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Santidev Ghosh was born on 7 May, 1910 in Bajapti, near Chandpur, Bengal Presidency, British India, is an Indian author, singer, actor, dancer (1910–1999). Discover Santidev Ghosh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?

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Occupation author, singer, maestro
Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 7 May, 1910
Birthday 7 May
Birthplace Bajapti, near Chandpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Date of death 1 December, 1999
Died Place Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Nationality India

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1901

Santidev had his school education at the Santiniketan Ashrama Vidyalaya, which Tagore had founded in 1901.

This is where he acquired proficiency in music, dance and acting under the direct guidance of the poet himself and Dinendranath.

As Tagore's emissary, he visited Sri Lanka, Burma and Java and Bali, in today's Indonesia to learn music and dance of neighbouring countries.

1910

Santidev Ghose (also Santidev Ghosh, Shantidev Ghosh and Santideb Ghosh) (Santiniketan, 7 May 1910 – 1 December 1999) was an Indian author, singer, actor, dancer and maestro of Rabindra Sangeet.

Sagarmoy Ghosh, the renowned editor of Bengali literary journal Desh, was his younger brother.

As a teenager, Ghosh was selected by Rabindranath Tagore to be a teacher in Santiniketan and sent across India and even to Sri Lanka, Java and Bali to further his musical education for that purpose.

Tagore also encouraged Ghosh to act and dance in the poet-laureate's dance dramas, for which Ghosh displayed an uncommon talent for singing, as well as dancing and acting.

Some of the poems of Tagore which he converted to new forms of poem-songs, to be sung continuous without repeating the first two lines after each stanza, such as "Krishnakali", were first presented to the public by Ghosh.

During his long and productive life in Santiniketan, Ghosh taught numerous students, many of whom were to later become famed notable singers themselves, such as Suchitra Mitra and Pramita Mallick.

He also garnered fame as author and an authority, on Asian music and especially that of Rabindranath Tagore.

During his life, he received notable awards and recognition from the music academies as well as Universities and the Government of India, and was declared a National Scholar by the Government of India.

Santidev Ghosh was born on 24 Baisakh 1317 (7 May 1910) in the village of Bajapti near Chandpur.

At that time, it was part of the British-controlled areas of India and of the province of East Bengal.

Today, it is in Bangladesh.

His father was Kalimohan Ghosh, who worked with Rabindranath Tagore from before Santidev Ghosh was born, and was closely associated in the setting up the Rural Reconstruction Unit at Visva-Bharati.

His mother was Monorama Devi.

Originally, Tagore took Kalimohan to work on rural reconstruction programs in the Tagore estates in Silaidah, today's Bangladesh.

Later, Kalimohan was brought by Rabindranath Tagore to Santiniketan, to work on similar scheme of rural reconstruction at Sriniketan, adjacent to Santiniketan.

Kalimohan brought his six-month-old son, then named Santimoy (meaning peaceful) Ghosh, to Tagore.

Tagore changed the middle part of his name, so his first name would be Santidev (meaning Lord of peace), which became Ghosh's common first name.

1930

Santidev joined Visva-Bharati University as a teacher in 1930, when he was 20 years old.

He married Smt.

1946

Ila Ghosh in 1946.

Later he became professor and head of the Department of Rabindra Music and Dance at Sangit Bhavana, the music department of Visva-Bharati University.

1948

Santidev was appointed a member of the Advisory Board of Akasvani (All India Radio), Calcutta in 1948 and served as a member of the publication committee of the Sangeet-Natak Akademi, New Delhi (1956–60).

1964

He also served as the principal of the institute between 1964 and 1968 and between 1971 and 1973.

He was the president of the music section of Prabasi Bango Sahitya Sammelan (Expatriate Bengali Cultural Organization) and Assam Sahitya Sammelan (1964).

The prolific singer widely travelled in India and abroad.

He visited the United Kingdom, Japan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the former USSR to acquaint himself with the culture and traditions of those countries and also to propagate the ideals of Rabindranath.

1976

In 1976, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.

2002

In 2002, India released a postage stamp on Ghosh to commemorate his contribution to music.

The Minister for Communication and Information Technology noted that Ghosh "belonged to that class of musicians who through the ages carried forward music's unique creativity".