{"id":1736,"date":"2017-10-07T12:17:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T06:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2025-03-25T16:31:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:01:24","slug":"begum-akhtar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/begum-akhtar\/","title":{"rendered":"RTIwala Explains Who was Begum Akhtar &#038; Why Google Doodle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RTIwala Team<\/a> will explain everything you should know about Begum Akhtar and Top 5 Unknown Facts about of Begum Akhtar. These sort of Facts and Information may not be available on any website or news app as such! We&#8217;ve filtered out all the irrelevant things for our readers and presenting the info in FAQ format.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[amazon_link asins=&#8217;9350643995,8170175275,B075D84F4H,B075RYX7D2,B0087BC6OC,8181431278,9384419710&#8242; template=&#8217;ProductCarousel&#8217; store=&#8217;wwwrtiwalain-21&#8242; marketplace=&#8217;IN&#8217; link_id=&#8217;dd38a626-ab2b-11e7-b221-e5c89b744ddc&#8217;]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1738\" style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cc.rti.link\/wa\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1738\" src=\"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/RTIwala-Explains-Who-was-Begum-Akhtar-Why-Google-Doodle-322x365.jpg\" alt=\"RTIwala Explains Who was Begum Akhtar &amp; Why Google Doodle?\" width=\"322\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cropped screenshot of film Roti (1942) Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Who was Begum Akhtar?<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Begum Akhtar aka Akhtari Bai Faizabadi was an <strong><em>Indian<\/em><\/strong> Classical Singer, Actor, and Lyricist who lived in between 7 Oct 1914- 30 Oct 1974.<\/li>\n<li>She born and brought up in Uttar Pradesh, and spent her childhood in Faizabad and most of life in Lucknow.<\/li>\n<li>Begum Akhtar has trained in Ghazal, Dadra, and Thumri genres of Hindustani classical music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Also Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/category\/interviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exclusive Interviews of Gaurav Munjal and Srijan Pal Singh<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Top 5 Unknown Facts about Begum Akhtar<\/h3>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Begum Akhtar has been\u00a0awarded many awards, mainly Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan.<\/li>\n<li>RTIwala Reveals that Begum Akhtar had her first Live Concert at the <strong><em>Age of 15!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Yeah, you read it right! At age of 19, she was much appreciated by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">non-other than Nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu<\/span> during the charity concert for 1934 Nepal-Bihar Aid victims.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Akhtar Bai Faizabadi had <strong><em>more than 400 Gazals to her name<\/em><\/strong>! Therefore also known as <strong><em>Mallika-e-Ghazal.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0She was <a href=\"https:\/\/cc.rti.link\/wa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trained by Who&#8217;s who<\/a> of Hindustani Music Industry like\u00a0Mohammad Khan, Abdul Waheed Khan and Ustad Jhande Khan Saheb. the great sarangi player Ustad Imdad Khan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/cc.rti.link\/wa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 10 Unknown Facts of Mahatma Gandhi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And due to her phenomenal contribution to Hindustani Sangeet and the becoming Flagbearer in Male-dominated\u00a0Music Industry, <a href=\"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/james-wong-howe-man-changed-cinema\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google India has dedicated a Doodle<\/a> on Behum Akhtar&#8217;s 103rd Brith Anniversary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[amazon_link asins=&#8217;B01DBPDMHS,B01AVURF3I,B00KGZZ824,B01FXJI1OY,B00CMQFBG8,B01LX9J2UN,B00DH8MF4Q,B01IT761E4&#8242; template=&#8217;ProductCarousel&#8217; store=&#8217;wwwrtiwalain-21&#8242; marketplace=&#8217;IN&#8217; link_id=&#8217;28c2b860-ab2c-11e7-8ca5-1d5cbdf82006&#8242;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Liked the article, review or interview? 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