Tufail Niazi was born in 1916 at a Village in Jalandhar District, Punjab, British India.
13 Facts About Tufail Niazi
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Tufail Niazi trained with his father Haji Rahim Baksh in Goindwal.
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Tufail Niazi used to sing at Harballah Festival in his childhood.
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Tufail Niazi migrated to Pakistan after Partition of India in 1947.
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Tufail Niazi ran a milk shop to make his ends meet until he got opportunity at Radio Pakistan.
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Tufail Niazi travelled all over Pakistan to gather folk treasures.
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In recognition of his work, Tufail Niazi received the Presidential Pride of Performance Award in 1982.
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Tufail Niazi died on 21 September 1990 at Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Folk singer Tufail Niazi was paid rich tributes at a musical evening that was organised in his honour at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts on 30 May 2011.
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Tufail Niazi was a folk musician deeply influenced by classical forms.
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Tufail Niazi's singing was often intensely moving, as when he sang about the lives of Punjabi epic lovers, most notably Heer Ranjha, richly evoking their anguish against the setting of a Punjabi rural social environment.
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Work of Tufail Niazi has been recreated in various TV music programmes and movies, both in Pakistan and India.
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In 2013, Asad Abbas paid tribute to Tufail Niazi by performing "Kade aa ve mahi gal lag ve", in Coke Studio Season 6 produced by Rohail Hayat.