November 07, 2024
Jagjit Singh was born on 8th February 1941 in Sriganganagar in the state of Rajasthan, India. He was an Indian Singer, Playback Singer, Composer, Music Director & Musician. He was referred to as The Ghazal King. He has sung songs in several languages like Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Gujarati, Nepali and Sindhi.
Other Name: | The Ghazal King, Jagmohan Singh Dhiman, King of Ghazals |
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Other Professions: | Playback Singer Composer Music Director Musician |
Appearance: | Bollywood Punjabi Gujarati Bengali Nepali Urdu |
AWARD NAME | AWARD CATEGORY | RECEIPT YEAR | RECEIPT FIELD |
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Padma Bhushan | Civilian Award | 2003 | Arts |
Jagjit Singh died on 10th October 2011 at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He was suffering from a brain hemorrhage and he was in a coma for over two weeks.
DEATHDAY | 10 October,2011 (Thursday) |
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DEATH PLACE | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
DEATH COUNTRY | India |
Father | Sardar Amar Singh Dhiman |
Mother | Bachan Kaur |
Sister | Inderjit Kaur |
Brothers | Kartar Singh, Jaswant Singh |
Wife | Chitra Singh |
Daughter | Monica Chowdhry |
Son | Vivek Singh (Died) |
He was born to Sardar Amar Singh Dhiman & Bachan Kaur. He had a sister named Inderjit Kaur and two brothers named Kartar Singh & Jaswant Singh. He was married to popular singer Chitra Singh in 1969. The couple had a daughter named Monica Chowdhry and a son Vivek Singh, who died in a Road Accident in 1990.
Jagjit Singh was 70 years 8 months & 2 days old age.