| Julhas Uddin Ahmed | |
| Native Name: | জুলহাস উদ্দিন আহমেদ |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Birth Date: | 10 November 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Sreenagar Upazila, Munshiganj, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Death Place: | Sreenagar Upazila, Munshiganj, Bangladesh |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation: | Singer |
| Awards: | Ekushey Padak (2017) |
Ustad Julhas Uddin Ahmed (10 November 1933 – 24 September 2021)[1] was a Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singer and teacher.[2] He was awarded Ekushey Padak for his special contribution in Nazrul Geeti by the government of Bangladesh in 2017.[3]
Ahmed was born on 10 November 1933 at Baraikhali village in Sreenagar Upazila, Munshiganj District of the then British India (now Bangladesh) to Yehair Ali Bepari and Hasna Begum.[4] He was the youngest among 9 children of the couple. He lost his eyesight at the age of two suffering from smallpox.[4]
In 1949, Ahmed was sent to Kolkata by his elder brother Farhad Hossain for studying in music. There he was first trained by Chinmoy Lahiri and then by Tarapada Chakraborty for five years in classical music. He returned to East Pakistan in 1955.[4] A year later in 1956, again he went to Kolkata and started practicing classical music with Ustad Amir Khan, Omkarnath Thakur, Nissar Hussain Khan and Ghulam Ali.[4]
From 1961 to 1975, he was a regular Nazrul Geeti performer at Radio of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh Betar). After the independence of Bangladesh, he joined as the head of the Nazrul Geeti program in Bangladesh Television and retired in 1975.[4]
Ahmed never married.[1] He died on 24 September 2021 from Dengue fever.[1]