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Indian singer and actress ()

This article is about the Indian singer. For other uses, see Begum Akhtar (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Akhtari Bai Faizabadi (7 October – 30 October ), also known as Begum Akhtar, was an Indian singer and actress.

Dubbed "Mallika-e-Ghazal" (Queen of Ghazals), she is regarded as one of the greatest singers of ghazal, dadra, and thumri genres of Hindustani classical music.^[3][1][4]

Begum Akhtar received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for vocal music in , was awarded Padma Shri, and later a Padma Bhushan Award posthumously by the government of India.^[5]

Early life

Akhtari Bai Faizabadi was born on 7 October to Asghar Hussain, a lawyer and his second wife Mushtari.^[4] Asghar Hussain subsequently disowned Mushtari and his twin daughters Zohra and Bibbi (later known as Begum Akhtar).^[6][7]

Career

Akhtar was barely seven when she was captivated by the mu