Julhas Uddin Ahmed
Julhas Uddin Ahmed is a Bangladeshi renowned Nazrul Geeti singer and teacher. He was awarded Ekushey Padak for his special contribution in Nazrul Geeti by Government of Bangladesh in 2017.Early life
Ahmed was born on 10 November 1933 at Baraikhali village in Sreenagar Upazila, Munshiganj District of the then British India to Yehair Ali Bepari and Hasna Begum. He is the youngest among 9 children of the couple. He lost his eyesight at the age of two because of Smallpox.Career
In 1949, Ahmed was sent to Kolkata by his elder brother Farhad Hossain for studying in music. There he was first trained by Chinmoy Lahiri and then by Tarapada Chakraborty for five years in classical music. He returned to East Pakistan in 1955. A year later in 1956, again he went to Kolkata and started practicing classical music with Ustad Amir Khan, Omkarnath Thakur, Nissar Hussain Khan and Ghulam Ali.
From 1961 to 1975, he was a regular Nazrul Geeti performer at Radio of East Pakistan. After the independence of Bangladesh, he joined as the head of the Nazrul Geeti program in Bangladesh Television and retired in 1975.
