Mihir Kumar Nandi | |
Birth Date: | 14 December 1945 |
Birth Place: | Keuchia, Satkania, Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Death Place: | Chittagong, Bangladesh |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Father: | Fanindra Lal Nandi |
Mother: | Mallika Rani Nandi |
Mihir Kumar Nandi (14 December 1945 – 6 May 2017) was a Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer and classical vocalist.[1] He was a singer at the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during the 1971 Liberation War. In 2015, he was awarded Shilpakala Padak in the vocal music category by the Government of Bangladesh.[2]
Nandi was born in Chittagong to Fanindra Lal Nandi and Mallika Rani Nandi.[3] He got his early music lessons from his father. Later he was trained by Waheedul Haq, Shailada Ranjan Majumder, Nirod Baran Barua, Ashok Dasgupta, Soumitra Lal Dasgupta and Aditya Narayan Das.[3]
In 1964, Nandi's musical career began by enlisting as a singer with Chittagong Betar.[3]
Nandi was an artist of special class at Bangladesh Betar and Bangladesh Television.[1] He founded Ananda Dhwani, a music organization. He served as the vice-president of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi and Rabindra Sangeet Sommilon Parishad. He was a part-time lecturer at the Department of Music of the University of Chittagong.[1]
Nandi died on 6 May 2017 at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH). He was cremated at Bolua Dighir Par.[1]