Pabitra Mohan Dey | |
Native Name: | পবিত্র মোহন দে |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Birth Date: | 1 May 1937 |
Birth Place: | Mymensingh, Bengal Province, British India |
Instrument: | Tabla |
Origin: | Mymensingh |
Pabitra Mohan Dey (born 1 May 1937)[1] is a Bangladeshi tabla (a percussion instrument in the form of a drum) player.[2] [3] He was awarded 2016 Shilpakala Padak by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to instrumental music [4] and won the Independence Award in 2023 for his contribution to the field of cultural. [5]
Dey was born on 1 May 1937 in Chukaitola, Akua, Mymensingh. He took tabla lessons from his elder brother Mithun Dey.[1]
Dey is serving as a tabla teacher at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) Sangeet Bidhalaya.[6]