Pacha Ojha no more

By our Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI, May 18: Eminent Bishnupriya Manipuri kirtanga singer Braja Kumar Sinha, fondly called as Pacha Ojha in the Bishnupriya Manipuri community, breathed his last at his Krishnanagar residence in Durlabchhara in Karimganj district this morning.

According to Bishnupriya Manipuri Writers’ Forum (BMWF) president DILS Lakshmindra Sinha, who is younger sibling of the singer, Pacha Ojha died of prolonged illness. He was 73. He leaves behind his wife Pramila Devi, brother DILS Lakshmindra Sinha, sister Fulkumari Sinha, four sons, three daughters, two daughters-in-law and a host of grand children. The mortal remains of the singer was cremated at Krishnanagar today.

Pacha Ojha was the recipient of Geetiswami Sanman.

Talking to The Sentinel over telephone from Hailakandi, BMWF general secretary Santosh Sinha said the Forum condoled the death of the singer who had contributed much in implementation of Bishnupriya Manipuri language in mahasankirtans replacing Bengali. Pacha Ojha was one among the kirtanango singers and writers in the Bishnupriya Manipuri community who had to work overtime to implement Bishnupriya Manipuri language in mahasankirtan. The BMWF said that it would be very difficult to fill the void created in the community due to the death of Pacha Ojha.

Courtesy: The Sentinel (19 May 2010)

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