Pushpa Hans
Pushpa Hans Kapoor (1917–2011) was an Indian playback singer and actor of the Hindi cinema, Hindi and Punjabi cinema, Punjabi film industries in the 1940s and 1950s. She was known for her songs in the 1950 Hindi film, Sheesh Mahal (1950 film), Sheesh Mahal and her acting in the 1949 film Apna Desh (1949 film), Apna Desh. She was a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award of the Padma Shri. Biography Hans was born on 30 November 1917 at Fazilka in Punjab of the British India to Ratan Lal Kapoor, a lawyer and Janak Rani Kapoor. Her schooling was at the local school in Fazilka, after which she studied classical music at Patwardhan Gharana of Lahore from where she graduated in music. She started her career at the Lahore station of the All India Radio and subsequently entered film industry as a playback singer. Later, she also acted in many Hindu films, notably in Apna Desh (1949 film), Apna Desh, a 1949 Hindi film directed by renowned filmmaker, V. Shantaram. The Go ...
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Fazilka
Fazilka, also known as Bangla, is a city and a municipal council in Fazilka district of Punjab, India. In 2011, it was made the headquarter of the newly created Fazilka district. The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAPI) project originating in Turkmenistan will have its last station in Fazilka. Background Etymology Fazilka, founded in 1844 CE, is named by its founder JH Oliver after the Mian Fazil Watoo who had earlier owned the land before it was ceded to the British by the Bahawalpur princely state. Prior to its establishment as a district headquarter by JH Oliver, and as a shopping centre by him, it was an uncultivated bushy area. JH Oliver turned the town into a trading hub between Punjab and Sindh and it was hub of wool trading till partition of India.About Fazilka District
nic.in, accessed 8 July 2021. JH Oliver had also epo ...
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