Abbasuddin Ahmed

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{{Infobox person
| name = Abbasuddin Ahmed
| image = Abbasuddin Ahmed2.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1901|10|27}}
| birth_place = [[Tufanganj]], [[Cooch Behar]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| father = Ali Zafar Ahmed
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1959|12|30|1901|10|27}}
| death_place =
| occupation = singer, composer
{{Infobox award
| name = Pride of Performance Award Recipient
| image = Flag of Pakistan.svg
| imagesize = 100px
| caption = Abbasuddin Ahmed was the recipient of the Pride of Performance Award 1960
| country = Islamic Republic of Pakistan}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Shilpakala Academy Award Recipient
| image = Flag of Bangladesh.svg
| imagesize = 100px
| caption = Abbasuddin Ahmed was the recipient of the Shilpakala Academy Award 1979
| country = People's Republic of Bangladesh}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Independence Day Award Recipient
| image = Flag of Bangladesh.svg
| imagesize = 100px
| caption = Abbasuddin Ahmed was the recipient of the Independence Day Award 1981
| country = People's Republic of Bangladesh}}
| children = * [[Mustafa Kamal (judge)|Mustafa Kamal]]
* [[Ferdausi Rahman]]
* [[Mustafa Zaman Abbasi]]

| module = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| genre = [[Bhawaiya]] {{small|(folk)}}, [[Nazrul Geeti]]
| instrument = Vocals
}}}}

'''Abbasuddin Ahmed''' (27 October 1901 – 30 December 1959)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-12-27/news/316483|script-title=bn:আব্বাস উদ্দিনের গান|work=Prothom Alo|trans-title=Songs on Abbasuddin|date=27 December 2012|language=bn|access-date=8 December 2018|archive-date=30 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230190754/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-12-27/news/316483|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a Bengali folk song composer and singer born in the [[Bengal]] province of [[British India]]. He was known for [[Bhawaiya]] folk song which is a style commonly found in [[Rangpur District|Rangpur]], [[Undivided Goalpara district]] and [[Cooch Behar]]

== Early life ==

Ahmed was born in [[Tufanganj]] subdivision of [[Cooch Behar]] district (now in India). His father, Zafar Ali Ahmed, was a lawyer at [[Tufanganj]] court.<ref name="birth anniversary">{{cite news |title=Abbasuddin birth anniversary celebrated |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=208329 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=29 October 2011 |access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref> His early education was from schools and a college of [[North Bengal]]. He came closer to music through the cultural programme at schools and colleges. He was largely a self-taught song composer and singer. For a brief period he learned music from Ustad Jamiruddin Khan in [[Kolkata]].

== Career ==
[[Image:Abbasuddin Alauddin Motahar at Bordhoman House 1955.png|thumb|Ahmed (left) with [[Allauddin Khan]] and [[Qazi Motahar Hossain]] (1955)]]
Ahmed started his career by singing modern Bangla songs for the HMV studios, followed by modern songs of poet [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]], the national poet of Bangladesh. He then proposed to Nazrul Islam to write and tune Islamic songs, which he sang in numerous numbers and recorded for the HMV studios. He has a pioneering role in bringing the music to the home of the Indian Muslims and arousing them from a state of backwardness. He was the first Muslim in erstwhile India who used his own name in the record labels. Before Abbassddin Ahmed, Muslim singers would use pseudo names, so that their Muslim identity would be anonymous. He later recorded Bhawaiya, Khirol and Chatka which were famous in [[Undivided Goalpara district|Undivided Goalpara District]], [[Cooch Behar]] and [[Rangpur District|Rangpur]]. Later he started to sing other folk songs like jaari, sari, bhatiyali, murshidi, bichchhedi (songs of estrangement), marsiya, dehatattwa, and musical plays. He also collaborated with, [[Jasimuddin]] and [[Golam Mostofa (poet)|Golam Mostafa]].<ref name="ABBASUDDIN’s 108th birthday">{{cite web |title=Old is better than gold |url=http://creativebangladesh.wordpress.com/tag/abbasuddin-ahmed/ |publisher=Creative Bangladesh |access-date=28 October 2013}}</ref><ref>My life in melodies, written by Abbassddin Ahmed, translated by Nashid Kamal, Adorn Publications,2014, Bangladesh</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Pride of Performance]] (1960)
* Shilpakala Academy Award (1979)
* [[Independence Day Award]] (1981)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.priyo.com/entertainment/2011/10/27/homage-folk-maestro-abbasuddin-41491.html |title=Homage to folk maestro Abbasuddin |access-date=27 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205095449/http://news.priyo.com/entertainment/2011/10/27/homage-folk-maestro-abbasuddin-41491.html |archive-date=5 February 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Legacy==
Ahmed's first son [[Justice Mustafa Kamal|Mustafa Kamal]] served as the [[Chief Justice of Bangladesh]] during June–Dec 1999. His only daughter, [[Ferdausi Rahman]] is a classical musician. His youngest son, [[Mustafa Zaman Abbasi]], is a folk researcher, writer, singer and social worker.

Ahmed's granddaughter, [[Nashid Kamal]], daughter of Mustafa Kamal, is a singer, professor of demography and writer.<ref>{{cite book |last=Abbasi |first=Mustafa Zaman |date=2013 |title=Kazi Nazrul Islam, Man and poet |publisher=[[Independent University, Bangladesh]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Ahmed |first=Wakil |year=2012 |chapter=Ahmed, Abbasuddin |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ahmed,_Abbasuddin |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1901 births]]
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[[Category:Bengali musicians]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Pride of Performance]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian musicians]]
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