Farida Khanum

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Birth name Farida Khanum Name Farida Khanum Origin Pakistan Role Singer		Occupation(s) singer Siblings Mukhtar Begum Years active 1949–2014


Genres Ghazal Pakistani Classical Albums Meri Pasand, ghazals, Volume 1, Ghazal Legend Similar People Abida Parveen, Noor Jehan, Reshma Born 1929 (age 91–92) Calcutta, India

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Farida Khanum (Punjabi, Urdu: فریدہ خانم‎) is a Pakistani classical singer from the state of Punjab. She was conferred with the title of Malika-e-Ghazal (ملکہ غزل; Queen of Ghazal) by The Times of India in 2007.

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Early life

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She was born in Kolkata in 1935 before the Partition of India, but her family origins are from Amritsar. Her sister is the famous singer Mukhtar Begum.

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She started learning Khayal, Thumri and Dadra from Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan of Patiala gharana. As a child, her sister Mukhtar Begum would take her to the Khan's place for regular riyaaz. Her family moved to Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947.

Career

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Farida Khanum gave her first public concert in 1950 and then joined Radio Pakistan where she courted fame and fortune. She became a star when Pakistan's president Ayub Khan invited her to a public recital in the 1960s. She has been a frequent performer on Pakistan Television and other Pakistani TV channels. The ghazal she is most associated with is Aaj Jaane Ki Zidd Naa Karo written by the famous poet Fayyaz Hashmi.

Personal life

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Farida Khanum lives in Lahore, Pakistan. She has one son and five daughters. She lives with her only son, his wife and children. Her eldest daughter lives with her husband and children in New York. Her fourth daughter is a specialist in endocrinology and lives with her husband and children. Her youngest daughter is a student. Sheeba Hasan is also her niece.