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Farida Khanum was born on 16 May, 1929 in Calcutta, British India, is a Pakistani classical and ghazal singer. Discover Farida Khanum's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?

Popular As Farida Khanum
Occupation Classical singer · Actress · Ghazal singer
Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 16 May 1929
Birthday 16 May
Birthplace Calcutta, British India
Nationality India

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Farida Khanum (Urdu: ) is a Pakistani classical singer from the city of Kolkata, West Bengal.

She is also known by her honorific title Malika-e-Ghazal (The Queen of Ghazal) in both Pakistan and India and is widely regarded as one of the greatest exponents of the ghazal genre of singing.

Khanum has been affectionately called Queen of Ghazal in Pakistan.

1929

Khanum was born in 1929 in Calcutta, British India (now Kolkata, India).

She had four siblings — a sister and three brothers.

Her sister is the famous singer, Mukhtar Begum.

Their entire family moved from Amritsar, Punjab to Lahore, Pakistan when she was 18 years old.

She started learning Khayal, Thumri and Dadra from Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan of Patiala gharana.

As a child, her sister Mukhtar Begum would take her to the Khan's place for regular riyaaz (practice of classical music).

1947

Her family moved to Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947.

1950

Farida Khanum gave her first public concert in 1950 at the very young age of 21, and then joined Radio Pakistan where she gained recognition for herself.

1960

She became a star when Pakistan's president Ayub Khan invited her to a public recital in the 1960s.

Farida also acted in films and she also sang songs for films.

She has been a frequent performer on Pakistan Television and other Pakistani TV channels.

The ghazal she is most associated with is Aaj Jaane Ki Zidd Naa Karo written by the famous poet Fayyaz Hashmi.

She visited Kabul, Afghanistan in the late 1960s and early 1970s for concerts where she collaborated with Afghan musicians and sang Persian-language ghazals.

Farida Khanum lives in Lahore, Pakistan.

She has five daughters and one son.

Her niece, Sheeba Hassan, is also an actress.

2015

In 2015, at the age of 86, she sang this ghazal in Coke Studio Season 8.

Khanum's live concerts in India have been very popular.