# Amar Pal
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{{Short description|Indian Bengali folk singer and author (1922–2019)}}
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'''Amar Pal''' (19 May 1922 – 20 April 2019) was an Indian [Bengali](/source/Bengalis) folk singer and author.
==Early life==
Pal was born in 1922 at [Brahmanbaria](/source/Brahmanbaria_District) in [British India](/source/British_India). His father Mahesh Chandra Pal died when Pal was 10. He learned [folk songs](/source/Folk_music) from his mother Durga Sundari Devi. He also trained in classical music from Ustad Ayat Ali Khan, brother of legendary [Allauddin Khan](/source/Allauddin_Khan).[{{Cite web|url=https://newsmen.in/news/amar-pal-veteran-bengali-folk-singer-dies-in-kolkata/|title=Amar Pal, Veteran Bengali Folk Singer, Dies in Kolkata|date=20 April 2019|access-date=21 April 2019|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203022559/https://newsmen.in/news/amar-pal-veteran-bengali-folk-singer-dies-in-kolkata/|url-status=dead}}] Later Pal received training in folk music from Mani Chakraborty and Suren Chakraborty in [Kolkata](/source/Kolkata).[{{Cite news|url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/west-bengal/legendary-folk-artist-amar-pal-is-no-more-94978/|script-title=bn:চলে গেলেন কিংবদন্তি শিল্পী অমর পাল|trans-title=Legendary Folk Artist Amar Pal Is No More|date=20 April 2019|language=bn|newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=16 January 2020}}]
Pal attended seminars and workshops on folk music worldwide and became the vice-chairman of the Paschim Banga Rajya Sangeet Academy.[{{Cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=1270&at=2|title=Amar Paul|website=sangeetnatak.gov.in|access-date=21 April 2019}}]
He received the [Sangeet Natak Akademi Award](/source/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award) in 2007 from the [Government of India](/source/Government_of_India)[{{cite book |author=Laxmikanth |title=Current Affairs Reckoner |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5lEDLKaYW7gC&pg=SL1-PA111 |publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education |page=A-111 |isbn=978-0-07-022166-6}}] and the [Government of West Bengal](/source/Government_of_West_Bengal) awarded him the Sangeet Mahasamman in 2012 for his prolonged contribution in folk music.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.apnnews.com/noted-bengali-folk-singer-amar-pal-dies-in-kolkata/|title=Noted Bengali folk singer Amar Pal dies|date=20 April 2019 |access-date=21 April 2019}}] He was honoured by the [Rabindra Bharati University](/source/Rabindra_Bharati_University) and [Burdwan University](/source/Burdwan_University).
Pal also wrote two books, ''Banglar Loksangeet'' and ''Banglaar Nadir Gaan''.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.enewstime.in/promass-legendary-bengali-folk-singer-amar-paul-dead/|title=Legendary Bengali folk singer Amar Paul dead|access-date=21 April 2019}}]
The notable devotional songs Pal sang are as follows:
* Prabhata Samaye
* Jago He Nagarbasi
* Jagia Laho Krishna Nam
* Ami Kothay Gele
* Amar Gour Kene
* Rai Jago
* Rai Jago Go
* Hari Din Toh Gelo
* Prabhate Gouranga Nam
* Bharati Gouranga Loiya
* Mon Radhe Radhe
* Vrindabana Bilasini, etc.[{{Cite news |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/article/1589880|script-title=bn:অমর পাল আর নেই|work=Prothom Alo|date=8 November 2019 |language=bn|access-date=2020-04-17}}]
==Death==
Pal died at [SSKM Hospital](/source/SSKM_Hospital), Kolkata after a cardiac arrest on 20 April 2019 at the age of 96.