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{{Short description|Bangladeshi singer (1962–2021)}}<br />
{{infobox person<br />
| name = Mita Haque<br />
| native_name = মিতা হক<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1962|09|06}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|04|11|1962|09|06}}<br />
| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh<br />
| occupation = Singer, lecturer<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| spouses = {{marriage|[[Khaled Khan]]|1985|2013|end=his death}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mita Haque''' (6 September 1962<ref>{{cite news |title=Mita Haque no more |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/entertainment/music/mita-haque-no-more |work=Prothom Alo}}</ref> – 11 April 2021)<ref name=igcc>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/mita-haq-performs-today-at-igcc/|title=Mita Haq performs today at IGCC|date=September 12, 2013|access-date=December 7, 2015|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Rabindra Sangeet singer Mita Haque no more|url=https://www.jagonews24.com/en/entertainment/news/55399|url-status=live|access-date=April 11, 2021|work=Jago News 24|language=en-US}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi [[Rabindra Sangeet]] singer.<ref name=mind>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-96171|title=Mita Haque: Tagore's tunes always in mind|date=July 10, 2009|access-date=December 7, 2015|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref> She had 14 solo musical albums released from India and 10 musical albums released in Bangladesh.<ref name=igcc/> She was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in 2020 for her contributions to music.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 20, 2020|title=PM hands over Ekushey Padak to 20 eminent personalities, an organisation|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/ekushey-padak-2020-pm-hasina-distributes-it-1870636|access-date=January 31, 2021|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Haque's mentors were Sanjida Khatun and her paternal uncle [[Waheedul Haq]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/08/13/d30813140192.htm|title=Mita and her melodies|author=Novera Deepita|access-date=December 7, 2015|date=August 13, 2003|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> At the age of eleven, she participated at the [[International Children's Festival]] in [[Berlin]]. Later in 1976 she started taking formal music lessons from [[tabla]] player Mohammad Hossain Khan.<ref name=mind/><br />
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Haque used to run a music school ''Surtirtha''.<ref name="mind" /> She also served as the head of the Rabindra Sangeet Department at Chhayanaut Sangeet Bidyayatan in Dhaka.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=184678|title=150th Birth Anniversary of Tagore|author=Takir Hossain|access-date=December 7, 2015|date=May 8, 2011|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> <br />
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Haque also served as a lecturer at [[Chhayanaut|Chhayanaut Sangeet Vidyayatan]] in [[Dhaka]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=Amina Hossain|date=January 28, 2021|title=A Classic Tale|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/cover-story/news/classic-tale-2035277|access-date=January 31, 2021|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Haque was married to actor-director [[Khaled Khan]] (d. 2013).<ref name=khaled>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/03/19/d40319140197.htm|title=Khaled and Mita: a couple that complement each other|date=March 19, 2004|access-date=December 7, 2015|newspaper=The Daily Star|author=Novera Deepita}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Haque died on 11 April 2021 after contracting COVID-19 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rabindra Sangeet singer Mita Haque no more|url=https://www.risingbd.com/english/entertainment/news/78768|access-date=April 11, 2021|work=Risingbd.com|language=en}}</ref><br />
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