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Jagjit Singh Age, Death Cause, Biography, Wife, Family, Facts & More

Real NameJagmohan Singh DhimanNicknameGhazal KingProfessionComposer, Ghazal Singer, Music DirectorMusic Teacher/Guru/UstaadPandit Chhaganlal Sharma, Ustad Jamal KhanPhysical Stats & MoreHeight (approx.)in centimeters- 178 cm
in meters- 1.78 m
in feet inches- 5’ 10Weight (approx.)in kilograms- 75 kg
in pounds- 165 lbsEye ColourDark BrownHair ColourSalt & PepperPersonal LifeDate of Birth8 February 1941Birth PlaceSri Ganganagar, Bikaner State, Rajputana Agency, India (Now Rajasthan, India)Date of Death10 October 2011Place of DeathLilavati Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaAge (at the time of death)70 YearsDeath CauseBrain HaemorrhageZodiac sign/Sun signAquariusSignatureNationalityIndianHometownSri Ganganagar, RajasthanSchoolKhalsa High School, Sri Ganganagar, RajasthanCollegeGovernment College, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan
DAV College, Jalandhar
Kurukshetra Uni
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Born

February 8, 1941

Introduction

Jagjit Singh, born Jagmohan Singh, was a prominent Indian Ghazal singer, songwriter and musician. Known as the "Ghazal King", he gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian ghazal singer Chitra Singh in the 1970s and 1980s.

Early Life

Born as Jagmohan Singh to father Amar Singh in a devout Sikh family, Jagjit Singh’s life was surrounded by music due to Sikh devotional hymns from the local Gurudwaras that engulfed his area. Early in his life, he learned to imitate songs he heard on the radio. His father rechristened him as Jagjit on advice of a holy man and sent him to study music from Pandit Chhaganlal Sharma for two years. Jagjit further studied under Ustad Jamaal Khan for six more years. He attended Khalsa High School and graduated with arts from DAV College in Jalandhar, and finished with a post-graduation in history from Kurukshetra University, Haryana. During his college days, he composed and sang for All India Radio and gave stage performances. By

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Jagjit Singh (February 8, 1941 – October 10, 2011) was a prominent Indian ghazal and film playback singer. He gained critical and popular acclaim together with his wife, Chitra Singh, as the first ever successful husband-wife duo in the history of recorded Indian music. Together, they are considered to be the pioneers of modern ghazal music and regarded as the most successful recording artistes outside the realm of Indian film music. He sang in Punjabi (his mother tongue), Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati and Nepali languages. He was awarded the Padmabhushan in 2003, the third highest civilian honour, for his contribution to music by the Government of India.

He is considered to be the most successful ghazal singer of all time, in terms of both critical acclaim and commercial success, having made the genre synonymous with his name during a career spanning over four decades. He is the only composer and singer to have composed and recorded songs written by an incumbent Prime Minister - Atal Behari Vajpayee, also a critically acclaimed poet - in two albums, "Nayi Disha" (199

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