Kazi Anirban, the grandson of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, passed away on Wednesday (October 3) in Switzerland due to a heart attack. He was the eldest son of Kazi Aniruddha, the rebel poet's youngest child.

Nazrul Sangeet artiste Khilkhil Kazi, daughter of Nazrul's eldest son Kazi Sabyasachi, confirmed the news to local media.

Khilkhil Kazi informed local media that Anirban's body will be laid to rest in India's Kolkata, where she plans to travel to bid her brother a final farewell.

Kazi Anirban was a painter. His father, Kazi Aniruddha, who passed away on February 22, 1974, during Kazi Nazrul Islam's lifetime, was a celebrated musician and guitarist from West Bengal.

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