section of the Indian Congress and the British government did all their best to bann the magazine in 1922.
www.banglarglimpse.com /nazrul_islam.php   (345 words)

  
 Prof
Nazrul Islam and syeda Anjumanara Begum, “Synthesis of Substituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrido[3,4-C] coumarins”.J. Bangladesh Academy of sciences,Vol-23(2),193-198,1999.
Nazrul Islam et al, “Mass Spectrometric Analysis of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrido[3,4-C] and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobenzo[h] pyrido[3,4-C] Coumarin”.J. Bangladesh Chem.
Nazrul Islam, “synthesis on the basis of 9-Phenacyliden-10-sila-2-azanthracene,” Proceedings of The international Conference on chemistry” Indian Chemical Society, Calcutta,1999.
www.buet.ac.bd /chem/nazrulislam.htm   (259 words)

  
 Nazrul confce begins Sunday   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
An eight-day long ‘Nazrul Conference-1410’ begins on Sunday under the auspices of Nazrul Academy in celebration of the 104th birth anniversary of National Poet Quazi Nazrul Islam.
President of Nazrul Academy Dr Ashraf Siddiqui and General Secretary Mintu Rahman addressed the press conference and replied to the queries of newsmen.
The Nazrul Conference will include founding anniversary of Nazrul Academy, 8th Bangladesh Nazrul Sangeet Sanmelon, Nazrul Academy Padak 1410 and awarding certificates to the students passed from the music department of the academy.
nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/4/1959   (456 words)

  
 The Bangladesh Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It is to be noted that National Poet Nazrul Islam wrote a massively popular Bangla song where he requested fellow Bangladeshis to bury him by a Mosque, so that he can hear the sound of Azan, Islamic call for prayers, while lying in the grave.
While talking to the Bangladesh Journal, Mosque authorities of the University of Dhaka’s central Mosque showed their astonishment at the news that the Humayun Azad’s family now wants a place in the University Mosque premises for the burial of Humayun Azad, one of the most prolific atheist writers of the country.
One employee of the Mosque, under condition of anonymity, told The Bangladesh Journal that, “Asking for a burial place in the mosque premises is a very strong demand, when it is the case that National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s grave is in the same premise”.
www.bangladeshjournal.com /index.php?ID=1900&tim=16-8-2004   (835 words)

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