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Kazi Nazrul Islam

1899 - 1976

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Kazi Nazrul Islam (24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a Bengali poet, short story writer, journalist, lyricist and musician. He is the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul produced a large body of poetry, music, messages, novels, and stories with themes, that included equality, justice, anti-imperialism, humanity, rebellion against oppression and religious devotion. Nazrul Islam's activism for political and social justice as well as writing a poem titled as "Bidrohī", meaning "the rebel" in Bengali, earned him the title of "Bidrohī Kôbi" (Rebel Poet). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kazi Nazrul Islam is the 1,200th most popular writer (down from 1,060th in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from India (down from 125th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kazi Nazrul Islam ranks 1,200 out of 7,302. Before him are Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Sarah, Duchess of York, Rigas Feraios, Asconius Pedianus, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Rosamunde Pilcher. After him are Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Lü Dongbin, Matthias Flacius, Symeon the New Theologian, Jan Długosz, and Richard Matheson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Kazi Nazrul Islam ranks 58. Before him are Charles Boyer, Sobhuza II, Henri Michaux, Georges Auric, Bronislav Kaminski, and Ludwig Guttmann. After him are Leo Strauss, Lao She, Brassaï, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Andrei Platonov, and Louis Chiron. Among people deceased in 1976, Kazi Nazrul Islam ranks 51. Before him are George Ostrogorsky, Murtala Mohammed, Paul Lazarsfeld, Mukesh, Yukio Goto, and Lin Yutang. After him are Eileen Gray, Carlo Gambino, Mitsuo Fuchida, Phil Ochs, Lee J. Cobb, and Mikhail Gurevich.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kazi Nazrul Islam ranks 183 out of 1,861. Before him are Engelbert Humperdinck (1936), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), Tukaram (1608), Nana Sahib (1824), Shantideva (685), and I. I. Chundrigar (1897). After him are Mahesh Bhatt (1948), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Choudhry Rahmat Ali (1895), Ajay Devgn (1969), Rajaram I (1670), and Pranab Mukherjee (1935).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Kazi Nazrul Islam ranks 22. Before him are Vātsyāyana (300), Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551), Basava (1134), Lawrence Durrell (1912), Sarojini Naidu (1879), and Tukaram (1608). After him are Ahmed Deedat (1918), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Bharata Muni (-1000), Vidyapati (1352), and Deepak Chopra (1946).

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