Uma Bose

Uma Bose (Hashi)
Born	Calcutta
Died	Calcutta
Occupation	Singer
Nationality	Indian

Uma Bose (Hashi) (22 Jan 1921 - 22 Jan 1942) was a musical prodigy.

She was born in Calcutta to Prabha Bose (nee Mitra) and Dharani Bose. Her father, who built the Mackinnon Mackenzie building in Calcutta and was a councillor of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation, belonged to an eminent family of builders. On maternal side of her family, she was a great-granddaughter of Brajendranath De.

She was a disciple of Dilipkumar Roy, with whom she composed several songs.

Such was her popularity, that Mahatma Gandhi once described her as 'The Nightingale of Bengal' in 1937.

She died of tuberculosis on 22 January, 1942, which was her 21st birthday.

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