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CodeDS/UK/16052
NameKhanum; Farida (1935-); Pakistani Ghazal singer
AliasMalika-e-Ghazal | Queen of Ghazal
Dates1935-
GenderFemale
BiographyFarida Khanum gave her first public concert in 1950 and then joined Radio Pakistan where she courted fame and fortune. She became a star when Pakistan’s president Ayub Khan invited her to a public recital in the ’60s.
The ghazal she is most associated with is Aaj Jaane Ki Zidd Naa Karo.

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