Today, 28th February is the 70th birth anniversary of legendary Rock singer Mahbubul Haque Khan who especially known as Azam Khan. Azam Khan was born at Azimpur on 28 February 1950. His father Aftabuddin Khan was a government official. His mother Jobeda Begum was a singer.
He had a great love for music since his childhood. Khan has two daughters, Ima Khan and Aroni Khan.
Khan was a Freedom Fighter. He fought in Sector 2 under Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf in the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. After the war, he entered the music arena. He founded the band Uchcharan in 1972. His first concert was broadcast in 1972 on Bangladesh Television.
He was the lead singer of the rock band Uchcharan, founded in 1972. He is often referred to by the honorific nicknames “Pop Guru”, “Rock Guru”, “Rock Shomrat” or simply “Guru”.
Khan died on 5 June 2011 at Dhaka Combined Military Hospital (CMH) at the age of 61. He was suffering from oral cancer which had spread to his lungs. In 2013 Khan`s family established Azam Khan Foundation aiming to help destitute artists.
