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Sep 20, 1943 Mangaldoi, Assam, India Died on 15 Oct 1977 (aged 34)
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About Jayanta Hazarika
- Jayanta Hazarika (Assamese: ?????? ???????) (20 September 1943 – 15 October 1977) was an Assamese Indian singer and composer.
- He wrote lyrics for a few songs and composed music for several movies.
- In his short 34 years life span he created many legendary songs that are still widely popular today in Assam. Popularly known as Rana-da, Jayanta Hazarika was the youngest brother of Bhupen Hazarika.
- He started his musical career accompanying his brother and later made his name as singer and composer on his own right.
- Jayanta was the first Assamese composer to fuse western musical forms such as rock and roll, jazz and Western Classical with traditional Assamese melodies and created a new sound.
- He was a pioneer in introducing several western instruments in his compositions.
