Jayanta Hazarika

Jayanta Hazarika was an Assamese Indian singer and composer. He wrote lyrics for a few songs and composed music for several movies. In his shortyears life span he created many legendary songs that are still widely popular today in Assam.

Jayanta Hazarika was born in a famous musical family of Assam. He was the youngest among thechildren of father Nilakanta Hazarika and mother Shantipriya Hazarika. Bhupen Hazarika was his eldest brother. On 20th September 1943 Jayanta was born at Mangaldai. Jayanta grew up in an environment full of music since his early childhood. All his brothers and sisters were deeply involved with music. At the age of nine Jayanta composed the melody for a song written by his elder brother Nripen Hazarika. Jayanta Hazarika studied highschool in Sonaram High School of Guwahati. He failed in his matriculation examination in 1962 and went to Calcutta where he recorded two songs with HMV.

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