Jewel Aich

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 the year 1967. Then he would complete his Higher Secondary Certificate HSC from"Pirojpur College", in 1969. Then he enrolled in Jagannath University in Dhaka. Due to the Pakistani invasion, he was unable to sit for his B.A final examination in 1971. He joined the liberation war from his home village. After the Independence of Bangladesh, he received a bachelor's degree from Jagannath University in 1972. He also learned about classical music in Dhaka and went to the United States of America to study film making.

In 1971, Aich and his family were in the middle of the Bangladesh Liberation War. He had left his studies by then. Later Jewel Aich took part in combat with other freedom fighters. He fought under Sector 9. While he was in Bahadurpur (Nadiya) West Bengal, India freedom fighters’ camp, he started teaching students in refugee camps and inspiring the children and the freedom fighters. He also showed magic to entertain and inspire the children of the camp.

In 1977, a popular 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 many more television shows such as – "Ananda Mela," Ityadi etc. Later he did several of his own TV specials at BTV Bangladesh Television and one of those became the Programme of the Year named ‘Anandamela, Magic World of Jewel Aich’

Aich was born in Barisal District, a southern district of Bangladesh. He was the fifth of nine children born to businessman Bijoy Kumar (B.K.) Aich and homemaker Saraju Aich. He was fascinated by the art of magic from a young age, and his interest continued to grow when a gypsy man performed some magic during a visit to Aich's family home. He married Bipasha Aich on 13 July 1985, and the couple has a daughter named Kheya. Both wife Bipasha and daughter Kheya are seen on stage during performances by Jewel Aich.