Ajit Chakrabarty
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Ajit Chakrabarty was a noted music composer and music educationalist based in Shyamnagar
who has recently died.
, Bangladesh
but was forced to take refuge in Shyamnagar
, India
during the partition
. He took up various jobs including cattle raising, teaching English, carpentry and many others. Meanwhile, he continued the tradition of music from his ancestral home.
. The younger son, Sanjay Chakrabarty
is a sound designer, sound therapist, composer, singer, sitar player, harmonium accompanist and poet.
Shyamnagar
Shyamnagar Upazila is a small town and the largest thana of Bangladesh with an area of 1968.24 km². It has many beautiful places including some part of the Sundarban, the largest mangrove forest in the world.-Location:...
who has recently died.
Biography
Ajit Chakrabarty was originally based in MymensinghMymensingh
Mymensingh , pronounced moy-mon-shing-haw, is a city of Bangladesh situated on the river Brahmaputra. It is the headquarters of the administrative unit Mymensingh District. Mymensingh is the anglicized pronunciation of the original name Momenshahi, referring to a ruler called Momen Shah. The cadet...
, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
but was forced to take refuge in Shyamnagar
Shyamnagar
Shyamnagar Upazila is a small town and the largest thana of Bangladesh with an area of 1968.24 km². It has many beautiful places including some part of the Sundarban, the largest mangrove forest in the world.-Location:...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
during the partition
Partition of India
The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...
. He took up various jobs including cattle raising, teaching English, carpentry and many others. Meanwhile, he continued the tradition of music from his ancestral home.
Family
His elder son Ajoy Chakrabarty has gone on to be a world renowned vocal maestro in Indian Classical MusicIndian classical music
The origins of Indian classical music can be found in the Vedas, which are the oldest scriptures in the Hindu tradition. Indian classical music has also been significantly influenced by, or syncretised with, Indian folk music and Persian music. The Samaveda, one of the four Vedas, describes music...
. The younger son, Sanjay Chakrabarty
Sanjay Chakrabarty
Sanjay Chakrabarty is a sound designer, classical singer, a sitar maestro, a harmonium accompanist, an established music composer, a music therapist and a poet based at Kolkata, India.- Biography :...
is a sound designer, sound therapist, composer, singer, sitar player, harmonium accompanist and poet.