1. Hemanga Biswas was an Indian singer, composer, author and political activist, known for his literature in Bengali and Assamese, advocacy of peoples music, drawing from genres of folk music, including Bhatiali originally popular among the fishermen of Bengal.
Hemanga Biswas went to the Middle English School in Habiganj.
Hemanga Biswas studied at the George Institution of Dibrugarh from 1925 to 1927 when Nilmoni Phukan was its headmaster.
Hemanga Biswas embraced the values of communism during his college years and wrote poems and plays on equal rights.
Hemanga Biswas became involved in a movement to ensure the rights of tea garden laborers, farmers, and the underprivileged throughout the region.
Hemanga Biswas was associated with the Indian People's Theatre Association.
Hemanga Biswas married Ranu Dutta, a high school teacher, in 1959.
Hemanga Biswas was responsible for a number of popular Bengali songs.
Hemanga Biswas sang a duet with Bhupen Hazarika, Debabrata Biswas and Pete Seeger.
Hemanga Biswas was influenced by Bhawaiya and Bhatiali, and generated his own style, which combined those folk traditions with Sylhet culture's, which he called Bahirana.
Hemanga Biswas formed Mass Singers in or around 1978.
Hemanga Biswas was the playback singer in Meghe Dhaka Tara, Lalon Fakir, Utpal Datta's Kallol, and Komal Gandhar.