{"id":345970,"date":"2025-09-09T17:27:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=345970"},"modified":"2025-09-09T17:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:57:57","slug":"bhupen-hazarika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bhupen-hazarika\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhupen Hazarika"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika on his birth anniversary.<\/p>\n<h3>About Bhupen Hazarika<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.awazthevoice.in\/upload\/news\/1662625444bhupen.webp?resize=343%2C256&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bhupen Hazarika: Maestro who sang for an inclusive society\" width=\"343\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bhupen Hazarika was a <strong>cultural icon from Assam and Northeast India<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He was born in 1926 in Sadiya, Assam.<\/li>\n<li>He was a <strong>singer, lyricist, musician, filmmaker, and cultural activist<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He is popularly known as the <strong>\u201cBard of Brahmaputra\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cSudhakantho\u201d (Pure Voice)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He received the <strong>Bharat Ratna posthumously, fulfilling a long-standing demand from his fans and cultural community.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The award recognizes his <strong>contribution to music, culture, and society<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He also received many prestigious awards before: <strong>Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, <\/strong><strong>Padma Shri, <\/strong><strong>Padma Bhushan, <\/strong><strong>Posthumous Padma Vibhushan and <\/strong><strong>Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1992)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>His songs and lyrics were in <strong>Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, and other languages<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Focused on important themes: <strong>Internationalism, <\/strong><strong>Peace and equality, <\/strong><strong>Unity across religions and languages and s<\/strong><strong>truggles of the working class<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>He used his art to support <strong>marginalized communities<\/strong> and promote <strong>social reform<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>His famous song <strong>\u201cManuhe Manuhar Babe\u201d (For Man)<\/strong> expresses humanistic values: &#8220;If man would not think for man with a little sympathy, who will?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>He also composed music for the Hindi film <strong>Rudali<\/strong>, which brought him fame all over India.<\/li>\n<li>Bhupen Hazarika is remembered as a <strong>humanitarian who worshipped humanity<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He remains an inspiration for promoting <strong>secularism, equality, and social justice<\/strong> through music and culture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika on his birth anniversary. About Bhupen Hazarika Bhupen Hazarika was a cultural icon from Assam and Northeast India. He was born in 1926 in Sadiya, Assam. He was a singer, lyricist, musician, filmmaker, and cultural activist. 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