Renowned Indian ghazal singer Jagjit Singh died in Mumbai this morning. He suffered brain hemorrhage and got admitted in Lilavati Hospital on September 23. His funeral will take place tomorrow at the Chandanwadi Crematorium in Mumbai. He had been on life support for the last few days and doctors kept him in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). 70-year old Jagjit Singh was born in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan on February 8, 1941. He had four sisters and two brothers and he was known as Jeet by his family.
Jagjit Singh, popularly known as “The Ghazal King”, cut more than 40 private albums and sang for innumerable Bollywood films. He along with his wife Chitra Singh created a duo for ghazal singing, and together they are considered to be the pioneers of modern ghazal singing.
During his early years, Jagjit went to Khalsa High School in Sri Ganganagar and studied science after matriculation at Government College, Sri Ganganagar and went onto graduate in Arts atDAV College, Jalandhar. He is a post-graduate in history from Kurukshetra University in Haryana.
In his life, Singh was awarded India’s third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan (2003), and Teacher’s Achievement Awards (2006).
Below we have shared Jugjit Singh’s one the best ghazal ’Hoshwalon Ko’, hope you will enjoy it:
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