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Nilima Sen (28 April 1928 – 28 June 1996) was a famous Rabindrasangeet singer.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Early life

Nilima was born as Nilima Gupta in Kolkata, India on 28 April 1928.^[6] Her parents moved to Shantiniketan when she was six.

She had her education there and completed diploma course in Classical Music & Rabindra Sangeet from Santiniketan. She also did her B.A from the Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan. She had the privilege of acting under the direction of Tagore but that was not staged.

She sang in the presence of Gandhiji, Subhash Bose etc. during their visit to Santiniketan. Her Guru was mainly Sailajaranjan Majumdar.

She started singing at the AIR and cut her first disc at the age of 16 and soon became famous.

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In 1950, she married Dr Amiya Kumar Sen and settled in Santiniketan. She has a daughter Nilanjana who also is a singer. She visited US with her husband and perfor