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The 7th death anniversary of the most eminent singer Malika Pukhraj is being observed today. Malika Pukhraj was born in Mirpur ( Jammu and Kashmir) and started training in her very early age. At nine she visited Jammu and performed at coronation ceremony of Maharaja Hari Singh, who got so impressed by her voice that she appointed a court singer in his Durbar and stayed there for another nine years. Over the next 8 decades she captivated her audience with her command over the singing genres of Thumri, Ghazal, Bhajan and folk Pahari Geet, including Dogri folk songs. She was among the greatest singers of British India in the 1940s, and after partition of India in 1947, she migrated to Lahore and received further fame, through her radio performances.
