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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Bangladeshi composer and singer}}<br />
{{about|the Bangladeshi composer|the father of the Bangladeshi President [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]|Sheikh Lutfar Rahman}}<br />
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{{infobox person<br />
|name=Sheikh Luthfur Rahman<br />
|birth_date=1920<br />
|birth_place=Chhoto Bakal village, [[Satkhira District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|nationality=Bangladeshi<br />
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'''Sheikh Luthfur Rahman''' (born 1920) was a Bangladeshi composer and singer.<ref name=illus>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/sheikh-luthfur-rahman-illustrious-composer-1551109|title=Sheikh Luthfur Rahman - An illustrious composer|date=2018-03-21|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-04-13|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.observerbd.com/2015/02/21/73754.php|title=Songs of Ekushey|newspaper=The Daily Observer|date=2015-02-21|access-date=2018-04-13}}</ref> He received the [[Ekushey Padak]] from the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in 1979.<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|accessdate=23 August 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref> He was notable for the composition of the songs "Orey Bhai, Bangladesher Bangali Ar Nai", “Shunen Hujur Bagher Jaat Eyi Bangalira”, “Manbona Bondhon Manbona” and others.<ref name=illus/><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Since age nine, Rahman was trained under his father, Sheikh Abdul Huque, in [[Nazrul Sangeet]] and [[Rabindra Sangeet]]. Umapodo Bhattacharjyo, the principle of the local high school, taught him pure classical music.<ref name=illus/> He also received training in pure classical songs under Onathnath Basu and Biddyut Biswas.<ref name=illus/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Rahman moved to [[Kolkata]] in 1942.<ref name=illus/> He joined the Song Publicity Department and was enlisted at the Kolkata Radio Station.<ref name=illus/> After 1947, he settled in the then [[East Pakistan]] and joined the radio station as an enlisted artiste. From 1956 to 1964, he lived in erstwhile [[West Pakistan]] where he taught at the Nazrul Academy, in [[Karachi]].<br />
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Rahman wrote an autobiography title "Jiboner Gaan Gayee".<ref name=illus/><br />
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[[Category:1920 births]]<br />
[[Category:People from Satkhira District]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi composers]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]<br />
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[[Category:Pakistani musicians]]<br />
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