Lyricist Gobinda Halder no more

Staff Correspondent: Noted lyricist Gobinda Halder, who wrote a number of songs during the Liberation War to inspire freedom fighters, has died on Saturday.

He was 85.

 

The veteran lyricist breathed his last around 10:20am today while undergoing treatment at Jitendra Nath Roy Hospital in Kolkata, his daughter Gopa Halder confirmed.

Gobinda Halder was admitted at the hospital on November 13 last year for old-age and kidney ailments.

The lyricist was born at Bangaon in West Bengal on February 21 in 1930.

Gobinda Halder wrote a number of famous songs including Mora Ekti Phulke Bachabo Bole Juddho Kori, Ek Sagor Rokter Binimoye Banglar Swadhinata Anlo Jara, Purbo Digonte Surjo Uthechhe Rokto Lal and Padma Meghna Jamuna Tomar Amar Thikana.

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