Dipali Barthakur Explained

Dipali Barthakur
Birth Date:1941 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Nilomoni Tea Estate, Sonari, Sivasagar, Assam
Death Place:Guwahati
Awards:Padmashri, 1998
Occupation:Singer
Years Active:1955-1969
Spouse:Neel Pawan Baruah

Dipali Barthakur (30 January 1941 – 21 December 2018) was an Indian singer from Assam. Her songs were sung mainly in the Assamese language. She received the fourth-highest civilian award of India, the Padma Shri, in the year 1998.[1]

Early life

Barthakur was born in 1941 to Bishwanath Borthakur and Chandrakanti Devi in Sonari at Sivasagar, Assam.[2] [3]

Musical career

Barthakur started her career as a singer early. When she was studying in class nine, in 1958, she sang the song "Mor Bopai Lahori" on All India Radio, Guwahati, and the song "Joubone Amoni Kore Chenaidhon" for the film Lachit Borphukan (1959).[4]

Some of her other popular Assamese songs are:[5]

Personal life

Barthakur sang her last song "Luito nejabi boi" in 1969. After that she began suffering from a severe motor neuron disease which hindered her singing and forced her to use a wheelchair. In 1976 she married Neel Pawan Barua, an eminent Indian artist and painter from Assam and son of renowned Assamese writer Binanda Chandra Barua.[6] [7]

Barthakur died on 21 December 2018 at Nemcare Hospital, Guwahati, after a prolonged illness.[8] She was known as "Nightingale of Assam".[9]

Awards

Barthakur was honored many times, most notably with the Padma Shri award for folk and traditional music in 1990–92.

Some of her awards/ recognitions are listed below:

Notes and References

  1. 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 .
  2. Suchibrata Ray, Silpi Dipali Barthakuror 71 Sonkhyok Jonmodin, Amar Asom, 31 January 2012, accessed date: 03-02-2012
  3. News: Assamese singer Dipali Barthakur passes away. 2018-12-22. The Hindu. 2020-03-10. en-IN. 0971-751X.
  4. Web site: Musical Minds . enajori.com . 2013-04-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130410035234/http://enajori.com/musical-minds/ . 2013-04-10 .
  5. Web site: Deepali-Borthakur . assamspider.com . 2 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111010090155/http://assamspider.com/resources/3374-Deepali-Borthakur.aspx . 10 October 2011 . live .
  6. A tribute to marriage of arts & minds - Book on celebrity couple . The Telegraph . 26 December 2003 . 2 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205647/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031226/asp/guwahati/story_2719265.asp . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  7. Web site: Where Rubies are Hidden - II . Rukshaan Art . 8 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181117152727/http://rukshaanart.com/?artist=119-Neel%20Pawan%20Barua.html . 17 November 2018 . live .
  8. Web site: Dipali Borthakur Passes Away . 21 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200215032236/https://www.pratidintime.com/dipali-borthakur-passes-away/ . 15 February 2020 . live .
  9. Web site: Singer Dipali Barthakur passes away, last rite today with state honour. www.thehillstimes.in. 2020-03-10. 5 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220205043228/https://www.thehillstimes.in/regional/deepali-borthakur-passes-away. dead.
  10. Web site: October 16th, 2010 - October 28th, 2010, The Strand Art Room, Neel Pawan Baruah . ArtSlant . 2013-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200215030742/https://www.artslant.com/ind/events/show/131548-hieroglyphs . 15 February 2020 . live .
  11. Web site: Rediff On The NeT: Nani Palkhivala, Lakshmi Sehgal conferred Padma Vibushan . Rediff.co.in . 1998-01-27 . 2013-04-01.
  12. Web site: TI Trade . The Assam Tribune Online . Assamtribune.com . 2010-01-18 . 2013-04-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233824/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jan1810%2Fat04 . 2016-03-03 .
  13. Web site: Aideu Handique Silpi Award to Dipali Borthakur . https://archive.today/20130629114619/http://htsyndication.com/htsportal/article?arid=%22347905%22&pub=%22Assam+Tribune%22 . dead . 2013-06-29 . htsyndication.com . 2012-10-06 .

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