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Aich was born in Barisal District, a southern district of Bangladesh. He was the fifth of nine children born to Indian businessman Bijoy Kumar (B.K.) Aich and homemaker Saraju Aich. He was fascinated by the art of magic and choreography from a young age, and his interest continued to grow when a Romani man performed a magic and dance routine during a visit to Aich's family home.[1] On 23 July 1985, Aich married Pasha Khoshnu, daughter of Professor Darbesh Ali Khan and teacher of Political Science department at Dhaka University. After marriage, Pasha Khoshnu became known as Bipasha Aich, and the couple had one daughter named Kheya Aich. Both wife Bipasha and daughter Kheya used to appear onstage during Jewel Aich's performances.
Participation in Liberation War
In 1971, Aich, after leaving his studies, he and his family participated in the Bangladeshi Liberation War. While he was in Bahadurpur (Nadiya) West Bengal, India freedom fighters' camp, he started teaching students in refugee camps. He also showed magic to entertain and inspire the children of the camp.[4] After becoming ill, he taught in refugee camps.[1][5]
Origin of name
After the Liberation War, Mr. Aich started to write regularly in Kishore Bangla, a newspaper for youngsters. Aich received letters from his fans around the country. One young fan from Rajshahi would send mails addressing him as "Jewel Aich" instead of "G.L. Aich." Finding the name simpler than his own, he got permission from his family before changing his name to Jewel Aich.[citation needed]
Education
In 1956, Jewel Aich was admitted to Samade Kati Primary School. Later in 1962, he got admitted to Pirojpur Government High School in class VI. He completed his Secondary School Certificate examination (SSC) in 1967, then his Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) from Pirojpur College in 1969. Afterwards, he enrolled at Jagannath University in Dhaka. Due to the Pakistani invasion, he was unable to sit for his B.A. final examination in 1971, and instead joined the liberation war from his home village. After the Independence of Bangladesh, he received his bachelor's degree from Jagannath University in 1972. He also learned about classical music in Dhaka and went to the United States to study filmmaking.[citation needed]
After Bangladesh's independence, he joined his own village's "Samade Kati High School". He first joined as a teacher and then became the principal of the school. He taught there from 1972 to 1977.[citation needed]
Aich was fascinated by magic from a young age. When he saw a gypsy man performing some magic during a visit to Aich's village, he was immediately hooked by the art of it. After that, he encountered a circus performing in a nearby village. Aich saw a magician perform a trick where it appeared that he had cut the neck of his assistant. He was so impressed by the trick that he designed a special knife which he later demonstrated to his friends by "cutting off" a friend's leg. Aich learned some of his tricks from fellow magician Abdur Rashid of the Lion Circus in Pirojpur. By the time he enrolled in college, his name had already spread through his district as an amateur magician.
As a performer, he was motivated by Charlie Chaplin and began to convey the message of global brotherhood through magic. In 1981, he was invited to America by the Society of American Magicians to perform a show.[1] On March 26, 1986, Jewel Aich performed Magic on the Eve of the Independence Day celebration at the National Stadium.
TV appearance
In 1977, a Bangladeshi TV host at that time, Abdullah Abu Syed, invited Aich to perform magical his show. This was Aich's first televised show. He would appear in more television shows afterwards, such as Ananda Mela and Ityadi.. Later he did several of his own TV specials at BTV Bangladesh Television and one of those became the Program of the Year named 'Anandamela, Magic World of Jewel Aich.
Music
Aich is also a flautist. He learned from Ustad Abdur Rahman, Profullo Masid and his son Montu Masid. From 1973, he began playing flute on Dhaka Radio, Bangladesh, Kolkata Radio India, Radio Beijing (China), Deutsche Welle (Germany), BBC (UK), and VOA (USA).
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