Today is birth anniversary of Manna Dey. On this special occasion, Manna is going to provide important information related to Dey's life. The day of 24 October 2013 will always be remembered, because on this day India lost one of its best playback singers, the great playback singer Manna Dey. During his long and exemplary career, Manna Dey set an astonishing record of 4,000 thousand songs. Manna Dey received several other major awards, including Padma Shri (1971), India's fourth largest civilian award.
For your information,let us tell you that Prabodh Chandra Dey, popularly known as "Manna Day", was born on 1 May 1919 in East Kolkata to Mahamaya Dey and Purna Chandra. Manna Dey received his early education from a small pre-primary school, later went to Scottish Church Collegiate School and Scottish Church College and graduated from Vidyasagar College. Vidyasagar College is named after the famous social reformer of Bengal, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Let me tell you that during his school days, Manna Dey used to sing only for entertainment. When Manna Dey started practicing with her uncle Krishna Chandra Dey and Ustad Dabir Khan, a famous veena player, Manna Dey started taking her singing practice seriously. As a result, Manna Dey won several singing competitions during her college days.
Manna Dey has started his career by singing in the year 1942. He started working with his uncle as an assistant music director, followed by Manna Dey, the famous musician S.K. Also got a chance to work with D. Burman. After working for a few more days, Manna Dey soon started working as a music director in Hindi films. However, now his desire for excellence had become stronger than ever and so he started practicing with Ustad Abdul Rahman Khan and Ustad Aman Ali Khan, famous for classical Hindustani music.
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