Hason Raja
Hason Raja | |
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হাসন রাজা | |
British India (now Sylhet, Bangladesh) | |
Died | 6 December 1922 | (aged 67)
Occupation(s) | Raja, Musician, songwriter, mystic and poet |
Children | 4 |
Relatives |
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Dewan Hason Raja Chowdhury, or simply known as Hason Raja,
Biography
Early life
Raja was born on December 1854 in Lakshmansree, now
The death of Raja's elder half-brother, Ubaidur Raja, followed by the death of his father (in about 40 days gap), put the power and responsibility of the whole family upon Hason Raja at a very young age.[6] His sister Sahifa Bano would also become a poet, the first female poet from Sylhet; she wrote in the Urdu language.[7]
Later life
Raja practiced
Death
Raja died on 6 December 1922.[note 1] Two museums were established in his name in two places. One, Hason Raja Museum sponsored by "Hason Raja Museum Trust" at Sunamganj[10] at his birthplace, Lokkonshri, Sunamganj, and another, Museum of Rajas' at RajaKunjo, Sylhet, sponsored by "Educationist Dewan Talibur Raja Trust".[6]
In popular culture
In 2002, the film
Raja's songs are collected in books Hason Udas and Shaukhin Bahar[2] A volume called Hason Raja Samagra was also published. It contained 500 poems and songs.[15]
Critical response
Author Humayun Ahmed brought Hason Raja's work in limelight again in modern days after using Raja's various popular folk songs in his movies and television dramas.[16][17] Author Rabindranath Tagore quoted on Hason Raja, 'We realise it through admiration and love, through hope that soars beyond the actual, beyond our own span of life into an endless time wherein we live of all men.' and 'It is a village poet of East Bengal who preaches in a song the philosophical doctrine that the universe has its reality in its relation to the Person.'[18]
Notes
- ^ Sources vary regarding the month and day of his death. Banglapedia (Second edition) says he died in November.[2] The Hason Raja Museum Trust, Dewan Muhammed Azrof and Dhaka Tribune say he died on 6 December.[9][10][11] Banglapedia (First edition) says he died on 7 December.[12] The Daily Star says he died on 8 December.[13]
References
- ^ খাতুন চৌধুরী, রাবেয়া (1993). সিলেটের কাব্য সাধনা (in Bengali). p. 101.
- ^ OL 30677644M. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Hasan Raja - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ BanglaAcademy-Publication-Jan1998-/Prashanga-Hason-Raja/book/Moromio Kobi Hason Raja-ProvathKumarShorma
- ^ openlibrary.org/books/OL24244644M/Loker_Raja_Hason_Raja
- ^ a b "Hason Raja". Sylhoti.multiply.com. 21 November 2007. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ Husam, Shamshad. "বাংলা সাহিত্যে সিলেট". Thikana (in Bengali).
- ^ Khan Bahadur Dewan Ganiur Raja, "Din Panjika" Manuscript Diary, Sunamganj, 1932
- ^ BanglaAcademy-Publication-Jan1998-/Prashanga-Hason-Raja/book/Dewan Hason Raja-DewanMuhammedAzrof
- ^ a b "Hason Raja". Hason Raja Trust. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
– 6 December 1922
- ^ "Hason Raja's 92nd death anniversary today". Dhaka Tribune. 6 December 2014.
Hason died on December 6, 1922
- ^ Tasiqul Islam. "Hasan Raja". Banglapedia (First edition). Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
He died on 7 December 1922.
- ^ "Musical programme on Hason Raja on Banglavision". The Star. 6 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
Hason Raja died on December 8, 1922.
- ^ Uddin, Romuz (8 May 2013). "Interview-Film-Maker Ruhul Amin on HASON RAJA Bangla Movie Starring Mithun Chakraborty and Raima Sen". Washington Bangla Radio. Washington. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ Mahammad, Deoyan Ed. Hasan Raja Samagra.
- ^ "Humayun Ahmed's musical creations under spotlight". The Daily Star. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "Humayun's Love For Music". Daily Sun. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ Rabindranath Tagore, "The Religion of Man: The Man of My Heart, Being The Hibbert Lectures for 1930", The MacMillan Company, New-York, 1931
Further reading
- Raja, Dewan Mohammad Tasawwar (2006). Museum of Rajas' [Hason Raja Museum] (in Bengali). Sylhet, Bangladesh: Educationist Dewan Talibur Raja Trust.
- Raja, Dewan Mohammad Tasawwar (2009) [First published 2000]. Hason Raja Shomogro হাছনরাজা সমগ্র [Hason Raja's Oeuvre] (in Bengali). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Pathak Shamabesh. ISBN 978-9848120323.