Bhupen Hazarika
21 Albums

Born	(1926-09-08)8 September 1926 Sadiya, Assam Province, British India
Died	5 November 2011(2011-11-05) (aged 85) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1]
Nationality	1939-2011
Notable work	Rudaali Darmiyaan: In Between Gaja Gamini Daman Indramalati
Political party	Priyamvada Patel
Children	Tej Bhupen Hazarika (b. 1952)
Awards	Padma Vibhushan (2012) [Posthumously] Padma Shri (1977) Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1992) Padma Bhushan (2001) Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (2008) অসম ৰত্ন ( Asom Ratna ) (2009) Muktijoddha Padak (2011) [posthumously]
Website	http://www.bhupenhazarika.com

Bhupen Hazarika was an Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker from Assam, widely known as Sudhakantha. His songs, written and sung mainly in the Assamese language by himself, are marked by humanity and universal brotherhood and have been translated and sung in many languages, most notably in Bengali and Hindi. His songs, based on the themes of communal amity, universal justice and empathy, have become popular among the people of Assam, besides West Bengal and Bangladesh. He is also acknowledged to have introduced the culture and folk music of Assam and Northeast India to Hindi cinema at the national level. He received the National Film Award for Best Music Direction in 1975. Recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1987), Padmashri (1977), and Padmabhushan (2001),^[2] Hazarika was awarded with Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1992), India's highest award in cinema, by the Government of India and Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (2008), the highest award of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's The National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. He was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award, in 2012.^[3] Hazarika also held the position of the Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi from December 1998 to December 2003.^[4]