Birth Anniversary: Google pays tribute to music maestro Bhupen Hazarika with a doodle
Today is the 96th birth anniversary of legendary singer, composer and Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika , who ruled the hearts of crores of people with his melodious voice. Hazarika was a noted Assamese-Indian singer. On the other hand, Google has paid tribute to Hazarika ji with a special doodle on the occasion of her birth anniversary. Bhupen Hazarika was such a prolific artist that he himself wrote, composed and sung his own songs. Hazarika worked in many genres including song-poem writing, singing, filmmaking and journalism. First song written at the age of 10 Let us tell you that Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika was born on this day on 8 September 1926 in Northeast India. His home state is in Assam. His father's name was Neelkant Hazarika and mother's name was Shantipriya Hazarika. Bhupen was the eldest of seven brothers and three sisters. Bhupen Hazarika started writing and singing songs from an early age and at the age of 10, he wrote his first song. By the age of 12, Hazarika