1. Malika Pukhraj was a highly popular Ghazal and folk singer of Pakistan.
11 Facts About Malika Pukhraj
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Malika Pukhraj was generally known as "Malika", meaning "The Queen", publicly.
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Malika Pukhraj was extremely popular for her rendition of Hafeez Jalandhri's nazm song, Abhi tau main jawan hoon, which is enjoyed by millions not only in Pakistan, but in India.
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Malika Pukhraj was born in Hamirpur Sidhar to a Singer family of professional musicians.
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Malika Pukhraj received her traditional musical training from Ustad Ali Baksh Kasuri, the father of legendary singer Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.
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Malika Pukhraj stayed there as a singer for another nine years.
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Malika Pukhraj was among the well-known professional singers of India in the 1940s and after Partition of India in 1947, she migrated to Lahore, Pakistan, where she received much more fame, through her radio performances with composer Kale Khan at Radio Pakistan, Lahore.
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Malika Pukhraj's voice is most suitable for 'folk songs of the hills'.
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Malika Pukhraj recorded her memoirs in the novel Song Sung True.
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Malika Pukhraj was married to Shabbir Hussain, a junior government official in the Punjab, and had six children including Tahira Syed, a singer in Pakistan.
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Malika Pukhraj died in Lahore, Pakistan on 4 February 2004.