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Uma Bose (Hashi) (22 Jan 1921 - 22 Jan 1942) was a musical prodigy.
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She was born in Calcutta to Prabha Bose (née Mitra) 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.
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.[1]
She died of tuberculosis on 22 January 1942, which was her 21st birthday.
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