কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম- KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM- THE NATIONAL POET OF BANGLADESH <br />Facts <br /> <br />Birth: 24 May 1899 <br /> <br />Place: Asansol, Bengal Presidency, British India <br /> <br />Death: 29 August 1976 <br /> <br />Place: Dhaka, Bangladesh <br /> <br />Career: Writer, Musician <br /> <br />Father: Kazi Faqeer Ahmed <br /> <br />Mother: Zahida Khatun <br /> <br />Siblings: Kazi Saahibjaan, Kazi Ali Hussain, and Umme Kulsum <br /> <br />Spouse: Pramila Devi <br /> <br />Children: Kazi Sabyasachi, Krishna Mohammad, Kazi Aniruddha, and Arindam Khaled <br /> <br />Kazi Nazrul Islam was a poet, musician, and revolutionary, best known as the national poet of Bangladesh. His impressively large collection of poetry and music with themes, such as religion, spiritualism, and humanity has inspired many in the past and continues to inspire modern-day activists and revolutionists. A collection of 4,000 songs, which are extremely popular in India and Bangladesh, is known as a whole as Nazrul Sangeet or Nazrul Geeti (Music of Nazrul). Nazrul took active part in the ‘Indian Independence Movement’ after serving the British Indian Army during the ‘First World War.’ For his tremendous contribution towards the field of music, literature, and art, Kazi Nazrul Islam was honored by the Government of India with the prestigious ‘Padma Bhushan Award’ in 1960.
