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Khursheed Bano
:''This is about the Indian performer. For people so surnamed, see Khurshid.'' Khursheed Bano ( ur, ) (14 April 1914 – 18 April 2001), often credited as Khursheed or Khurshid, was a singer and actress, and a pioneer of the Indian cinema. Her career ran through the 1930s and 1940s, before she migrated to Pakistan in 1948. Making her debut with ''Laila Majnu'' (1931), she acted in over thirty films in India. She is best known for her film ''Tansen'' (1943) with actor-singer K. L. Saigal, which featured many of her memorable songs. Early life Khursheed was born on 14th April 1914 as Irshad Begum in Lahore, Pakistan. As a child, she resided in the Bhatti Gate area next to Allama Iqbal's house. Career Khursheed started her film career with early talkies when she joined Madan Theatres in Calcutta in 1931. Her first film was Laila Majnu (1931) where she worked as Miss Shehla (Though there are debates whether Shehla was a different person). After working with Madan Theatres she went ...
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Khurshid
Khorshīd or Khorshēd ( , meaning ''the Sun'' or the "Radiant Sun"), also spelled as ''Khurshed'' and ''Khurshid'', is a Persian given name. In the modern day as well as historical Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, but also in Iraqi Kurdistan, Egypt, Central Asia and South Asia, it is mostly a given name for boys. The origin of the word is related to the Avestan divinity Hvare-khshaeta. In Turkish, it is sometimes written as Hurşit. People *Khurshid of Tabaristan (died 761), last Dabuyid ruler of Tabaristan * Khurshid of Dailam (died 865), a Justanid king *Khurshid Khan, fifteenth-century minister of Sylhet *Hurshid Pasha (died 1822), Ottoman general and Grand Vizier * Hurşit Güneş (born 1957), Turkish politician * Khurshed Alam Khan (born 1919), Indian Congress Party senior leader * Khurshed Mahmudov (born 1982), Tajikistani footballer *Khurshed Nariman, Mayor of Mumbai (1935–1936) *Khursheed Bano (1914–2001), pioneer film actress and singer of the Indian cinema *Khurshid Ahm ...
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Gyan Dutt
Gyan Dutt was one of the most prominent music directors in Bollywood in the 1940s. He was music director for films such as ''Thokar'' (1939), ''Achhut'' (1940), ''Bhakta Surdas'' (1942), ''Sunehre Din'' (1949) and '' Ghayal'' (1951). Many of his songs were sung by K. L. Saigal. In 1948 he composed seven songs for a young Geeta Dutt in the films '' Chanda Ki Chandani'' and '' Hua Savera'', although their most notable collaboration was ''Dilruba'' (1950) in which Dutt wrote eight songs, six of which were solos for Geeta Dutt. Notable songs Notable songs written by Gyan Dutt include: *"Chandanee Rat Aur Tare Khile Ho" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Khursheed, K L Saigal *"Din Se Dugunee Ho Jaye Ratiya Hay" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: K L Saigal *"Jholee Bhar Tare La De Re" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Khursheed *"Kadam Chale Aage Mann Pichhe Bhage" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: K L Saigal *"Madhur Madhur Ga Re Manawa" (''Bhakt Surdas'') Sung by: Khursheed *"Meraa Kaha Hai Man Meraa" (''Gu ...
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Lahore, Pakistan
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. Lahore is one of Pakistan's major industrial and economic hubs, with an estimated GDP ( PPP) of $84 billion as of 2019. It is the largest city as well as the historic capital and cultural centre of the wider Punjab region,Lahore Cantonment
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Bhati Gate
Bhati Gate ( ur, , ''Bhati Darwaza'') is one of the historic thirteen gates of the Walled City of Lahore in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Bhati Gate also serves as a union council located in the Ravi Zone. The gate is located near Data Darbar and is similar in design to Kashmiri Gate. Background Bhati Gate entrance is located on the western wall of the Old City. It is one of the two oldest entry points into the Walled City which controlled the only major north-south thoroughfare during Ghaznavid period. The gate is said to be named after the Bhati Clan of Rajputs. History It is Named After Great Bhati Rajput Warriors. When Emperor Akbar expanded the city eastward and divided it into nine districts, Bhati Gate and its bazar marked the boundary between Mubarak Khan in the east, and Talwarra in the west. The famed poet Allama Iqbal lived in a house near Bhati gate between 1901 and 1905. Environs Bhati Gate is known historically as a centre for arts and literature in Old Lahor ...
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Rafiq Ghaznavi
Rafiq Ghaznavi (Urdu: ) (1907 – March 2, 1974) was a British Indian musician and actor, known for his contributions in Abdul Rashid Kardar's Heer Ranjha (1932) film, Mehboob Khan's Taqdeer (1943), film Ek Din Ka Sultan (1945) among others.Rafiq Ghaznavi - Singer, Actor and Music Director of the 1940s
Retrieved 6 February 2018 He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore. Rafiq Ghaznavi's ancestors originally comes from . After partition of India in 1947, he migrated to Lahore, Pakistan. Later, he moved to

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Partition Of India
The Partition of British India in 1947 was the Partition (politics), change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: Dominion of India, India and Dominion of Pakistan, Pakistan. The Dominion of India is today the India, Republic of India, and the Dominion of Pakistan—which at the time comprised two regions lying on either side of India—is now the Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Bangladesh, People's Republic of Bangladesh. The partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947. The change of political borders notably included the division of two provinces of British India, Bengal Presidency, Bengal and Punjab Province (British India), Punjab. The majority Muslim districts in these provinces were awarded to Pakistan and the majority non-Muslim to India. The other assets that were divided included the British Indian Army, ...
