1. Daler Mehndi has helped to make Bhangra popular worldwide, as well as Indian pop music independent of Bollywood music.
36 Facts About Daler Mehndi
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Daler Mehndi is known for his dance songs, turban, and long flowing robes.
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In 2018, Mehndi was convicted of human trafficking and was sentenced to two years in prison.
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Daler Mehndi was born in Patna, Bihar, India in a Punjabi Sikh family.
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Daler Mehndi was nominated in three categories at the Channel V Music Awards and won the Channel V Best Indian Male Artist Award.
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In 2000, Daler Mehndi released his album Ek Dana with the music label TIPS Music.
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Subsequently, Daler Mehndi signed up with Universal Music in 2001 and released a new track "Kala Kauwa Kaat Khayega".
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Daler Mehndi started with the song "Ru-Ba-Ru" for the film Maqbool.
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Daler Mehndi fused Rock with Bhangra with his next album titled Mojaan Laen Do and in 2004 he self-produced Shaa Ra Ra.
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In March 2014, Deadmau5 and Daler Mehndi made a remix of Daler Mehndi's 1998 hit "Tunak Tunak Tun" performed by the duo.
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On Navratri 2014, Daler Mehndi composed and recorded his rendition of the 'Hanuman Chalisa' overnight while working at his studio in Delhi.
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Daler Mehndi, feeling inspired during the festival of Navratri, composed and record his rendition of the 'Hanuman Chalisa' in the DM Folk Studio.
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In September 2014, Daler Mehndi released his song 'Aaja Mere Twitter Te' to encourage users to visit his Twitter account and Facebook page.
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On 6 November 2014, Daler Mehndi released his album 'Best of Gurbani' on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti.
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In 1998, Daler Mehndi was signed by Coca-Cola for product endorsement and was featured in 30 concerts across India.
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Daler Mehndi has performed worldwide including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, East Africa, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Singapore, West Indies, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
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On 29 September 2013, Daler Mehndi performed at the YouFest festival in Spain.
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In November 2014, Daler Mehndi visited Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh for a performance.
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In November 2014, Daler Mehndi was invited to Nigeria for a performance to celebrate Diwali.
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Daler Mehndi is credited for creating a genre called "Rabbabi", a combination of Thumri, Sufi, and rock and creating an instrument called "Swar Mandir" that combines influences from the Rabab, Swarmandal, and Tanpura.
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Daler Mehndi launched his maiden Record Label 'DRecords' in the year 2000.
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Daler Mehndi is the brother of singers Mika Singh and Shamsher Singh.
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Gurdeep Daler Mehndi is married to NRI model, Jessica Singh in 2016.
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In 1998, Mehndi launched the "Daler Mehndi Green Drive", inducted in the Special Task Force of the Delhi Government.
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Daler Mehndi financially supported the families of Kargil martyrs by donating to the Indian government's Kargil Victims' Relief Fund.
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Daler Mehndi was one of the first celebrities to go and visit the soldiers at Kargil.
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Daler Mehndi has constructed earthquake-resistant houses for the Gujarat earthquake victims; he donated money and performed to raise money for Gujarat cyclone and quake victims, and for police welfare funds.
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Daler Mehndi took upon himself the reconstruction of a block devastated in the Gujarat quake in Doodhiya village.
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Daler Mehndi has constructed a Gurudwara Dukh Bhanjani Sahib where every morning people from all castes and religions join together and offer service in the name of god.
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Daler Mehndi is the only known Indian artist to be invited by the President of Pakistan as a state guest.
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Daler Mehndi voiced his protest against the International Basketball Federation's controversial ruling on the use of turbans while playing.
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Daler Mehndi entered in politics by joining Bharatiya Janata Party on 26 April 2019.
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In March 2018, Daler Mehndi was sentenced to two years in prison by Patiala court in a human trafficking case.
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Daler Mehndi was arrested after registration of the case and released on bail after a few days.
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Daler Mehndi said he will appeal against the conviction in a higher court.
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The Patiala court dismissed his appeal in 2022 and upheld the two year imprisonment, but shortly thereafter his sentence was suspended by the Punjab and Haryana high court and Daler Mehndi was granted bail in September 2022.