About Robin Ghosh
Lived 1937 – 2016 (aged 78). Robin Ghosh was a Bangladeshi composer.
Early life Robin Ghosh's father worked for the International Red Cross and was posted at Baghdad during the Second World War, where Ghosh was educated in a convent school. His father was a Bengali Hindu, who had never converted to Christianity and his mother was an Arab Catholic Christian named Asnat Zia Ghosh, a Baghdadi Catholic Christian.
When the Second World War ended in 1945, the six-year-old Ghosh along with his family moved to Dhaka, in Bengal (in pre-partitioned India). He showed interest in music, collecting gramophone records and playing the harmonium, and finally graduated with music major in Dhaka. Nigar Award for best film composer for Chakori (1967)
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Who was Robin Ghosh?
Pakistani and Bangladeshi composer (1939-2016)
When was Robin Ghosh born?
Robin Ghosh was born on 13 September 1937 in Baghdad.
When did Robin Ghosh die?
Robin Ghosh died on 13 February 2016 in Dhaka.
What was Robin Ghosh's occupation?
Robin Ghosh was a composer.
What nationality was Robin Ghosh?
Robin Ghosh was Bangladeshi.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Robin Ghosh. https://biography.guide/robin-ghosh/
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