Tapas Das
{{Short description|Indian musical artist (1954–2023)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Tapas Bapi Das
| image = Tapas Das.jpg
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| caption = Das in 2020
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| birth_name = Tapas Das
| alias = Tapas Bapi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1954|9|22|df=y}}
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| origin = Calcutta, West Bengal, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|6|25|1954|9|22|df=y}}
| death_place = SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
| genre = folk-rock
| occupation = {{hlist|singer-songwriter|guitarist}}
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| past_member_of = Moheener Ghoraguli
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Tapas Bapi Das (also known as Bapida,{{Cite web |title=Bapi-da of Mohiner Ghoraguli loses battle to cancer |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/bapi-da-of-mohiner-ghoraguli-loses-battle-to-cancer/cid/1947601 |access-date=26 June 2023 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}} or its variations Bapi Da,{{Cite web |date=25 June 2023 |title='Bapi da' of 'Moheener Ghoraguli' is no more |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/entertainment/music/hm1acl6bji |access-date=26 June 2023 |website=Prothomalo |language=en}} Bapi-da,{{Cite web |title=Bapi-da of Mohiner Ghoraguli loses battle to cancer |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/bapi-da-of-mohiner-ghoraguli-loses-battle-to-cancer/cid/1947601 |access-date=26 June 2023 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}} (22 September 1954 – 25 June 2023) was an Indian singer-songwriter and guitarist.{{r|Oishi}} He was one of the founding members of the Bengali rock band Moheener Ghoraguli established in 1975 in Kolkata.{{r|Datta}}
Early life and career
File:MoheenerGhoraguli-group.jpg in 1979. Left to right: Raja Banerjee, Pradip Chatterjee, Tapas Das, Pranab Sengupta, Gautam Chattopadhyay and Ranjon Ghoshal.]]
Born on 22 September 1954 into a typical Bengali family, the fourth son of Narayan Chandra Das and Jyotsna Das, Das's musical journey started from an early age. His taste in music was wide and diverse.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} He also considered his mother, Jyotsna Das as his first Guru or teacher. A self-taught guitarist, Das began playing the instrument during college. In 1975, he became part of the first Bengali rock band Moheener Ghoraguli, along with Gautam Chattopadhyay, Pradip Chatterjee, Ranjon Ghoshal, Bishwanath Chattopadhyay, Abraham Mazumdar, and Tapesh Bandopadhyay.{{Cite web |last=Dhar |first=Arshia |date=20 December 2020 |title=Remembering Moheener Ghoraguli, India's first rock band from Kolkata whose legacy thrives in resistance |url=https://www.firstpost.com/long-reads/remembering-moheener-ghoraguli-indias-first-rock-band-from-kolkata-whose-legacy-thrives-in-resistance-9117691.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830150754/https://www.firstpost.com/long-reads/remembering-moheener-ghoraguli-indias-first-rock-band-from-kolkata-whose-legacy-thrives-in-resistance-9117691.html |archive-date=30 August 2022 |access-date=25 June 2023 |website=firstpost.com}}
In 2015, he formed a Bengali band called Moheen Ekhon O Bondhura{{r|Datta}} and released the EP album Mohin Ekhon O Bondhura with Lagnajita Chakraborty, Malabika Brahma and Titas Bhramar Sen.{{r|News18}}{{Cite web |last=Bangaliana |first=Sholoana |date=3 November 2015 |title=Sholoanabangaliana - เนื้อหา Blog เกี่ยวกับ SLOTXO |url=http://sholoanabangaliana.in/2015/11/03/bengali-audio-music-album-mohin-ekhon-o-bondhura-carrying-forward-the-legacy-of-mohiner-ghoraguli/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016020045/http://sholoanabangaliana.in/2015/11/03/bengali-audio-music-album-mohin-ekhon-o-bondhura-carrying-forward-the-legacy-of-mohiner-ghoraguli/ |archive-date=16 October 2017 |access-date=25 June 2023 |website=sholoanabangaliana.in |language=}} The album consisted of five songs and was a tribute to Moheener Ghoraguli.
Death
Das died of lung cancer at the SSKM hospital at 9:30 AM on 25 June 2023, at the age of 68.[https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bapi-da-aka-tapas-das-of-mohiner-ghoraguli-passed-away/amp-31687673034277.html Mohiner Ghoraguli: ক্যানসারের মারণ থাবায় হার মানল জীবন, সুরের জগৎ রেখে বিদায় নিলেন মহীনের ঘোড়াগুলির বাপি'দা] {{in lang|bn}}{{Cite web |last=Bazar |first=Ananda | title=প্রয়াত 'মহীনের ঘোড়াগুলি'র বাপিদা, ক্যানসার আক্রান্ত শিল্পী ভর্তি ছিলেন এসএসকেএমে |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/moheener-ghoraguli-singer-bapi-das-passes-away-suffering-from-cancer-dgtl/cid/1440199 |access-date=25 June 2023 |website=www.anandabazar.com}} He was admitted to the SSKM hospital under the auspices of the West Bengal government on 3 January 2023 before his death.{{Cite web | title=Mohiner Ghoraguli, Tapas Bapi Das: এক যুগের অবসান, প্রয়াত 'মহীনের' শেষ ঘোড়া বাপিদা! |url=https://zeenews.india.com/bengali/entertainment/mohiner-ghoraguli-last-band-member-tapas-bapi-das-passes-away-due-to-cancer_477581.html |access-date=25 June 2023 |website=zeenews.india.com|date=25 June 2023 }}
Discography
=Moheener Ghoraguli albums=
{{Main article|Moheener Ghoraguli discography}}
=Other=
References
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{{cite news |date=20 October 2015 |title=উৎসবের মরশুমে ফিরে এল মহীনের নস্ট্যালজিয়া |url=http://bengali.news18.com/amp/news/kolkata/mohin-ekhon-o-bondhura-album-release-36021.html |language=bn |newspaper=News18.com |access-date=6 October 2017}}
{{cite news |last1=Datta |first1=Shantanu |title=Mohin's friends are still crazy after all these years |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/events/mohins-friends-are-still-crazy-after-all-these-years/cid/1830278?fbclid=IwAR1oWoXwzsPPIlLMJH0j6qbZiKrpAYKagUbpjfHFOzrzKefbK4hMk58zosA |access-date=24 September 2021 |publisher=The Telegraph (India) |date=22 September 2021}}
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