Pop Guru Azam Khan Died On Sunday

The body of pop guru and freedom fighter Azam Khan has been taken to the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque for namaj-e-janaza from the Central Shaheed Minar.
Tens of hundreds of people earlier paid their last respect to Bangladesh's pop legend at the Shaheed Minar before the body was taken to the national mosque around 11:45am on Monday.

 The body was taken to the Shaheed Minar around 09:45am following the first janaza at Kamalapur in the city.
Earlier the body was taken to his Kamalapur residence from the mortuary of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) where he died on Sunday after a long battle against cancer.

Apart from the family and relatives, many of the fans and well-wishers burst into tears as they paid him their floral respect at the Shaheed Minar for around two hours.
Awami League, BNP and other political and social organisations placed wreaths at the coffin of Azam Khan. Sammillita Sangskritik Jote arranged the event.
Azam Khan will be buried at the Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard at Mirpur following the janaza at Baitul Mukarram.
The musician had long been suffering from oral cancer. On May 22, he was admitted to Square Hospitals when his pain became unbearable after the cancer spread to other parts.
On life support, he was shifted to the CMH on June 1 and died there after four days.
He was diagnosed with cancer in 2010 and underwent advanced treatment in Singapore twice that year. But he did not follow up on his treatment.
Doctors lost hope on his condition improving with the cancer spreading to his lungs.
Born on Feb 28, 1950, Azam Khan (full name Mahbubul Haque Khan) had fought as a guerrilla fighter against the Pakistani occupation forces in the war in Sector 2 and inspired many freedom fighters with his songs.

His first television concert was aired in 1972 on Bangladesh Television.
One of the pioneers in Bengali pop music, he founded a band called 'Uchcharon' in the early 1970s and was dubbed as the Guru of pop music in Bangladesh by legions of fans and subsequent pop singers.
Azam Khan was an imaginative composer, inspired musician, straight-down-the-line lyricist and a singer of uninhibited emotion.
His outstanding compositions such as Obhimani, Ashi Ashi Bole Tumi, Highcourt Er Majare, Orey Saleka Orey Maleka, Jibone Kichhu Pabona Re, Ami Jare Chaire, Rail Liner Oi Bostite', and Hei Allah, Hei Allah Re became instant hits.

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Younger people still hum several evergreen rock n' roll numbers of the 1970s such as Ami jare chai re, Ashi ashi bole tumi, Rail liner bostite, Abhimani tumi kothay, Shara rat jege jege and many others rendered by Azam Khan. Mahbubul Haque Khan, born on February 28, 1950, is better known as Azam Khan. A pioneering rock star in Bangladesh, he is the guru of many rock n' rollers in Bangladesh. His rock band 'Uchcharon' is the first of its kind in the country and still continues to perform.

In the mid-1960s Azam, along with Fakir Alamgir, Fuad and Sabu used to perform Gano Sangeet with the popular troupes such as Gano Shilpi Goshthi and Kranti Shilpi Goshthi to generate awareness about the oppression of the Bengalis by the Pakistanis. Later, he actively participated in the Liberation War in 1971. After the war, he introduced an energetic brand of music. His first concert on television was broadcast in 1972 on Bangladesh Television.

On the genesis of his band Uchcharan, Azam said, "Since my boyhood, I had a passion for music. I listened to a tune and used to render it closely to the original. After Independence, it was not difficult for emerging artistes to perform at BTV. My friends Firoze Shain and others went there and performed which turned out to be a total flop. It was a matter of prestige concern for my friends. It was then that Nilu, Mansur, Sadek and I began to practice with drums and guitars. I was the vocalist while Nilu and Mansur played the guitars and Sadek was on drums. Then we performed two songs Eto shundar dunia and Char kalema shakkhi. Both the songs, written and composed by me, received huge popularity. Eto shundar dunia is still a popular number. From then on we began to perform on a regular basis and later formed our band Uchcharan."

In his long music career Azam and his band have so far released only 16 albums, most of which are popular. Azam said, "I always try to touch the rhythm of the people of my time. Each track of my composition is different from others. Moreover, I give a spontaneous presentation of the songs. That's why people still listen to my old numbers."

Azam believes that band music in Bangladesh has not reached its full potential. Rather, he thinks that because of poor handling of the genre, band music in Bangladesh has been marginalised and appeals only to the younger generation of the fashionable elite class. Azam said, "The younger generation uses sophisticated instruments and recording systems. However, most of the current songs do not have a lasting appeal. One of the major causes for such transience is that many compositions are monotonous. In my view, instead of imitating the theme and tune of the western music younger people should create a distinctive style featuring the rhythm unique to Bangladeshi music."

Recently Azam Khan has released a new album titled Saleka Maleka, which is a remix of his old popular tracks. He is the recipient of a life time achievement award for his contribution to music in Bangladesh.

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She was conferred a special honour during her stay in the USA by New Jersey Senate.

The party, along with its factions, accorded her a grand reception outside the airport.

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Moudud Ahmed, Mirza Abbas, Dhaka City mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka and acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir were among those present at the airport.

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The BNP chairperson left Dhaka for London on May 14 and began her USA tour from May 21.

During her weeklong stay in the USA, Khaleda called on US vice president Joe Biden's security advisor Tony Blinken, Bangladesh's congressional caucus co-chair Joseph Crowly and three other influential congressmen in Washington. Prior to her US visit, the BNP chief met her eldest son Tarique Rahman in London after over three years. She had also met various other political leaders, including former British prime minister Gordon Brown, in the UK.

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