কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম- KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM- THE NATIONAL POET OF BANGLADESH
Facts

Birth: 24 May 1899

Place: Asansol, Bengal Presidency, British India

Death: 29 August 1976

Place: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Career: Writer, Musician

Father: Kazi Faqeer Ahmed

Mother: Zahida Khatun

Siblings: Kazi Saahibjaan, Kazi Ali Hussain, and Umme Kulsum

Spouse: Pramila Devi

Children: Kazi Sabyasachi, Krishna Mohammad, Kazi Aniruddha, and Arindam Khaled

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.