Namita Ghosh
| First Female Voice Artiste of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra |
| Singer |
Full Name: Namita Ghosh
Affiliation: Bangladesh Betar and BTV
Current Position: Deceased
Date of Birth: October 06, 1958
Date of Death: March 26, 2021
Place of Birth: Bangladesh
Home District: Dhaka
Nationality: Bangladeshi
Profile:
Namita Ghosh (06 October 1958 – 26 March 2021) was a Bangladeshi eminent singer and the first female voice artiste of the wartime Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, the radio station run by the Bangladesh Government in exile, kept the spirit of the nation alive during the nine months of the Liberation War of 1971. She was a valiant freedom fighter and joined Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra at the age of 14.
Namita was born in Shakhari Bazar of Old Dhaka, to Haresh Chandra Ghosh and Joshoda Ghosh. Namita's mother Joshoda Ghosh used to play music regularly on the radio at this time. She had four brothers and three sisters. Her ancestral home is in Bikrampur.
On March 27, 1971, she crossed the Buriganga River at night to reach Keraniganj with her family. From there, they went to Cumilla to flee to India through Akhaura border - a day after the Pakistani military kicked-off the genocide of the Bangalis. The 14-year-old legendary singer Namita met Abdul Jabbar and Apel Mahmud at Narsingarh, Tripura, where they were planning to launch their initiative to travel to camps of freedom fighters and inspire them. She became acquainted with valiant freedom fighters there, and took part in the making of a documentary. The documentary was later shown in various cinema halls in India during the war.
Namita then travelled to Kolkata where she joined Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra. She was an artiste of Bangabandhu Shilpi Goshti. She along with her team travelled to several refugee camps to inspire valiant freedom fighters.
Just several days before her death, on March 12, she had performed on a Bangladesh Television program following a long hiatus after her cancer went into remission.
Namita had been suffering from cancer and eye diseases complexity for a long time. She tested positive for Covid-19 on March 15. Then she was admitted to Popular Medical College Hospital for treatment, where she breathed her last - the day when Bangladesh celebrates 50 years of independence.
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