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Notuner Gan" (Bengali: নতুনের গান [ˈnotuneɾ gan]; "The Youth Song"), more popularly known by its incipit as "Chol Chol Chol", [a] is the national march (Bengali: রণ-সঙ্গীত) of Bangladesh, [1] [2] whose lyrics and tune were written by national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in 1928.
During the presidency of Ziaur Rahman, the song was played after Amar Sonar Bangla on national television and government programmes. [16] However, after the death of Rahman in 1981, the initiative was stopped and the song lost its status. Today, Prothom Bangladesh is the party anthem of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [17]
Bengali bands became popular with young people in the 1970s, both in India and Bangladesh, and have since become entrenched in modern Bengali culture. Recently, traditional folk-based Bengali songs are also being released by bands. Rock music of Bangladesh
Dhakaiya Urdu, sometimes unofficially referred to as Sobbasi Language or Khosbasi Language, is a Bengalinized dialect of Urdu that is native to Old Dhaka, Bangladesh.It is being spoken by the Sobbas or Khosbas community, Nawab Family and some other communities such as the Shia community of Old Dhaka.
"Akti Bangladesh" - written by Noyeem Gahar and sung by Sabina Yasmin and Konok Chapa in different versions "Amar Desher Matir Gondhe" "Amar Shonar Bangla" - National anthem of Bangladesh, written by Rabindranath Tagore "Amar Vaier Rokte Rangano" - written by Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury and composed by Altaf Mahmud during 1952 Bengali language movement.
A significant impact of Nazrul Islam's work in Bengal was that it made Bengali Muslims more comfortable with the Bengali arts, which used to be dominated by Bengali Hindus. [62] His Islamic songs are popular during Ramadan in Bangladesh. He also wrote devotional songs on the Hindu Goddess Kali. [63]
Rabindranath Thakur/Tagore also composed a song which was later picked to be the national anthem of Bangladesh ('Amar Sonar Bangla'/'My golden Bengal') in which he refers to the entirety of Bengal (undivided Bengal; the song was written before the partition of West Bengal and Bangladesh) as being a segment of the body of the supreme mother.
He instead proposed this song as the new national anthem. [4] After receiving this letter from the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Division issued instructions to broadcast the song on radio, television and all government programs. Meanwhile, the proposed national anthem song started singing along with Amar Sonar Bangla at the Presidential functions.