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Jnanendra Prasad
Goswami
 Born
on December 25, 1902, Jnanendra Prasad Goswami was an evocative name
in the music world of Bengal. A renowned exponent of the Bishnupur
Gharana, Goswami added his genius to the idiom of this gharana, and
evolved a style all his own. A born singer, he drew heavily on the
heritage of the family he was born into. His father was Bipin
Chandra, a skilled esraj player but it was his uncle, Radhika Prasad
Goswami, a great vocalist of his times, who took on the task of
training his young nephew. Goswami subsequently trained under
stalwarts such as Girija Shankar Chakrabarty and Ustad Faiyaz Khan.
A close friend of Kazi Nazrul Islam, Goswami popularized Raagpradhan
and Nazrul Geeti in Bengal. He died on October 29, 1945.
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