Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
i singer.
Early life
Kailash Mehra Sadhu, also known as Malika-e-Ghazal, was born in
Dogra
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, Nainital. She earned master's degrees from Panjab University, Chandigarh and Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad (1975), the latter degree focusing on vocal music. She became a music lecturer at the Women's College in Anantnag in 1979.
She earned fame singing
Kashmiri Kashmiri may refer to:
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People with the name
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Kashmiri Kashmiri may refer to:
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People with the name
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Gujarati
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,
Sanskrit
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Punjabi
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Hindi
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Bhaderwahi
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Kannad
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languages. Kailash participated in music competitions organised by the state cultural academy. Her stage performances were organised in
Patna
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Lucknow
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Calcutta
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Madras
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Trivandrum
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Hyderabad
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Bangalore
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and
Delhi
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.
Having married in 1980, she took part in the fourth Festival of Music organised by the Kashmiri Overseas Association of Britain in 1985. She also sang for the film Aarnimall.
She was given the title, Malika-e-Ghazal in 1993 by the
Jammu
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Vikas Sanstha. The Sadiq memorial Committee awarded her the Mehboob Awami Funkara in 1981 and she was chosen the best singer by the Sri Bhat Smarak Samiti in 1980.
Work after Kashmir conflict
Kailash Mehra Sadhu sang for the album 'Poozai Posh'. Alongside fellow
Kashmiri Kashmiri may refer to:
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* Kashmiris, an ethnic group native to the Kashmir Valley
* Kashmiri language, their language
People with the name
* Kashmiri Saikia Baruah ...
singer Vijay Malla, and produced by the Kashmir Overseas Association of the United States of America, this album, containing several sacred
bhajans
Bhajan refers to any devotional song with a religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among Indian religions, in any language. The term bhajanam (Sanskrit: भजनम्) means ''reverence'' and originates from the root word ''bhaj'' ...
and hymns native to Kashmir, and as a movement to preserve
Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
's 5000-year-old culture, history and sanctity, this album became highly popular with the millions of Kashmiris in the diaspora worldwide.
Works
Before the Kashmir conflict, Kailash Mehra Sadhu used to be a reasonably well-known singer known for her
bhajans
Bhajan refers to any devotional song with a religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among Indian religions, in any language. The term bhajanam (Sanskrit: भजनम्) means ''reverence'' and originates from the root word ''bhaj'' ...
and hymns. These hymns gained popularity after the
exodus of Kashmiri Pandits
The Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus, or Pandits, is their early-1990 forced
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* migration, or flight, from the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley in Indian-administered Kashmir following rising violence in an insurgency. Of a total Pan ...
, after her collaboration with the Kashmir Overseas Association of the USA.