Life and Death of the Rebel Poet: Iklas Kader Zihad
Today marks the 45th death anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, widely revered for his limitless contribution to Bengali literature. Known and regarded as the ‘Rebel Poet’ for his iconoclastic and majestic literary creations, Kazi Nazrul was born in Churulia village of Burdwan in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1899. According to the Nazrul Institute, Kazi Nazrul wrote 2,600 songs, 600 poetry, three novels, and 43 articles in a career spanning 21 years before losing his speech. Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh, was born 24 May 1899 in the village of Churulia, Asansol Sadar, Paschim Bardhaman district of the Bengal Presidency (now in West Bengal, India). After the independence of Bangladesh, the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman brought poet Nazrul Islam to Dhaka from Kolkata along with his family and made arrangements for living with state honor. In 1942, Kazi Nazrul began to lose his voice and memory due to an unexplained ailment. L...
