13 Facts About Abbasuddin Ahmed

Abbasuddin Ahmed was a Pakistani folk song composer and singer born in the Bengal province of British India.

Abbasuddin Ahmed was known for Bhawaiya folk song which is a style commonly found in Rangpur, Undivided Goalpara district and Cooch Behar.

Abbasuddin Ahmed's father, Zafar Ali Ahmed, was a lawyer at Tufanganj court.

Abbasuddin Ahmed was educated in schools and a college in North Bengal and was attracted to music by the cultural programs the offered.

Abbasuddin Ahmed was largely a self-taught composer and singer, though for a brief period he learned music from Ustad Jamiruddin Khan in Kolkata.

Abbasuddin Ahmed started his career by singing modern Bangla songs for the His Master's Voice studios, followed by modern songs of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh.

Abbasuddin Ahmed then proposed to Nazrul Islam to write and tune Islamic songs, which he sang in numerous numbers and recorded for the His Master's Voice studios.

Abbasuddin Ahmed has a pioneering role in bringing the music to the home of the Indian Muslims and arousing them from a state of backwardness.

Abbasuddin Ahmed was the first Muslim in erstwhile India who used his own name in the record labels.

Abbasuddin Ahmed later recorded Bhawaiya, Khirol and Chatka which were famous in Undivided Goalpara District, Cooch Behar and Rangpur.

Abbasuddin Ahmed's only daughter, Ferdausi Rahman is a classical musician.

Abbasuddin Ahmed's youngest son, Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, is a folk researcher, writer, singer and social worker.

Abbasuddin Ahmed's granddaughter, Nashid Kamal, daughter of Mustafa Kamal, is a singer, professor of demography and writer.