Nazrul in Calcutta-1920

At the beginning of his life at Calcutta, Nazrul established himself as a litterateur as well he earned popularity in singing songs. He was invited to sing in all assembly of Hindus and Muslims, students and clerks and in different schools and colleges. He also used to sing in family gatherings. This time he was singing songs, mostly of Rabindranath Tagore. He had close contact with  Haridas Chattopadhyay, the then famous artist of Rabindrasangeet. Muzaffar Ahmed mentioned in his book, "Nazrul Smritikatha (memoirs of Nazrul)", " he had , at that time, many songs of Rabindranath by heart for which he was called Hafiz of Rabindrasangeet." 
Nazrul  had attended many music conference along with Haridas Chattopadhyay. Thus he made himself popular as a litterateur and as an artist."