Kalyani Ghosh (born 1946) is a Bangladeshi singer. She was an artist of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during the Bangladesh Liberation War. She was awarded the Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2024 for her special contribution to music.[1][2][3]
Lifeedit
Kalyani was born in 1946 into a musical family in the present-day Raozan Upazila of Chittagong. Her father's name was Manomohan Chowdhury and her mother's name was Lilabati Chowdhury.Of the couple's eight children, six of them, including her, were artists of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra: Uma Khan, Probal Chowdhury, Swapon Chowdhury, Devi Chowdhury, and Purnima Das. Kalyani started learning music from her mother at the age of five. [4] She was a student of the first batch of the Bengali department of Chittagong University.[4]
In 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War, she was teaching at the prestigious St. Placid's School in Chittagong. After the independence of Bangladesh, she was listed as a regular artist on Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar. She later retired in 2005 as the Deputy Director of Bangla Academy.[5]
Song & awardedit
She was awarded the Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2024. Recipient of the 'Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award' and the 'Shahid Smriti Sangskritik Parishad Award'. She has performed in many countries around the world, including India, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Kalyani has released several albums, including 'Swadhinotar Gaan' and 'Amar Sonar Bangla'.
Referencesedit
^Arts & Entertainment Desk (2024-02-13). "21 eminent personalities to be honoured with the Ekushey Padak 2024". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^"Ekushey Padak 2024". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^Government, Bangladesh. "একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা" (PDF). Ministry of Cultural Affairs. (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^"জীবন সায়াহ্নে রাষ্ট্রীয় স্বীকৃতি পেলেন কল্যাণী ঘোষ". Daily Desh Rupantor. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^জনকণ্ঠ, দৈনিক. "মুক্তিযুদ্ধের ঘটনা শুধু নির্বাক স্মৃতি ॥ কল্যাণী ঘোষ". দৈনিক জনকণ্ঠ || Daily Janakantha. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
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