Satwinder Bitti ( pa, ਸਤਵਿੰਦਰ ਬਿੱਟੀ) is a

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singer of

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. She was a national-level

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player and later adapted singing as profession. In 2011, she judged a singing reality show, ''Awaaz Punjab Di'', by a Punjabi TV channel mh1.

Early life

Bitti was born in a

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family, to father S. Gurnaib Singh and mother Gurcharan Kaur. Her father, retired from PWD,

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, also had an interest in music and taught her the basics of music. She used to sing religious songs on different devotional functions and thus started singing at a very early age of five. She is the fan of the singer

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and later, took singing as a profession and released many religious and folk albums. She has done a BSc. (non-medical) from MCM DAV College, Chandigarh Sec-36 and was a national-level hockey player. In June 2016 Bitti joined

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in presence of party's state chief

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and senior leaders.Punjabi singer Satwinder Bitti joins Congress , Business Standard News
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Career

She started her singing career with the album, ''Pure Dee Hawa''.

Discography

# Pure Di Hawa # Ik Vari Hass Ke # Nachdi De Siron Patase # Chandi Dian Jhanjran # Nachna Patola Banke # Dil De Mareez # Giddhe Ch Gulabo Nachdi # Mar Gayee Tere Te # Main Ni Mangna Karauna # Nachdi Main Nachdi # Pardesi Dhola # Sabar # Khand Da Khedna # Ve Sajjna

Religious

# Dhann Teri Sikhi # Roohan Rabb Dian # Nishan Khalse De # Mae Ni Main Singh Sajna # Sikhi khandeyo Tikhi

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bitti, Satwinder Punjabi-language singers People from Punjab, India Living people 1975 births