Chinmoy Lahiri

Acharya Chinmoy Lahiri (; 20 March 1920 – 17 August 1984) was an Indian vocalist from Bengal in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the Khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of Dhrupad, Thumri and Tappa, along with Bengali Raga-pradhan songs.

Early life Archrya Chinmoy Lahiri was born in a Zamindar family of Tantibandh, Pabna district, in the undivided India under British rule. His father Jeeb Chandra Lahiri was a civil engineer, at an alumnus of Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur, and his mother's name was Sarajubala Debi. He was brought up in Lucknow in his early years, where his father was working. His first teacher in music was Rabin Chattopadhyay. His passion for music brought Chinmoy to Marris College of Music, Lucknow (later Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya), where he took music lessons from Pandit Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar, principal of the college. There he was accompanied with some young and talented students who all became great masters afterwards, such as V.G. Jog, S. C. R. Bhat and Dhruvtara Joshi etc. Subsequently, he took talim, lessons in music, from Dilip Chandra Vedi, Khalifa Khurshid Ali Khan, and Chhotey Khan.

Awards and recognition Acharya Chinmoy Lahiri was felicitated by Morris College with the title of Sangit Visharad'''. Pandit Lahiri wrote two books, "Magan Geet" and "Taan Manjari".

MemoirsBidushi Mandira Lahiri, wife of Pandit Shyamlal Lahiri, remembered about his father-in-law Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri in his interview recorded by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee on the behest of Rabindra Bharati University, that Pandit'' Lahiri always stressed on punctuality and was very strict as a Guru while enacting Riyaz (practice sessions). His frequently used phrase was "karo ya maro".