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Nazrul's works are a shared cultural heritage of BD, India: Envoy
Indian High Commission hosts Nazrul Shyama Sangeet in Dhaka
High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Pranay Verma
Dhaka, Nov 12 - High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Tuesday said, national poet of Bangladesh Kazi Nazrul Islam's works are a shared cultural heritage of Bangladesh and India and give them a unique platform to forge closer people-to-people and cultural connection between the two countries.
He was speaking at a musical evening of Shyama Sangeet by Kazi Nazrul Islam, organized by the Indira Gandhi Cultural Center (IGCC) of the Indian High Commission on Tuesday at the Indian Cultural Center in Dhaka.
Kazi Nazrul Islam is equally popular in India and Bangladesh.
Nazrul has composed more than a hundred devotional songs --- Shyama Sangeet.
Renowned artists Tito Munshi, Mridula Samadder, and Bijon Chandra Mistry performed selected works of Nazrul's Shyama Sangeet in the event.
Prominent people from the field of art and culture in Bangladesh joined the programme.-UNB