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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Tarapada Chakraborty<br />
| image = Sangeetacharya Tarapada Chakraborty.jpg<br />
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| birth_name = Tarapada Chakraborty<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1909|4|13|}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Faridpur District|Kotalipara]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br/>(now in [[Bangladesh]])<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|9|01|1909|4|13}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]] , India<br />
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| genre = [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical music]]<br />
| occupation = Singer<br />
| years_active = 1925–1975<br />
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| website = {{url|tarapadachakraborty.com}}<br />
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'''Tarapada Chakraborty'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090329/jsp/calcutta/story_10735553.jsp|title=The master with a nose for music|publisher=The Telegraph, Sunday , March 29, 2009}}</ref> (April 13, 1909 – September 1, 1975) was an [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical]] vocalist. He was born in Kotalipara, [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]) to a Vedic Brahmin family. He is known for the ''[[khyal]]'' and ''[[thumri]]'' forms of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of ''Raagpradhans''. He is the pioneer of the Kotali Gharana which is best known for its slow rendition of [[alap]] while presenting a [[raga]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kotali Gharana - origin and history|url=http://www.biswabratachakrabarti.com/kotali/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-20|website=biswabratachakrabarti.com}}</ref> He was the first Indian classical artiste to have presented any Raaga in 48-beats [[vilambit]] format, which is considered to be a difficult rendition in itself. He is the creator of Raaga Chhaya Hindol and Navamalaka.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Profile|url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=309&at=1|url-status=live|website=sangeetnatak.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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In 1972, he was awarded the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] the highest honour conferred by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi ''Ratna Puraskar''winners (Akademi Fellows)|publisher=Official website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206222925/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm|archivedate=2014-12-06}}</ref> He was the recipient of State Academy Award from [[Rabindra Bharati University]] in 1972.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.swarganga.org/artist_details.php?id=638 Tarapada Chakraborty]<br />
* [http://www.tarapadachakraborty.com Tarapada Chakraborty Official Website]<br />
* [http://www.manaschakraborty.com/kotali.html Sangeetacharya Tarapada Chakraborty, The Pioneer of Kotali Gharana]<br />
* [http://harmonyom.blogspot.in/2010/11/about-kotali-gharana.html HarmoNYom "A Voice for Indian Classical Music"]<br />
* [http://www.theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191609:music-of-bengal-through-the-ages&catid=123:art-culture&Itemid=217 Music of Bengal through the ages]<br />
* [https://www.telegraphindia.com/1100110/jsp/calcutta/story_11959900.jsp Homage to centenarians]<br />
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