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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Bangladeshi singer (1946–2021)}}<br />
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|name=Indra Mohan Rajbongshi<br />
|native_name=ইন্দ্র মোহন রাজবংশী<br />
|native_name_lang=bn<br />
|genre=Folk<br />
|birth_date={{birth date|1946|01|26|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Dhaka]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|2021|04|07|1946|01|26|df=y}}<br />
|death_place=Dhaka, Bangladesh<br />
}}<br />
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'''Indra Mohan Rajbongshi''' (26 January 1946 – 7 April 2021)<ref name=newage>{{Cite news |title=Indra Mohan Rajbongshi dies of COVID-19 |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/134686/indra-mohan-rajbongshi-dies-of-covid-19 |access-date=2021-04-08 |work=New Age |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-04-08 |title=End of a life devoted to singing |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/news/end-life-devoted-singing-2073869 |access-date=2021-04-08 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi folk singer.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-25496 |title=Dotara maestro Abinash Chandra Sheel remembered |date=2008-03-01 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-02-09 |language=en}}</ref> He was the recipient of 2018 [[Ekushey Padak]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/21-named-ekushey-padak-2018-1531825 |title=21 named for Ekushey Padak 2018 |date=2018-02-08 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-02-09 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
===Early life===<br />
In the early 1950s, Rajbongshi learnt music from his grandfather, Krishna Das Rajbongshi.<ref name=alive>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/03/24/d403241402112.htm |title=Indra Mohan: striving to keep alive the tradition of folk music |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=2004-03-24 |access-date=2018-02-09}}</ref> He was involved with Jatra, Palagaan, [[Nazrul Sangeet]] and folk songs.<ref name=alive/> He was admitted to the [[Bulbul Lalitakala Academy]] in Nazrul song in the late 1960s and completed the five-year course. In 1963, he started to learn folk songs under Hafizur Rahman.<ref name=alive/> He joined the Government College of Music in 1974.<br />
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===Career===<br />
In 1971, Rajbongshi took part in [[Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/the-colours-and-conscience-of-independence-17371 |title=The colours and conscience of Independence |date=2014-03-27 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-02-09 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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In 1998, Rajbongshi established a folk organisation, ''Bangladesh Lok Sangeet Parishad'' (Folk Song Council).<ref name=igcc>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/folk-music-by-indra-mohan-rajbongshi-9929 |title=Folk music by Indra Mohan Rajbongshi |date=2014-02-05 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-02-09 |language=en}}</ref> It works to practice, preserve, promote and do research on folk songs.<ref name=alive/> He wrote about 100 folk songs for children, including songs on our liberation war and language movement.<ref name=alive/><br />
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Rajbongshi received his ''Certificate of World Master'' from Kim Sung Oak, chairperson of The Association of World Masters for the Exchange of Arts and Culture.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-8047 |title=Making waves at Korean cultural festival |date=2007-10-20 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-02-09 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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===Death===<br />
Rajbongshi died on 7 April 2021 after catching [[COVID-19]] at a hospital in Dhaka. <ref>[https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/singer-indra-mohan-rajbongshi-dies-of-covid-19-1617779142 Singer Indra Mohan Rajbongshi dies of Covid-19, The Financial Express, 7 April 2021]</ref><br />
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Rajbongshi is survived by his wife, folk singer Deepti Rajbongshi, daughter Sangita Rajbongshi Das, and son Dipankar Rajbongshi.<ref name=newage/><br />
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==Works==<br />
;Music albums<br />
As of 2014, Rajbongshi had released nine albums.<ref name=igcc/><br />
* ''Sardhoshoto Jonmotshob-e Shrodhanjali'' (2012)<br />
* ''Dersho Bochhor Agey'' (2012)<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-233321 |title=Indra Mohan Rajbongshi's tribute to Tagore |date=2012-05-09 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-02-09 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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;Books<br />
* ''On life and work of Abbas Uddin''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|7807939}}<br />
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[[Category:People from Dhaka]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi folk singers]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi male singers]]<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi male singers]]<br />
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