Surinder Kaur was an Indian singer and songwriter.
11 Facts About Surinder Kaur
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Surinder Kaur was born to a Punjabi Sikh family in Lahore, the capital of the Punjab in British India.
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Surinder Kaur was the sister of Parkash Kaur and Narinder Kaur and the mother of Dolly Guleria, both noted Punjabi singers.
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Surinder Kaur had three daughters of which Dolly is the eldest.
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Surinder Kaur was influenced by Renu Rajan, a prominent figure in Punjabi folk music.
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Surinder Kaur made her professional debut with a live performance on Lahore Radio in August 1943, and the following year on 31 August 1943, she and her elder sister, Parkash Kaur cut their first duet, "maavan 'te dheean ral baithian", for the HMV label, emerging as superstars across the Indian subcontinent.
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Surinder Kaur travelled to many parts of the world performing Punjabi folk songs, gaining rapid popularity.
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Surinder Kaur was conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Punjabi Folk Music in 1984, by the Sangeet Natak Academi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Theatre, the Millennium Punjabi Singer award, and Padma Shri award in 2006 for her contribution in Arts.
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Towards the later part of her life, wanting to get close to her mitti, Surinder Kaur settled in Panchkula in 2004, with an aim to construct a house in Zirakpur, near Chandigarh.
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Surinder Kaur died in a New Jersey hospital on 14 June 2006 at the age of 77.
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Surinder Kaur was survived by three daughters, the eldest, singer Dolly Guleria who lives in Panchkula, followed by Nandini Singh and Pramodini Jaggi, both settled in New Jersey.