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Bulo C
Bulo may refer to: People * Bulo C Rani (1920–1993), Indian music director * Jorgo Bulo (1939–2015), Albanian philologist, historian, and literary critic Places * , a village in the former municipality Qendër Libohovë * Bulo, Uganda * Bulo Bulo Bulo Bulo is a town in central Bolivia, in Cochabamba Department. Transport * It is served by Bulo Bulo Airport. * In 2013, a railway connection to Montero is proposed. See also * *List of reduplicated place names This is a list of pla ...
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Khemchand Prakash
Khemchand Prakash (12 December 1907 – 10 August 1949) was a music composer in the Hindi film industry. He had few peers in 1940s, the decade for Indian film music which started with Saigal very active on the scene and ended with Lata Mangeshkar firmly established in the industry. Lata had fruitful association with him (in films ''Asha, Ziddi, Mahal'') when she started making a name for herself. Many years after Khemchand Prakash's death, the ace composer Kamal Dasgupta rated him the best composer. Khemchand's brother, Basant Prakash, was also a film composer. Khemchand Prakash had only 1 daughter & her name was Savitri. Career Born in Sujangarh, then located in Bikaner State in Rajputana Agency of British India (now in the Churu district of Rajasthan), he got his first training in music and dance from his father, who was a dhrupad singer and a Kathak dancer in the royal court. In his teens, he joined the royal court of Bikaner as a singer and later moved to the royal court of ...
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Chhoti Maa
''Chhoti Maa'', also called ''Nurse'', is a Bollywood film. It was released in 1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – .... References External links * 1943 films 1940s Hindi-language films 1940s Indian films Films directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi {{1940s-Hindi-film-stub ...
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Ishwarlal (actor)
Ishwarlal was a Bollywood Hindi actor, director and producer, active from 1930 to 1966. He was born 9 October 1911 at Waghania, Bombay Presidency, British India as Hariprashad Joshi. He died on 22 January 1969 in Bombay (Mumbai), India aged 57. He acted in 86 films, directed 11 and sang in 14. As Actor *1973 ''Kahani Kismat Ki'' *1963 '' Meri Surat Teri Ankhen'' *1963 ''Jevi Chhun Tevi'' *1963 ''Lakho Vanzaro'' ** ''Satyawan Savitri'' *1962 ''Aalha Udal'' ** ''Baghdad Ki Raaten'' ** ''Bezubaan'' ** ''Janam Janamna Sathi'' *1961 ''Chundali Chokha'' ** ''Hiro Salat'' *1959 '' Paigham'' *1958 '' Gopichand'' *1953 ''Shuk Rambha'' ** ''Naulakha haar'' *1952 ''Indrasen'' ** ''Mr. Sampat'' *1951 ''Jai Shankar'' ** '' Samsaram'' *1950 ''Sati Narmada'' ** ''Bhagwan Shri Krishna'' *1949 ''Matribhoomi'' ** ''Nar Narayan'' *1947 ''Rivaj'' *1946 ''Sohni Mahiwal'' ** ''Subhadra'' ** ''Maharana Pratap'' *1945 '' Badi Maa'' ** ''Sharbati Aankhen'' ** ...
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Paidi Jairaj
Paidi or Páidí may refer to the following: People * Paidi () is an Indian surname. People with the surnames or family names of Paidi or Pydi are found in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. People with Paidi surname are Kalinga's who belong to Kshatriya varna of Hindu society. Majority of the People with this surname are residents of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam Districts of Indian State of Andhra Pradesh. ** Paidi Jairaj was a legendary film actor, director and producer and winner of Dada Saheb Palke Award. ** Paidi Lakshmayya was Indian Parliamentarian, writer and administrator * Páidí is an Irish given name. ** Paídi O'Brien, professional cyclist ** Páidí Ó Sé (1955–2012), Gaelic football player and manager Music instruments * Paidi (instrument) ''Paidi'' ( zh, 排笛) is an instrument that consists of two to four parallel ''dizi''s of different length bound together. It was invented by Zhao Songting at the beginning of 1960s. C ...
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Bhukt Surdas
''Bhakta Surdas'' is a 1942 Indian Hindi language film devotional film. It was the third highest grossing Indian film of 1942. This was K. L. Saigal's first film after his move to Bombay from Calcutta. The film was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi for Ranjit Studios. It had music by Gyan Dutt with lyrics by D. N. Madhok. Khursheed, after acting in several less popular films, finally became a big success with this film. The cast included K. L. Saigal, Khursheed, Monica Desai, Nagendra, M. Saigal and N. Desai. Cast * K. L. Saigal * Khursheed * Monica Desai * Nagendra * M. Saigal * N. Desai * Gharpure * Kesarbai * B. Sharma * Bashir Music Considered as a high point in Saigal's singing career, the film had music by Gyan Dutt Gyan Dutt was one of the most prominent music directors in Bollywood in the 1940s. He was music director for films such as ''Thokar'' (1939), ''Achhut'' (1940), ''Bhakta Surdas'' (1942), ''Sunehre Din'' (1949) and '' Ghayal'' (1951). Many of his ... with lyric ...
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