Kazi Nazrul Islam
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National poet of Bangladesh
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Kazi Nazrul Islam , popularly known as Nazrul, was a Bengali poet, writer, musician, and is revered as the national poet of Bangladesh. Regarded as one of the greatest poets in Bengali literature, Nazrul produced a large body of poetry, music, messages, novels, and stories with themes that included equality, justice, anti-imperialism, humanity, rebellion against oppression and religious devotion. Nazrul Islam's activism for political and social justice as well as writing a poem titled as "Bidrohī", meaning "the rebel" in Bengali, earned him the title of "Bidrohī Kôbi" . His compositions form the avant-garde music genre of Nazrul Gīti .
