Krishna chandra dey biography of barack

  • He was not just a singer but an actor, a music composer and a teacher to S.D. Burman.
  • Born in Rawalpindi to an aristocratic family with roots in Ghazni, he studied at Punjab University and trained in classical music under the Patiala Gharana.
  • Krishna Chandra Dey appeared were Sarat Chandra Ghose's "Sree" in 1929, and Jaladhar Chattopadhaya's "Ranga Rakhi" presented in June 1930.

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    He had a very pleasant and easy personality. He was very dedicated to his work. I salute him and pray that his soul rests in peace
    — Lata Mangeshkar on Twitter

    "The nation has lost a veteran playback singer, a versatile artiste of extraordinary ability and a creative genius who mesmerised listeners with his enchanting voice
    — Pranab Mukherjee, President

    Bangalore, October 24
    Manna Dey, the proverbial last Mohican among the singers who lighted up the Bollywood musical scene in the sixties and seventies, passed away at a private hospital early this morning.

    The recipient of countless awards, including Dada Saheb Phalke Award and Padma Bhushan, was 94 and leaves behind his two daughters and scores of admirers.

    Dey’s wife Sulochana died last year. She was a Malayali who grew up in Mumbai. She sang Rabindra Sangeet (songs of Tagore) that brought them in touch with each other.

    Dey’s body was taken from the hospital to cultural centre Ravindra Kalakshetra, where friends a

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    How wrestler Probodh Chandra Dey became singer Manna Dey

    He was trained in wrestling by a certain Goborbabu while studying in Vidyasagar College here and even reached the finals of the All Bengal Wrestling Competition.

    “My only ambition now was to win the finals and be acclaimed as India’s best wrestler … Shunning the call of music all through my childhood and adolescence,I had aspired to be a champion wrestler. By the time I was an adult,music had taken over my life and soul,” Manna Dey had written in his autobiography ‘Memories Come Alive’.

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    His steadily worsening eyesight also was a serious impediment in pursuing wrestling. When he tried to wrestle with his spectacles on,he met with a number of accidents.

    During one such match his spectacles broke,embedding tiny slivers of glass in the skin below his eyes.

    It was at that time he withdrew and gave up the sport forever realising that his true calling was musi

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