it paved the base of his successful efforts in composing Bengali Ghazals which he undertook by 1927–28. Bengali Ghazal is, it can be mentioned outright, an innovation by Kazi Nazrul Islam alone. It served as the first mass-level introduction of Islam into the mainstream tradition of Bengali music. Historical influence Nazrul used his music as a major way of disseminating his revolutionary notions, mainly by the use of strong words and powerful, but catchy, tunes. Among the revolutionary songs, Karar Oi Louho Kopat (Prison-doors of Steel) is best known and has been used in several movies, especially those made during the pre-independence period of Bangladesh. Nazrul Geeti has recently been translated and recorded in Oriya (an Indian language) in the form of a studio album. Notable songs Dolan Chapa (name of a faintly fragrant monsoon flower), poems and songs, 1923 Bisher Bashi (The Poison Flute), poems and songs, 1924 Bhangar Gan (The Song of Destruction), songs and poems, 1924 proscribe in 1924 Chhayanat (The Raga of Chhayanat), poems and songs, 1925 Chittanama (On Chittaranjan), poems and songs, 1925 Samyabadi (The Proclaimer of Equality), poems and songs, 1926 Puber Hawa (The Eastern Wind), poems and songs, 1926 Sarbahara (The Proletariat), poems and songs, 1926 Sindhu Hindol (The Undulation of the Sea), poems and songs, 1927 Jinjir (Chain), poems and songs, 1928 Pralaya Shikha (Doomsday Flame), poems and songs, 1930 proscribed in 1930 Gumaite Dao Sranto Rabire (Let the tired Sun(Rabindranath) sleep), poems and songs, 1941. Shesh Saogat (The Last Offerings), poems and songs, 1958 Notuner Gaan (The Song of Youth), 1928, National March of Bangladesh O Mon Romzaner Oi Rozar Sheshe Elo Khushir Eid, composed for Abbasuddin Ahmed, 1932 Notable singers of Nazrul Sangeet Abbasuddin Ahmed Shusmita Anis Ferdous Ara Firoza Begum Asha Bhosle S. D. Burman Ajoy Chakrabarty Niaz Mohammad Chowdhury Alaka Das Chittaranjan Das Manas Kumar Das Sudhin Das Tapas Kumar Das Kamal Dasgupta Kanan Devi K C Dey Manna Dey Purabi Dutta Anup Ghoshal Anup Jalota Nashid Kamal Sabiha Mahboob Sadya Afreen Mallick Namrata Mohanty Manabendra Mukhopadhyay Mohammed Rafi Ferdausi Rahman Juthika Roy Haimanti Shukla Madhuri Chattopadhyay Ila Basu Shaheen Samad Kumar Sanu Indrani Sen Anuradha Paudwal Nilufar Yasmin References Bangladeshi literature Bengali music Bangladeshi music Indian literature Culture of Kolkata Bangladeshi culture Indian music Indian culture Kazi Nazrul Islam Music of Bengal Indian styles of music