KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM

About:

• Born in 1899 near Asansol in West Bengal, Kazi Nazrul was a versatile genius who criticised the British Raj and called for revolution through his poetic works, such as "Bidrohi" and "Bhangar Gaan" as well as in his publication Dhumketu.
  
  
• His nationalist activism in Indian independence movement led to his frequent imprisonment by the colonial British authorities. While in prison, Nazrul wrote the "Rajbandir Jabanbandi."
  
  
• Known as the Rebel Poet or Bidrohi Kobi, Nazrul wrote nearly 3000 songs and composed many of them which are known as Nazrul Geeti. His poems were a source of inspiration during the liberation war of Bangladesh.
  
  
• At the time of Bangladesh's independence in 1971 poet Nazrul was staying in Kolkata. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman brought him to Dhaka with state honours. He died in 1976.
  
  
• He is known as the national poet of Bangladesh.