Sipra Bose (9 November 1945 – 22 April 2008) was a noted singer in the

Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the Indian classical music, classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions. It may also be called North Indian classical music or ''Uttar Bhartiya shastriya sangeet''. The term ''shastriya sangeet'' ...

tradition from

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Works

She is noted for her rendering of light classical (''Ragpradhan'') songs in

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. Some of her notable songs in Classical are BINI SUTOY GANTHA MALA , ASI BOLE KANO, MON NA CHAILE, GANE GANE KEA GHUM, PRIYO TOMO KHOLO, JAO BHULE E ABHIMAN , JAMUNA KI BOLTE PARE etc . Latest hit albums like SUR SMARANE & BINI SUTOY GANTHA MALA. She is more famous and popular and remembered by Bengali people because of her Bengali Modern Song . All the songs made a hit in that time and they are still remembered and sung by various artists in various programs. Some of her notable songs like AMARO BADOLO DIN, MONER DUAR KHULE KEA, BHALO BESHE BATHA SOHIBO, AHA MON KAMUN, O BASHI JANE , AHA KEA RANGO KORE GALO, E BHANGA BASANTA BELAY, AMAR SADA RONG TA NAO, OGO RIDHOY RATAN, KACHE ASAR MOTO, AMAR KOBAR MORON, SONO KOTHA AJI RATE, BATHA KICHU CHILO NA, AMI SUNECHI TAR CHARANDHANI etc are still remembered today. She started her musical training under Chinmoy Lahiri, and was introduced into the

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and

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of the Lucknow

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under

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. She also worked with

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of the

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and Pandit

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. Her ghazal renditions, especially her enunciation of Urdu, has been noted by critics. She is also remembered in

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for singing some memorable Oriya movie songs and duets. She enlightened many famous singers like Trisha Parui with her unique singing style.

Death

She died from a heart attack in Kolkata on 22 April 2008. Her husband is Gobindo Bose, a noted Tabla player. They have two sons and one daughter. Their son, Somnath Bose is also a tabla player, and their daughter, Shubhangi Bose has worked in the music industry too. Their son Shivraj Bose is a business man and is the only sibling with a daughter, Ambika Bose who is pursuing law.

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