Singh Bandhu is an Indian musical duo composed of brothers Tejpal Singh (b 1937) and Surinder Singh (b 1940), exponents of
Hindustani classical music
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and
Sikh music
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shabad kirtan
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*Shabad (hymn) or Shabda, term meaning word in Sanskrit
*Shabad, Telangana
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).
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In 2004, Tejpal Singh and Surinder Singh were given a joint Sangeet Natak Akademi Award from India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. Also in the same year, Surinder Singh was awarded the ]Padma Shri
Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...
by the Government of India
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. By this time (year 2004), the elder brother Tejpal Singh had become reclusive and had mostly stopped singing in public due to poor health.[
]
Biography
They started learning music during their childhood from elder brother G.S. Sardar. They also did Masters in music from Allahabad University
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Subsequently, they learned khayal singing from Amir Khan, the founder of ]Indore Gharana Indore gharana is one of the vocal gharanas of Indian classical music. It was founded by Amir Khan, who studied the styles of Abdul Wahid Khan, Aman Ali Khan, Rajab Ali Khan and Abdul Karim Khan and amalgamated their style.
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They also performed shabads for the television film, '' Tamas'' (1987) directed by Govind Nihalani, including '' Deh Siva Var Mohe'', ''Avar Na Sujhe'' and ''Jo Lare Din Ke''.
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Personal life
Surinder Singh, younger of the duo, married Dogri language
Dogri ( Name Dogra Akkhar: ; Devanagari: डोगरी; Nastaliq: ; ) is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, India, with smaller groups of speakers in adjoining regions of western Himachal Pr ...
poet Padma Sachdev
Padma Sachdev (17 April 1940 – 4 August 2021) was an Indian poet and novelist. She was the first modern woman poet of the Dogri language. George, p. 522 She also wrote in Hindi. She published several poetry collections, including ''Meri Kavit ...
(1940–2021) in 1966. Padma Sachdev was a Sahitya Akademi Award
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(1971) and Padma Shri
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(2001) recipient who wrote poetry in two languages, Dogri and Hindi. The couple first lived in Delhi, but later shifted to Mumbai where Padma Sachdev died in 2021 due to old age. The couple had one daughter, Meeta Sachdev.
References
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Indian musical duos
20th-century Indian male classical singers
Hindustani singers
Performers of Sikh music
Living people
Sibling musical duos
Indian Sikhs
University of Allahabad alumni
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Khyal singers