Azam Khan (February 28, 1950 – June 5, 2011), full name Mahbubul
Haque Khan, was a Bangladesi Rock singer, primarily known for popularizing
rock music in Bangladesh. He founded a band called Uchcharon in the early 1970s. He is honored as Guru
(master) of Rock & Pop Music in Bangladesh. Khan, together with pop music contemporaries
Fakir Alamgir, Ferdos Wahid, Feroz Shai, & Pilu Momtaz is certified with
pioneering and popularizing Bangla pop music.
He was a Freedom Fighter in Sector 2
under late Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf and fought against the Pakisthani army in
the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. After the war, he introduced an
energetic brand of music. His first concert in television was broadcasted in
1972 in Bangladesh Television. His popular tunes included "Ore Saleka,
Ore Maleka", "Jibone Kichhu Pabona Re", "Ami
Jare Chaire", "Ashi Ashi Bole Tumi", "Obhimani",
"Rail liner bostite", "Hei Allah Hei Allah Re",
"Alal O Dulal" etc.
Azam Khan died on 5 June 2011 at Dhaka CMH hospital at age
61. He was suffering from oral cancer which had reach to his lungs. His death
came 14 days after the passing of another early Bangladeshi pop music pioneer,
Pilu Momtaz. But every Bangladeshi pop
lover Miss Azam Khan very hardly.
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