Asgari Bai (25 August 1918 – 9 August 2006) was an Indian
Dhrupad
Dhrupad is a genre in Hindustani classical music from the Indian subcontinent. It is the oldest known style of major vocal styles associated with Hindustani classical music, Haveli Sangeet of Pushtimarg Sampraday and also related to the South Ind ...
singer.
She was a recipient of
Padma Shri
Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...
,
Tansen Samman, Academy Samman and Shikhar Samman.
Asgari Bai was born in
Bijawar
Bijawar is a city the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bijawar Taluk, and was formerly the capital of a princely state of British India of the same name. The people of Bijawar are demanding the distric ...
,
Chhatarpur
Chhatarpur is a city and a municipality in Chhatarpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Chhatarpur District. Chhatarpur is a city and a municipality in Chhatarpur district in the state of ...
. She had come with her mother Nazeera Begum to
Tikamgarh
Tikamgarh is a Census town#India, town and a tehsil in Tikamgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The city serves as a district headquarters. The earlier name of Tikamgarh was Tehri (i.e., a triangle) consisting of three hamlet ...
. She died on 9 August 2006.
''Ashgari Bai'' (1998), an Indian documentary film directed by Priti Chandriani and
Brahmanand S. Singh explores her life as an exponent of Dhrupad.
References
Sources
बुंदेलखंड दर्शन डोट कॉम बुन्देलखण्ड की विस्तृत जानकारी
Dhrupad singer Asgari Bai deadAward return over son fear
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Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
Singers from Madhya Pradesh
People from Chhatarpur
People from Tikamgarh
Hindustani singers
1918 births
2006 deaths
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
20th-century Indian women singers
20th-century Indian singers
Women musicians from Madhya Pradesh