Gauhar Jamil

{{infobox person | name=Gauhar Jamil | native_name=গওহর জামিল | native_name_lang=bn | birth_name= Ganesh Nath | birth_date={{circa|1925}} | birth_place = Sirajdikhan village, Bikrampur, Bengal Presidency, British India | death_date={{death date and age|1980|9|21|1925|df=y}} | spouse={{marriage|Rawshan Jamil|1952}} }}

'''Gauhar Jamil''' (born '''Ganesh Nath'''; c. 1925 – 21 September 1980) was a Bangladeshi dancer.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh|chapter=Jamil, Gauhar|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Jamil,_Gauhar|editor2-first=Laila|editor2-last=Hasan}}</ref>

==Career== Jamil took dance lessons from Uday Shankar, Sharbashree Maruthappa Pillai, Bal Keshta Menon, Ramnarayan Mitra, and Bhaskar Dev.<ref name=bpedia/>

Jamil taught dance lessons at Shilapakala Bhavan, Bulbul Lalitakala Academy, and Qamrunnessa School. Jamil married Rawshan Jamil in 1952.<ref name=bpedia2>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh|chapter=Jamil, Rawshan|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Jamil,_Rawshan |editor2-first=Sambaru|editor2-last=Mohanta}}</ref> In 1959 they founded a dance school ''Jago Art Centre''.<ref name=bpedia/>

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