Indian Classics

======================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19/01/2020. Parveen Sultana ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Background information : Born 10 July 1950 (age 69), Origin Nagaon, Assam, India Genres Khayal, Bhajans, Thumris Occupation(s) Hindustani Classical Music Instruments Vocal Years active 1962–present --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Introduction : Begum Parveen Sultana (born 10 July 1950) is an Indian Hindustani classical singer of the Patiala Gharana. She was awarded the Padma Shri (1976), Padma Bhushan (2014) by the Government of India, and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 1998, given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama. --------

======================================================================== ======================================================================== 14/01/2020. ======================================================================== Indurani ( Ishrat Jehan Imamuddin ) was born in a middle class family of Delhi, on the 22nd of June, 1922. Her mother Munawar Jehan was one of the first female students of the then newly opened Hakim Ajmal Khan school of Jamia Millia University of Delhi. After graduating from the school as a Lady Doctor and Hakim, she had worked in the princely states of Zanzira and Tonk. Her father Shaikh Imamuddin was the owner of a fleet of 17 horse carriages (Victorias and tongas) and one of his contracts was for transporting female students to the Mission Girls Urdu School in Delhi. Therefore, Ishrat and her sisters Afroz and Roshan got a good education in that school. They were 7 children in all. Ishrat was the third child. Naseem Bano (whose real name was a