Waheedul Haq

Waheedul Haq (Bengali: ওয়াহিদুল হক; March 16, 1933 – January 27, 2007) was a journalist, writer, and musicologist of Tagore songs.

[2][3][4] He also founded Kanthashilon, Nalonda, Anandadhani, Fulki, Bratochari Samity and Bashanto Utsab Udjapon Parishad.

He also composed the musical scores for the Indian director Ritwik Ghatak's film Titash Ekti Nadir Naam.

Since the late 1990s he worked as a freelance columnist in several newspapers including Bhorer Kagoj, Janakantha, The New Nation, The Morning News and The People.

[citation needed] He had been suffering from pneumonia and lung and kidney diseases and had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for few weeks.