Suchitra Mitra, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Suchitra Mitra

Indian singer

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1924

Date of Death: 03-Jan-2011

Profession: actor, composer, singer, music pedagogue

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Suchitra Mitra (19 September 1924 – 3 January 2011) was an Indian singer, composer,artist exponent of Rabindra Sangeet or the songs of Bengal's poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore, professor, and sheriff of Kolkata, India.
As an academic, she remained a professor and the Head of Rabindra Sangeet Department at the Rabindra Bharati University for many years.
Mitra was a playback singer, acted in a Bengali films as well, and was many years associated with IPTA. Mitra studied at the Scottish Church College, the University of Calcutta and at Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal, India.
She was also the Sheriff of Kolkata (2001).
After prolonged illness Mitra died of a cardiac ailment on 3 January 2011, in Kolkata.