nice musician and composer Sachin Dev BurmanLocated in Bangladesh’s Kumila district, the palace home is ready to be reworked right into a cultural complicated, with the Sheikh Hasina authorities sanctioned Taka 1.10 crore (Rs 86 lakh) for the challenge.
Dev Burman, born in 1906, spent the primary 18 years of his life at Rajbari (palace) on this South Chartha village of Kumila, mentioned Golam Farooq, a lawyer and a prolific author, who edited a 596-page e book on the musician.
“His musical talent was honed under the supervision of his father, who was a sitar player. Dev Burman completed his schooling from Kumila Zilla School and graduated from Victoria Government College in 1924,” mentioned Farooq, additionally a historian , he mentioned.
His father, a descendant of the Tripura royal household, had moved to Kamila to take care of the princely states.
Bangladesh officers mentioned the palace, the place the music maestro was born and introduced up, was listed as a protected monument on November 30, 2017.
Officials mentioned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had visited Agartala in 2012 to attend the convocation of Tripura University and guaranteed a delegation of writers and cultural activists there that the home can be preserved and made a cultural centre. and will probably be changed into a museum.
He mentioned that in May 2017, Hasina had gone to Kamila to attend the 116th delivery anniversary of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and had laid the inspiration stone for seven initiatives, one in all which was for the ‘Sachin Dev Burman Cultural Complex’.
Farooq defined that the palace was constructed on seven acres of land, however a big a part of it had been occupied through the years because it was deserted.
“Kamilla MP AKM Bahauddin Bahar, however, was able to clear the land to a great extent with the help of the district administration,” he mentioned.
When the MP was contacted, he underlined that the federal government has sanctioned Taka 1.10 crore for the development of the complicated.
The district collector of Kamila, MD Kamrul Hasan mentioned that the administration was ready handy over the home to the archeology division, having accomplished all of the restore work.
“The restoration work was completed long ago. Since the site has not yet been taken over by the Archaeological Department, the district administration is still looking after it. Two employees of the district administration and the archeology department are currently looking after the house,” he informed PTI.
Farooq, additionally a ‘mukti jodha’ (freedom fighter), mentioned, “Many talents, including the famous Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, had visited Dev Burman’s house and played music with him.” An official mentioned on situation of anonymity that the deserted home was used as a army warehouse throughout Pakistan’s rule.
He mentioned that after the warehouse was eliminated, part of the home was transformed right into a poultry farm and since then the place got here to be often known as ‘Kamilla Poultry Farm’.
“Former cultural affairs minister and theater personality Asaduzzaman Noor had earlier announced that a complex would be built around the house with a floating stage in the pond. A music library was also part of the plan. The poultry farm has to be dismantled,” he mentioned.
Farooq mentioned, Sachin Dev Burman, popularly often known as ‘Sachin Karta’, lived in Kamila until 1924.
Farooq mentioned, “He moved to Kolkata that year and then later to Mumbai in 1944 to pursue higher education. Members of the Dev Burman family, who lived in Kamilla House, migrated to India after 1947.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
