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| name = Malati Ghoshal<br>মালতী ঘোষাল<br />
| image = Malati_Ghosal_with_Dr_SC_Ghosal.jpg<br />
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| caption = Malati Ghosal with her husband, Dr. S C Ghosal<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1902|12|17}}<br />
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1984|07|17|1902|12|17}}<br />
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| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
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| known_for = [[Rabindra Sangeet]] singer<br />
| children = Aloka Mitra<br />
| mother = Mrinalini Bose, sister of Upendrakishore Roychoudhury<br />
| father = Hemendra Mohan Bose, swadeshi entrepreneur<br />
| occupation = [[vocalist]]<br />
| years_active = 1940-52<br />
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'''Malati Ghoshal ([[née]] Bose)''' ({{lang-bn|মালতী ঘোষাল}}) (17 December 1902 – 17 July 1984) was an [[India]]n [[Rabindra Sangeet]] singer.<ref name=bu>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/a-singer%5Cs-tribute/424085/|title=A singer's tribute|date=5 February 2011|work=Business Standard}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Malati Ghoshal was born in Kolkata to [[Hemendra Mohan Bose]], a leading Swadeshi entrepreneur in Bengal, and Mrinalini Bose who was the sister of Upendrakishore Roy Chowdhury.<ref name = charitabhidhan/> She learnt ''[[Tappa]]'' from Manada Sundari Dasi, ''[[Kirtan]]'' from Purnakumari Dasi, [[Indian Classical Music]] from Gopeshwar Bandyopadhyay, Surendranath Bandyopadhyay and Shyam Sundar Mitra.<ref name = charitabhidhan/> She also played [[Sitar]] well.<ref name = charitabhidhan/><br />
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She became a well known exponent of Rabindrasangeet, having sung directly for Rabindranath Tagore along with her contemporaries Amiya and Amita Tagore.<br />
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She was married to Dr. Sushanta Chandra Ghoshal in 1935. Dr Ghoshal was a noted microbiologist and Head of the School of Tropical Medicine in Calcutta, and had worked on the deadly diseases kala azar and cholera with the likes of Dr UN Bramhachari. He was also a proficient singer who supported and encouraged her singing talent.<ref name="charitabhidhan" /><br />
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She comes from an eminent family of [[Brahmo]] Samaj and performed at Brahmo ceremonies.<ref name="charitabhidhan" /> She used to sing duets with her husband also.<br />
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Her first gramophone record, containing two [[Rabindra Sangeet|Tagore Songs]], "Ke Bosile Aji" and "Hridayo Basona Purno Holo", was released in 1940.<ref name="charitabhidhan" /> Her second gramophone record, containing two other Tagore Songs, "E Parabase Rabe Ke" and "Jodi E Amaro Hridayo Duaro", was released in 1950.<ref name="charitabhidhan" /> These four songs made her very popular in those days.<ref name="charitabhidhan" /> During the Tagore centenary celebrations of 1961, she released her third disc (both songs duets with Ramesh Bandyopadhyay) with the songs "Anondodhwoni Jagao Gogone" and "Sokolkolushotamosohor".<br />
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She lost her husband in 1952 and after that she gave up singing. She is survived by a daughter, Aloka Mitra.<ref name="charitabhidhan">{{cite book |editor1-first= Subodh Chandra|editor1-last=Sengupta |others= Bose, Anjali |title= Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan|edition=4th |volume=I |year=2002 |orig-year=1976 |publisher= Sahitya Samsad Pvt Ltd|location= Kolkata|language= bn |isbn=81-86806-98-9 |pages=416–17 }}</ref> and grandchildren.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{YouTube|yWyVCX9Piyo|Malati Ghosal sings}}<br />
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Malati+Ghosal Malati Ghosal] at ''[[last.fm]]''<br />
* {{YouTube|qsBH7ipD7RM|Malati Ghoshal sings ''Aaji Hridayasane''}}<br />
* [http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/orchestra/swarnalatha.asp/Singer Swarnalatha]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at ''[[www.lakshmansruthi.com]]''<br />
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