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Asif Mehdi
Asif Mehdi (1966-2021) was a Pakistani ghazal singer and a playback singer in Lollywood, Pakistan. He was known much for reviving classical singing in his country as well as for being the son of Mehdi Hassanhttp://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article63176.ece, Profile of Asif Mehdi on The Hindu newspaper, Published 10 Dec 2009, Retrieved 15 Dec 2016 Early life Born in Pakistan to Mehdi Hassan. He started his training at age 13 from his father and his uncle ''Ghulam Qadir''. His family migrated from Mandawa in Rajasthan, to Pakistan at the time of partition of India in 1947. Performing career Asif Mehdi performed with his father in Los Angeles in 1983 for the first time at age 17. When he sang, his father Mehdi Hasan was so annoyed that he rebuked him for singing in an effeminate voice. He has toured India, along with ghazal singer Jagjit Singh, in 2009 on the concert tour called ''Music for Peace'' which seeks to establish peaceful relations between India and Pakistan whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country in the world by area and 2nd largest in South Asia, spanning . It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to India–Pakistan border, the east, Afghanistan to Durand Line, the west, Iran to Iran–Pakistan border, the southwest, and China to China–Pakistan border, the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mir Taqi Mir
Mir Muhammad Taqi (February 1723 – 20 September 1810), known as Mir Taqi Mir (also spelled Meer Taqi Meer), was an Urdu poet of the 18th century Mughal era in the Subcontinent and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself. His father's name was Meer Muttaqi. After his father's death, his step-Brothers took control over his property. His step-uncle took care of him after he was orphaned and after the death of his step-uncle(paternal) his maternal step-uncle took care of him. The part of his poetry is the grief he expresses. He has expressed a lot of grief over the downfall of his city, Delhi. He was one of the principal poets of the Delhi School of the Urdu ''ghazal'' and is often remembered as one of the best poets of the Urdu language. His pen name (''takhallus'') was Mir. He spent the latter part of his life in the court of Asaf-ud-Daulah in Lucknow. Life The main source of information on Mir's life is his autobiography ''Zikr-e-Mir'', which covers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigar Award Winners
Nigar may refer to: * Nigar Awards, the oldest Pakistani film awards * ''Nigar'' (magazine), Pakistan-based entertainment magazine * Nigâr, a character in Karagöz and Hacivat plays Given name *Nigar Arpadarai (born 1982), Azerbaijani politician and businesswoman * Nigâr Hanım, Turkish poet *Nigar Hasan-Zadeh, Azerbaijani poets *Nigar Jamal, Azerbaijani singer ** Eldar & Nigar, Azeri pop duo which includes Nigar Jamal *Nigaar Khan, Indian television actress *Nigar Nazar, Pakistani cartoonist *Nigar Rafibeyli, Azerbaijani writer *Nigar Shikhlinskaya, Azerbaijani nurse *Nigar Sultana (actress), Indian actress *Negar Khan, Norwegian-Iranian actress Places *Nigar, alternate name of Negar, a city in Iran *Nigar, alternate name of Negar-e Bala, a village in Iran See also * Nigga * Nigger (other) * Niger (other) * Nigra (other) Nigra may refer to: Geography * Castelnuovo Nigra, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Pied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigar Award
The Nigar Awards ( ur, , translit=Inʿām Negār, lit=Picture Awards) were presented in an annual award show to recognize outstanding achievement in Pakistani cinema. The honors are awarded by Nigar Magazine founded in 1948. The Nigar Awards are Pakistan's version of the Academy Awards. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists. The first Nigar Awards ceremony was held in 1957, to honor the accomplishments of Pakistani cinema for the year 1956. In 2002, following the 46th Annual Nigar Awards, Nigar Magazine announced its discontinuation of the awards due to the collapse of the Pakistani cinema industry. After a 15-year hiatus, with the revival of Pakistani cinema, the 47th Nigar Awards were announced to be held on 16 March 2017 in Karachi. History The Nigar Awards were introduced in 1957 by Ilyas Rashidi, also known as ''Baba-e-Filmi Sahafat'' (translation: The Father of Film Journalism) in Pakistan. The award was an extension of the Nigar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistani Film Industry
Cinema of Pakistan, popularly known as Lollywood ( ur, ), refers to the filmmaking industry in Pakistan. Pakistan is home to several film studios centres, primarily located in its three largest cities – Karachi, Lahore, and Faisalabad. Pakistani cinema has played an important part in Pakistani culture, and in recent years, has begun flourishing again after years of decline, delivering entertainment to audiences in Pakistan and expatriates abroad. Several film industries are based in Pakistan, which tend to be regional and niche in nature. Over 10,000 Urdu feature films have been produced in Pakistan since 1948, as well as over 8000 Punjabi, 6000 Pashto and 2000 Sindhi feature-length films. The first film ever produced was ''Husn Ka Daku'' in 1929, directed by Abdur Rashid Kardar in Lahore. The first Pakistani-film produced was ''Teri Yaad'', directed by Daud Chand in 1948. Between 1947 and 2007, Pakistani cinema was predominately based in Lahore, home to the nation' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Ghalib
) , birth_date = , birth_place = Kala Mahal, Agra, Maratha Confederacy , death_date = , death_place = Gali Qasim Jaan, Ballimaran, Chandni Chowk, Delhi, British India , occupation = Poet , language = Urdu, Persian , period = Mughal era, British era , genre = Ghazal, Qasida, Ruba'i, Qit'a, Marsiya , subject = Love, philosophy, mysticism , resting_place = Mazar-E-Ghalib, near Nizamuddin Dargah, Delhi, India Mirza Beg Asadullah Khan (Urdu, fa, مرزا بیگ اسد اللہ خان; 27 December 1797 – 15 February 1869) also known as Mirza Ghalib (Urdu, fa}) was an Urdu and Persian poet of the 19th century Mughal and British era in the Indian Subcontinent. He was popularly known by the pen names Ghalib (غالب) and Asad (اسد). His honorific was ''Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula''. He is one of the most popular poets in Pakistan and India. During his lifetime, the already declining Mugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hafeez Jalandhari
Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari ( ur, ) (born 14 January 1900 – 21 December 1982) was a Pakistani Urdu-language poet who wrote the lyrics for the National Anthem of Pakistan Profile of Hafeez Jalandhari on poemhunter.com website, Retrieved 21 November 2018 and Watan Hamara Azad Kashmir, National Anthem of Azad Kashmir. Early life Chaudhary Abu Alasr Hafeez Jalandhari was born in , |
Qateel Shifai
Muhammad Aurangzeb or Qateel Shifai ( ur, ), (24 December 1919 – 11 July 2001) was a Pakistani Urdu poet and lyricist. Early life and career Qateel Shifai was born in Haripur District as Muhammad Aurangzeb in 1919 in British India (now Pakistan).Renowned poet, lyricist Qateel Shifai remembered today Associated Press of Pakistan website, Published 11 July 2020, Retrieved 17 December 2021 He was of background. He adopted ''Qateel Shifai'' as his pen name in 1938, under which he was known in the world of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
