| 4 | | Bengali and Hindi composer born in Barisal (now Bangladesh). A talented tabla player since infancy, he worked in amateur theatre as child singer. Became a political activist as a student and was associated with terrorist insurgency movements in Bengal. Repeatedly jailed in early 30s. Received early assignments as musician from [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] at the Megaphone gramophone company; then scored and acted in several commercial [[Calcutta Theatres]] stage productions, notably |
| | 4 | Bengali and Hindi composer born in Barisal (now Bangladesh). A talented tabla player since infancy, he worked in amateur theatre as child singer. Became a political activist as a student and was associated with terrorist insurgency movements in Bengal. Repeatedly jailed in early 30s. Received early assignments as musician from |
| | 5 | [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] at the Megaphone gramophone company; then scored and acted in several commercial [[Calcutta Theatres]] stage productions, notably |