Kazi Nazrul Islam
Prominent poet, lyricist and writer of
Bengali literature, his establishment and recognition is mainly as a rebel
poet.
Nazrul, the 11th, was born on 24 May
1900, Bengal 1306, in Churulia village of Burdwan district. His father Qazi
Fakir Ahmad was a pious and honest person. But poverty was his constant
companion.
Born in this poor family, Nazrul had the
opportunity to witness the real form of unequal system of society with the poor
from his childhood. It was at this time that a rebellious spirit was born in
the depths of his mind and with this attitude he fought like a soldier against
all irregularities, chaos, exploitation, oppression and mismanagement
throughout his life.
As a child, Nazrul got a little
education in the village school. Along with Bengali, he learned Arabic and
Persian at this time. Nazrul was attracted to the rural poets of Churulia in
his childhood. He himself
He won the praise of the villagers by
composing poetry by word of mouth.
At the age of 13-14, Nazrul captivated
the audience by singing Urdu ghazals. At an early age, Leto composed Chashaar
Song Shakuni Badh Palagan for the Leto team.
Nazrul was very aloof in his childhood.
It was against his nature to be rigid. Freed from school life, he ran away to
Rani Ganj. He worked for a few days in a bread shop for a salary of five taka.
From there, his school life started
again with the help of a kind-hearted policeman
is When he was a 10th standard student,
World War I started. On the call of patriotism, Nazrul joined the Bengali
platoon No. 49 in 1914 as a soldier.
He had to go to Karachi with the army.
Nazrul's soldier life began, along with his poet's life.
Some of the Rubai's of Diwan-i-Hafez
were translated into Bengali in Karachi Cantonment. The stories in Rikter Bedan
Book are also written while sitting on the shores of the Arabian Sea. Songs and
stories came out of Nazrul's pen in many genres at that time. He used to send
those writings to different newspapers and magazines of Bangladesh.
Habildar Kazi Nazrul Islam used to write
at the end of the essays written on the battlefield. As a result, he was known
as Habilda Kavi in his early life. Since then, the autobiography of Boundul
written by Nazrul in Sawagat newspaper has a lot of impression of his life.
The name of Nazrul's poem published in
first printed letters, Mukti, 1326 Bangla Sane, 1919 was printed in Bengali
Muslim literature magazine in Shravan number. In the same year, a translation
of one of Hafez's Rubaiyat was published in the Paush issue of the elite
newspaper of that time.
In the same year, the Bengali Muslim
literary magazine published the story of Painar Daan and Hena. Nazrul's sense
of patriotism and internationalism can be found in these two love stories.
When the 49th Bengali Battalion was
disbanded in March-April 1919, Nazrul came to Calcutta. New momentum was
transmitted to Nazrul's poetry.
Nazrul's fame as a poet spread with the
publication of rebellious poetry. As a rebel poet, he received spontaneous
congratulations from the countrymen.
16th of 1923 AD after the publication of
the article titled May Bhukha Hun in Dhumketu newspaper.
In January, Nazrul was sentenced to one
year rigorous imprisonment on charges of treason. In October 1923, Nazrul's famous
book Agniveena was published. Shilpacharya Abanindranath Tagore painted the
cover of this book.
Rebel Nazrul started a hunger strike in
Hooghly Jail to protest against the brutal treatment of jail authorities during
his imprisonment. During this period the famous song 'Ee Shikal Para Chhal' was
included
He used to compose Bhangar songs, Sevak,
Maranavaran songs and set fire to the lives of the prisoners by singing them at
the top of their lungs.
The news of Nazrul's hunger strike
spread public anger against the British government all over the country. World
poet Rabindranath telegraphed from Shillong, "Give up hunger strike, our
literature claims you." Jail authorities did not hand over that and other
patriots failed. After forty-nine days of hunger strike, public opinion
pressured. And with Rabindranath's intervention, the British government
promised to accept the demands of the prisoners.Nazrul broke his forty-day
hunger strike.
On 24th April 1924, Baishakh, 1331 AD,
Nazrul got married to Pramila Sengupta. Bisher Banshi was published in the same
year. In 1925, the poet first met Mahatma Gandhi at the Congress Provincial
Conference in Faridpur. Gandhiji was impressed by listening to the 'charka
song' in the poet's voice.
Nazrul's literary pursuits were
unceasing despite constant struggle with poverty. He enriched the literature of
Bengal by writing poems, songs, essays one after another.
1926 AD Communal riots started in
Calcutta. At that time the poet was in Krishnanagar. Kandari wrote a warning.
This song was sung at the Congress Provincial Conference in Krishnanagar. At
the conference of Deshbandhu's Swaraj Party, the poet wrote and sang 'Othre
Chashi Jagatvasi Dhar Kose Langal'.
20th century. He has established himself
in the life of the nation as a shining symbol of the struggle to establish the
rights of fearlessness and justice in poetry, songs, essays, his liberal
lifestyle.
1945 AD Calcutta University honored
Nazrul with Jagattarini Padak award. 1960 AD Government of India awarded Padma
Bhushan.
The identity of Nazrul Islam, a valuable
lyrical poet, composer and composer of numerous songs, has been revealed in a
speech of his own. Bengali 1347, in the fourth month of the Bengali Muslim
Literary Society's silver jubilee session, he said, "I suffered, I
accepted the injury with a smile but I did not insult the soul. I never gave up
my freedom. Balbi's ever-elevated mam shir—I got that from my feeling.”
1928 AD Nazrul got a job in British
Gramophone Company. First he became a singing trainer and later a composer. The
number of songs composed by him is more than three thousand. His own style of
music is known as Nazrul Giti.
Nazrul was associated with Bengali films
from the beginning of Sabak films. Along with the music composition of films
like Dhruva, Vidyapati, Sapude, he also composed the story did 1939 AD
Nazrul-Zaya Pramila became paralyzed due to paralysis. A few years later
1942 A.D. The poet himself lost his
senses due to paralysis and became silent. 1953 A.D. Nazrul was sent to Europe
for medical treatment. 1972 AD Bangabandhu Mujibur Rahman took the poet to
Bangladesh and arranged for treatment. But it is the misfortune of the nation
that the silent poet has not regained his voice.
Government of Bangladesh honored Nazrul
with Ekushey Padak on Martyr's Day 1975 AD. On June 29, 1976, the eternal rebel
Nazrul breathed his last in Dhaka. He was buried there with state honors.
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