and
Qazi Motahar Hossain (c. 1955) Ahmed started his career by singing modern Bangla songs for the
His Master's Voice studios, followed by modern songs of poet
Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh. He then requested Nazrul Islam to write and tune Islamic songs, which he sang in large numbers and recorded for the His Master's Voice studios. He has a pioneering role in bringing the music to the home of the Indian Muslims and arousing them from a state of backwardness. He was the first Muslim in erstwhile India who used his own name in the record labels. Before Abbassddin Ahmed, Muslim singers would use pseudo names, so that their Muslim identity would be anonymous. He later recorded Bhawaiya, Khirol and Chatka which were famous in
Undivided Goalpara District,
Cooch Behar and
Rangpur. Later he started to sing other folk songs like jaari, sari, bhatiyali, murshidi, bichchhedi (songs of estrangement), marsiya, dehatattwa, and musical plays. He also collaborated with,
Jasimuddin and
Golam Mostafa. ==Awards==