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during his college years and wrote poems and plays on equal rights. During this time he started performing "gana sangeet." He did not complete his formal education. Biswas became involved in a movement to ensure the rights of tea garden laborers, farmers, and the underprivileged throughout the
293:. He married Ranu Dutta, a high school teacher, in 1959. Their son, Moinak Biswas (professor of Film Studies at Jadavpur University & filmmaker), was born in 1960 and their daughter, Rongili Biswas (a writer & professor of Economics) was born in 1967. 754: 595: 330: 386: 360: 749: 301: 264:) on 14 December 1912 to Harakumar and Sarojini Biswas. He went to the Middle English School in Habiganj. He studied at the George Institution of 501: 769: 764: 729: 714: 240:(14 December 1912 – 22 November 1987) was an Indian singer, composer, author and political activist, known for his literature in 699: 290: 89: 739: 724: 719: 61: 669: 670:
Hemango Biswas’s popular songs presented at University of Dhaka, in Bangladesh, celebrating his 99th birth anniversary
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Hemanga Biswas was responsible for a number of popular Bengali songs. A fierce debate once ensued between
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region. For his political convictions, he was arrested in 1930. He was also associated with the
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Translated chapter from Biswas's travelogue: "Abar Chin Dekhe Elam" (Trip To China Again), 1975
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was composed to motivate the laborers to improve their standard of living. His translation of
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Hemanga with Debabrata Biswas, Omar Sheikh, Niranjan Sen and others.
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and him on the method of translating the ideal of people's art:
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Biswas was born in Habiganj, Sylhet, British India (now in
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Indian singer, composer, author and political activist
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Communist Party of India politicians from West Bengal
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