Uma Bose


Uma Bose was a musical prodigy.

Early life

She was born in Calcutta to Prabha Bose and Dharani Bose. Her father, who built the Mackinnon Mackenzie building in Calcutta and was a councillor of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation, belonged to an eminent family of builders. On the maternal side of her family, she was a great-granddaughter of Brajendranath De.

Career

She was a disciple of Dilipkumar Roy, with whom she composed several songs.
Such was her popularity, that Mahatma Gandhi once described her as 'The Nightingale of Bengal' in 1937.

Death

She died of tuberculosis on 22 January 1942, which was her 21st birthday.

Songs