Kamal Dasgupta

Kamal Dasgupta was a Bangladeshi music director, composer and folk artist. R?ga and Thumri were the main elements of his music. His wife Feroza Begum was a noted Nazrul Sangeet singer. Their second and third sons Hamin Ahmed and Shafin Ahmed are the lead singers with Bangladeshi Band Miles. Dasgupta was born on 28 July 1912 in Narail, Jessore of the then British India. He matriculated in 1928 from Calcutta Academy and later completed B. Com. from Comilla Victoria Government College. He earned his doctorate in music from Banaras Hindu University in 1943 for his work on Meerabai, the composer and singer of Bhajans. His early inspiration came from his father, Tara Prasanna Dasgupta. He married Feroza Begum, a Nazrul Sangeet singer, in the same year. They have three sons, Tahsin Ahmed, Hamin Ahmed and Shafin Ahmed.