Sohrab Hossain

Not to be confused with Md Sohorab Hossain.
Sohrab Hossain
Born(1922-04-09)9 April 1922
Nadia, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died27 December 2012(2012-12-27) (aged 90)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
OccupationSinger
Known forNazrul Sangeet exponent

Sohrab Hossain (9 April 1922 – 27 December 2012) was a Bangladeshi singer and an exponent of Nazrul Sangeet. From his childhood, he was interested in music and started learning music. He met singer Abbas Uddin in a function in Ranaghat. Then he went to Kolkata. In Kolkata with the help of Abbas Uddin he started working on a music album but could not finish it.

After the partition of India, he came back to Dhaka where he got a Government job. With the musical troupe of Abbas Uddin he performed all over Bangladesh. He worked as a playback singer in several movies. He was also a teacher of few musical institutions.

Hossain received the Independence Day Award in 1980.

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