Noted lyricist Gobinda Halder, who wrote a number of songs during the Liberation War to inspire freedom fighters, has expired on Saturday. He was 85.
The veteran lyricist breathed his last around 10:20am today when undergoing treatment at
Jitendra Nath Roy Hospital in Kolkata, his daughter Gopa Halder confirmed. Gobinda Halder was admitted at the clinic on November 13 last year for old-age and kidney ailments.
The lyricist took his first breath at Bangaon in West Bengal on February 21 in 1930.
Gobinda Halder wrote a number of popular songs as well as 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.
The veteran lyricist breathed his last around 10:20am today when undergoing treatment at
Jitendra Nath Roy Hospital in Kolkata, his daughter Gopa Halder confirmed. Gobinda Halder was admitted at the clinic on November 13 last year for old-age and kidney ailments.
The lyricist took his first breath at Bangaon in West Bengal on February 21 in 1930.
Gobinda Halder wrote a number of popular songs as well as 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.
