Google Honours Iqbal Bano on her 81st Bith Anniversary
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Iqbal Bano
Pakistani Singer Born 28 December 1938 In Delhi, India
Origin Rohtak, Haryana, India
Died 21 April 2009 (aged 74) in Lahore, Pakistan
Genres Ghazal Dadra and Khayal
Occupation(s) singer
Years active 1940-2007
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Google Honours Iqbal Bano on her 81st Bith
Anniversary
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Iqbal Bano was born in Delhi, India.From a young age, she developed a love for music. It was an extremely important moment of her life when her friend's father told Bano's father, "My daughters do sing (well enough for the purpose), but Iqbal Bano is especially blessed in singing. She will become a big name if you begin her training." Her father allowed her to study music.
In Delhi, she studied under Ustad Sabri Khan of the Delhi Gharana, an expert in all kinds of (with nothing else included or mixed in) classical and light classical forms of vocal music. He instructed her in (with nothing else included or mixed in) classical music and light classical music within the (solid basic structure on which bigger things can be built) of classical forms of thumri and dadra. She was duly started Ganda-bandh shagird (formally started loyal student; Ganda-bandh is a traditional knot-tying-(formal, special event or series of actions) which cements the relationship between respected expert and student) of her Ustad (teacher).
In 1952, (old/allowed to get old/got older) 17, she married into a land-owning family in Pakistan.She moved to Multan with her husband who promised her that he would never try to stop her from singing, but would rather encourage and (help increase/show in a good way) her. She had become a 'singing star' by the 1950s, singing soundtrack songs for famous Pakistani Urdu films like Gumnaam (1954), Qatil (1955), Inteqaam (1955), Sarfarosh (1956), Ishq-e-Laila (1957), and Nagin (1959).
Iqbal Bano, Pride of Performance Award in 1974, in Lahore) was a highly gave respect to Ghazal singer from Pakistan. She was best known for her semi-classical Urdu ghazal songs and classical thumris, but also sang easy-listening numbers in the 1950s films. Iqbal Bano's best and most famous work includes her singing of the ghazals of the great Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
Ustad Chaand Khan referred her to All India Radio, Delhi, where she sang on the radio.
Her husband died in 1980,after which she moved to Lahore from Multan. It was watched/followed by many music people (who say bad things or give opinions) that her personality was especially suited to vocal (types of writing or art) like thumri, dadra and ghazal. Few singers of classical music matched the brilliance of her voice and her command over musical notes.
Iqbal Bano was later invited by Radio Pakistan for classical performances on the radio. Her first appearance public concert happened in 1957, at the Lahore Arts (group of people who advise or govern).
She was carefully thought about/believed a specialist in singing the ghazals of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. In 1985, Bano became a (group of people with very strong beliefs) symbol/picture when she awakened a strong crowd of 50,000 people in Lahore by singing Faiz's emotional (in a good way) Urdu song, Hum Dekhenge (We Will See), (even though there is the existence of) the poet's works being blocked/forbidden by General Zia ul-Haq's military government in power on the grounds of his close ties with Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Eventually, she created more and more public appeal and became a specialist in singing the kalam of Faiz Ahmad Faiz and had the moral courage to violate the government ban on singing Faiz's poems. Her starting (trouble) ghazals were seen as an act of refusal to cooperate and resistance.
She was carefully thought about/believed a great singer of the ghazals of Nasir Kazmi. She also sang Persian poetry, which became popular in Iran and Afghanistan. In pre-1979 Afghanistan, she was often invited to the once-a-year cultural fair, the Jashn-e-Kabul.
In light classical, her presentation of Thumris in Raag Khamaj (Kaahe Sataye Mohey), Tilak Kamod (Sautan Ghar Na Ja), Des (Nahin Reduce/cut down Mohe Chain), Pilu (Gori Tore Naina Kajar Bin Kaare) and others such drawings/presentations which have become ever-green classics.
Music lovers noted some (things that are almost the same as other things) between Iqbal Bano and (term of respect for a high-ranking Muslim woman) Akhtar, especially some marked similarities in their styles of singing. Bano's (public speeches or performances) stuck to a classical style that lays more stress on the raag purity.
She was awarded the Pride of Performance by the Pakistani Government in 1974 for her outstanding (challenging things accomplished or completed) in classical music.
Pride of Performance Award (1974) by the President of Pakistan.
At the age of 74, Iqbal Bano died in Lahore, Pakistan on 21 April 2009, after a short illness.
On December 28, 2019, Google celebrated her 81st birthday (as born in 1938) with a Google Random drawing.
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