Sohrab Hossain

Sohrab Hossain (9 April 1922 – 27 December 2012)[1] was a Bangladeshi singer and an exponent of Nazrul Sangeet.

[1] Hossain was born on 9 April 1922 in Ayeshtala village near Ranaghat in Nadia, Bengal.

When he was a student in grade five, one day he was going to Ranaghat by boat and met Khirod Pal, a zamindar.

Being impressed by talent of the young boy, the rich zamindar appoints Kiran Dey Chowdhury as his music teacher.

Abbas Uddin gives him a job at the '"Songs and Publicity Department" where he joins at 6 June 1946.

[citation needed] He also acted in a Bengali drama Chhnera Tar directed by Tulshi Lahiri.

[6] At the time of death Hossain was suffering from diabetes, respiratory problems, and various infectious diseases.