Honorific Prefix: | Bhai & Panth Ratan |
Nirmal Singh Khalsa | |
Honorific Suffix: | Hazoori Ragi Darbar Sahib |
Birth Date: | 1952 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Jandwala Bhimeshah, Ferozepur, Punjab, India |
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Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa (12 April 1952 – 2 April 2020) was a Sikh Hazoori Ragi of Darbar Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab, India.
Bhai Nirmal Singh was born on 12 April 1952 at Jandwala Bhimeshah in Fazilka, Punjab.[1] In 1976, he graduated with a Diploma in Gurmat Sangeet from Shaheed Missionary College, Amritsar. In 1977–78, he served as a music teacher at Gurmat College in Rishikesh and later taught at Shaheed Sikh Missionary College in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan. From 1979, he started serving as a Hazoori Ragi at Darbar Sahib. He had performed Kirtan at all five Takhts, various historical Gurdwaras across South Asia and throughout 71 countries. Bhai Sahib was a highly regarded ragi with knowledge of all 31 Raags of Guru Granth Sahib.
For services in the field of arts, Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa was awarded the Padma Shri,[2] fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India in 2009.[3] He was the first Hazoori Ragi to receive this award.[4]
On 2 April 2020, Nirmal Singh Khalsa died due to cardiac arrest after testing positive for COVID-19, at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital in Amritsar.[5] His body was cremated at village Fatehgarh Shukarchak in Amritsar.