Chakraborty Current Affairs, GK & News
Amar Paul, legendary Bengali folk singer, passes away
Amar Paul (97), the legendary Bengali folk singer, has passed away in Kolkata on April 20, 2019. Born on May 19, 1922, at Brahmanbaria in undivided Bengal in an area now in Bangladesh, Paul had started taking music lessons from his mother Durgasundari Paul. Afterwards, he learnt classical music from Ayat Ali Khan and folk ..
Topics: Amar Pal • Anup Ghoshal • Brahmos • Chakraborty • Cinema of India • Films • Hirak • Hirak Rajar Deshe • Indian culture • Indian films • Indian people • Satyajit Ray
Dhirendra Nath Chakraborty wins Assam Republic Day Journalism Award 2019
Dhirendra Nath Chakraborty, the veteran journalist and former editor, has been conferred the Assam Republic Day Journalism Award 2019 for his lifelong contribution to journalism in the state. The award comprises a cash prize of Rs.1 lakh, a citation, the Assamese ‘xoraai’ (the bell metal memento presented as an honour), ‘jaapi’ (headgear) and an angavastra. ..
Topics: Assam • Chakraborty • Dainik Janambhumi • Jaapi • Northeast India • Siva Prasad Barooah National Award
Nirendranath Chakraborty, famous Bengali poet passes away
Nirendranath Chakraborty (94), the famous Bengali poet , has passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal on December 25, 2018. Born in 1924 at Faridpur in undivided Bengal, Chakraborty was a dominant figure in the modern Bengali literary field. His first book of poems ‘Nil Nirjone’ was published in 1954 when he was 30 years old. ..
Topics: Anandamela • Bengali people • Chakraborty • Indian people • Nirendranath Chakravarty • Writers