Abdul Latif (1927 – 27 February 2005) was a Bangladeshi singer, musician, and lyricist. He was the initial composer of the Bengali language movement song, " Amaar Bhaiyer Rakte Rangano Ekushey February". He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1997 and Independence Day Award in 2002 by the Government of Bangladesh.

Early life

Latif was born at Raipasha village in Barisal Sadar. After matriculating from Ruphshahya High School, he went to Kolkata for higher education. He started singing for the Congress Literature Group from the age of 16.

Career

He moved to Dhaka in July 1948 and joined Radio Pakistan as a staff artiste. He started writing songs since then. He wrote over 1500 songs. Latif was a government officer in various capacities from 1974 to 1993. In 1953, first Latif composed the song ''Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano'', written by

Abdul Gaffar Choudhury Abdul Gaffar Choudhury (12 December 1934 – 19 May 2022) was a Bangladeshi-born British writer, journalist, columnist, political analyst and poet. He wrote the lyrics to "Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano", a widely celebrated song commemorating the ...

which is later re-composed to the current form by

Altaf Mahmud Altaf Mahmud ( bn, আলতাফ মাহমুদ; 23 December 1933 – September 1971) was a musician, cultural activist, and martyred freedom fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was also a language activist of the Language Movement ...

. He wrote songs like ''Ora Amar Mukher Kotha'', ''Ami dam diye kinechi Bangla'' and ''Shona Shona Shona Lokey Boley Shona''.

Bibliography

His publications include ''Duare Aishachhe Palki'' from Bangladesh Folklore Parishad, ''Bhashar Gaan, Desher Gaan'' from Bangla Academy and ''Dilrobab'' from Islamic Foundation.

Awards

* Ekushey Padak (1979) * Independence Day Award (2002)

References

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