Asgari Bai Explained

Asgari Bai
Birth Date:25 August 1918
Origin:Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India
Death Date: (aged 87)
Genre:Hindustani classical music,
Mewati Gharana
Occupation:Classical Vocalist
Years Active:1937–2005

Asgari Bai (25 August 1918  - 9 August 2006) was an Indian Dhrupad singer.[1] She was a recipient of Padma Shri,[2] Tansen Samman, Academy Samman and Shikhar Samman.[3]

Asgari Bai was born in Bijawar, Chhatarpur. She had come with her mother Nazeera Begum to Tikamgarh. She died on 9 August 2006.

Ashgari Bai (1998), an Indian documentary film directed by Priti Chandriani and Brahmanand S. Singh explores her life as an exponent of Dhrupad.[4]

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  1. Web site: Dhrupad singer Asgari Bai dead . Dnaindia.com . 2020-01-16.
  2. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2015 . 21 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .
  3. Web site: In a male bastion, Asgari Bai held her own tune . Indian Express . 2006-08-10 . 2020-01-16.
  4. Web site: Film on R.D. Burman releases on DVD . . en . 26 November 2009.