Zarina Baloch was a Sindhi folk music singer, vocalist and composer from the Sindh province of Pakistan.
12 Facts About Zarina Baloch
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Zarina Baloch was an actress, Radio and TV artist, writer, teacher for over 30 years, political activist and social worker.
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Zarina Baloch is notable for her revolutionary songs and resistance against the military dictatorship of General Zia.
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Zarina Baloch was born on 29 December 1931 in Allahdad Chand Village, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan her mother, Gulroz Jalalani, died in 1940 when Zarina was six years old.
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Zarina Baloch studied with Mohammad Juman, who was a Sindhi singer.
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Zarina Baloch joined Radio Hyderabad in 1960 and received her first Music Award in 1961.
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Zarina Baloch retired in 1997 and died in 2005 of Brain Cancer in Liaquat National Hospital.
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In 1979, Zarina Baloch was arrested and imprisoned in Sukkur and Karachi jails for leading the protests against President General Zia ul Haq's Martial Law.
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Zarina Baloch was one of the leading founders of Sindhiani Tahreek, Women's Action Forum, Sindhi Adabi Sangat and Sindhi Haree Committee.
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Zarina Baloch was fluent in Sindhi, Urdu, Seraiki, Balochi, Persian, Arabic and Gujrati.
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Zarina Baloch wrote many songs and poetry which became popular among the nationalists in Sindh and Balochistan.
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Zarina Baloch was the author of several stories and poems, and her Book "Tunhinjee Gola Tunhinjoon Galhion" was published in 1992.