Ustad Mihir Nandi no more
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Staff Correspondent: The veteran Rabindra Sangeet singer and classical vocalist Ustad Mihir Kumar Nandi has died of cancer at 72.
He breathed his last at a private medical clinic in the port city Chittagong around 11:30pm on Saturday.
Ustad Mihir Nandi, one of the most prominent figures of Chittagong's musical and cultural movement, was suffering from cancer for long times.
Born on December 14, 1945 in Keuchia village of Chittagong's Satkania to Fanindra Lal Nandi and Mallika Rani Nandi, Mihir Kumar Nandi got his first music lessons from his father, but later came under the tutelage of Waheedul Haque and Acharya Shailada Ranjan Majumder for Rabindra Sangeet.
He was also a disciple of Ustad Nirod Baran Barua and Pandit Ashok Dasgupta for violin, Sangeetacharya Soumitra Lal Dasgupta for dhrupad vocals and Ustad Aditya Narayan Das for tabla, sitar and esraj.
His musical career began when he enlisted as a singer with Chittagong Betar in 1964, and started teaching Rabindra Sangeet and classical music a couple of years later.
He also served as a part time teacher at the Chittagong University's music department, and as a jury member of Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar's special grade artiste, music director and composer.
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