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Pallab Kirtania

Indian actor and singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ16745372 ↗
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Pallab Kirtania (born 14 August 1964) is an Indian Bengali male singer-songwriter, writer and actor from Kolkata.

Education

He received his education at Katiahat BKAP Institution, after which he attended Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata.

Music Album

Shaon

Ghumer Pata

Dhulokhela

Muktobeni

Books

Ganer Mati (Abhijan Publishers, 2012)

Patar Porijon (Abhijan Publishers, 2013)

Patar Canvas (Abhijan Publishers, 2014)

References

"The Time of India – Calcutta". Calcutta, India. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

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The public source identifies “Pallab Kirtania” as indian actor and singer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pallab, Kirtania and Indian.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1964, 2012, 2013, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1964-08-14. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Pallab, Kirtania and Indian providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16745372. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1964, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from “Pallab Kirtania” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.