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Who was Begum Akhtar?
- Begum Akhtar aka Akhtari Bai Faizabadi was an Indian Classical Singer, Actor, and Lyricist who lived in between 7 Oct 1914- 30 Oct 1974.
- She born and brought up in Uttar Pradesh, and spent her childhood in Faizabad and most of life in Lucknow.
- Begum Akhtar has trained in Ghazal, Dadra, and Thumri genres of Hindustani classical music.
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Top 5 Unknown Facts about Begum Akhtar
- Begum Akhtar has been awarded many awards, mainly Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan.
- RTIwala Reveals that Begum Akhtar had her first Live Concert at the Age of 15! Yeah, you read it right! At age of 19, she was much appreciated by non-other than Nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu during the charity concert for 1934 Nepal-Bihar Aid victims.
- Akhtar Bai Faizabadi had more than 400 Gazals to her name! Therefore also known as Mallika-e-Ghazal.
- Did you know? She has also acted in a few Hindi films which include Ameena (1934), Mumtaz Begum (1934), Jawaani Ka Nasha (1935), Naseeb Ka Chakkar (1935). In all these films, she sang all her songs herself.
- She was trained by Who’s who of Hindustani Music Industry like Mohammad Khan, Abdul Waheed Khan and Ustad Jhande Khan Saheb. the great sarangi player Ustad Imdad Khan.
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And due to her phenomenal contribution to Hindustani Sangeet and the becoming Flagbearer in Male-dominated Music Industry, Google India has dedicated a Doodle on Behum Akhtar’s 103rd Brith Anniversary.
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