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Artist
Dohar
12+ albums
Baulfolkbangla band
about
Dohar is an Indian folk music band that specializes in the styles of greater Bengal as well as the North Eastern States of the Country. The group was founded on 7 August 1999. The band members are Rajib, Amit, Mriganavi, Rittwik, Satyajit, Soumya, Niranjan and Kalikaprasad Bhattacharjee. Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya (c.1970 – 2017) was an Indian folk singer. He was born and raised in Silchar, Assam. He went on to study comparative literature at Jadavpur University. His musical inspiration was his uncle Ananta Bhattacharya. In 1999, he co-founded the band Dohar, with the intent to revive the folk music tradition of Northern and Eastern Bengal. He also contributed music to a number of movies. He died in a road accident in Hooghly district on the 7th March 2017. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
