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'''Amar Pal''' (19 May 1922 – 20 April 2019) was an Indian [[Bengalis|Bengali]] folk singer and author.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Pal was born in 1922 at [[Brahmanbaria District|Brahmanbaria]] in [[British India]]. His father Mahesh Chandra Pal died when Pal was 10. He learned [[Folk music|folk songs]] from his mother Durga Sundari Devi. He also trained in classical music from Ustad Ayat Ali Khan, brother of legendary [[Allauddin Khan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsmen.in/news/amar-pal-veteran-bengali-folk-singer-dies-in-kolkata/|title=Amar Pal, Veteran Bengali Folk Singer, Dies in Kolkata|date=20 April 2019|access-date=21 April 2019}}</ref> Later Pal received training in folk music from Mani Chakraborty and Suren Chakraborty in [[Kolkata]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
Pal went to Kolkata in 1948 with Sachindranath Bhattacharya, a lyricist of [[All India Radio]]. In 1951, he first got a chance to sing in ''Akashbani Kolkata''. He recorded thousands of folk and modern Bengali songs in the next seven decades. The satirical song "Kotoi Rongo Dekhi Duniyay", in [[Satyajit Ray]]'s ''[[Hirak Rajar Deshe]]'', made him famous. He worked in a number of Bengali films as a playback singer or music director.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/west-bengal/legendary-folk-artist-amar-pal-is-no-more-94978/|script-title=bn:চলে গেলেন কিংবদন্তি শিল্পী অমর পাল|trans-title=Legendary Folk Artist Amar Pal Is No More|date=20 April 2019|language=bn|newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref><br />
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Pal attended seminars and workshops on folk music worldwide and became the Vice-Chairman of the Paschim Banga Rajya Sangeet Academy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=1270&at=2|title=Amar Paul|website=sangeetnatak.gov.in|access-date=21 April 2019}}</ref><br />
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He received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 2007 from the [[Government of India]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Laxmikanth |title=Current Affairs Reckoner |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5lEDLKaYW7gC&pg=SL1-PA111 |publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education |page=A-111 |isbn=978-0-07-022166-6}}</ref> and the [[Government of West Bengal]] awarded him the Sangeet Mahasamman in 2012 for his prolonged contribution in folk music.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.apnnews.com/noted-bengali-folk-singer-amar-pal-dies-in-kolkata/|title=Noted Bengali folk singer Amar Pal dies|access-date=21 April 2019}}</ref> He was honoured by the [[Rabindra Bharati University]] and [[Burdwan University]].<br />
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Pal also wrote two books, ''Banglar Loksangeet'' and ''Banglaar Nadir Gaan''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enewstime.in/promass-legendary-bengali-folk-singer-amar-paul-dead/|title=Legendary Bengali folk singer Amar Paul dead|access-date=21 April 2019}}</ref><br />
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The notable devotional songs Pal sang are as follows:<br />
* Prabhata Samaye<br />
* Jago He Nagarbasi<br />
* Jagia Laho Krishna Nam<br />
* Ami Kothay Gele<br />
* Amar Gour Kene<br />
* Rai Jago<br />
* Rai Jago Go<br />
* Hari Din Toh Gelo<br />
* Prabhate Gouranga Nam<br />
* Bharati Gouranga Loiya<br />
* Mon Radhe Radhe<br />
* Vrindabana Bilasini, etc.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/article/1589880|script-title=bn:অমর পাল আর নেই|work=Prothom Alo|language=bn|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Pal died at [[SSKM Hospital]], Kolkata after a cardiac arrest on 20 April 2019 at the age of 96.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|3690928}}<br />
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[[Category:1922 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Bengali musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali playback singers]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali singers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male folk singers]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians from Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:People from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:People from Brahmanbaria district]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian musicians]]<br />
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