Alka Yagnik

Alka Yagnik

Life History:

Her voice has been mainly used for the young generation stars. She has done playback singing for many famous actresses like Rakhee, Hema Malini, Farida Jalal, Rekha, Kajol and Preity Zinta. Besides Hindi songs, she has also sung in other languages such as Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Punjabi

Alka has always been fond of singing. Since young age, music has been her first love. Initially, she thought it to be nothing more than a hobby, but later she realized that if pursued seriously, it can be taken as a profession. When she was six years old, she began singing Bhajans for the Calcutta Radio. From then onwards, she started singing at a professional level..

Alka Yagnik is one of the most talented singers of Bollywood. She was born to a Gujarati family on the 20th of March in Calcutta (now Kolkata). She comes from a music background. Both her parents were actively involved in classical music. Since the late 1980s, she has been one of the most leading playback singers of the Indian music industry. Well, in this article, we will present you with the biography of Alka Yagnik, so read on.

Awards Won:

Filmfare Awards (1988, 1993, 1997,1999,2000,2001 and 2004)

National Film Awards (1994 and 1999)

Zee Cine Awards (1999, 2001 and 2007)

Star Screen Awards (1995 and 2000)

International Indian Film Academy (2000 and 2001)

MC Music Awards

BBC: World Music 2003 Awards

MTV Asia Viewers Choice Award

Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar

Life History:

Lata was born on September 28, 1929 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh as the daughter of Dinanath Mangeshkar, who was a classical singer as well as a theater artist. She was the first child of the Mangeshkar family. She was born in Indore, but brought up in Maharashtra. When she was five years old, she began working as a theater artist in sangeet nataks. She also started taking singing lessons from her father.

Lata Mangeshkar

is the pride of Indian music industry. Blessed with beautiful voice, she is the most well known Indian vocalist. Highly versatile, she has sung in more than 20 languages. To honor and give recognition to her works, Lata Mangeshkar is also known as the Nightingale of India. Well, in this article, we will present you with the biography of Lata Mangeshkar.

Career:

In the year 1945, she happened to meet the film producer S. Mukherji through Ghulam Haider. Haider personally wanted her to be given an opportunity to show her singing talent. However, S. Mukherji did not like her voice and said no for giving her a chance to sing for his film. At that point of time, Haider promised himself to establish her singing career in Bollywood. He even said to the producer that, one day will come when all the producers and directors will fall on her feet and beg her to sing in their films.

Awards Won:

Filmfare Awards (1958, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1993 and 1994)

National Awards (1972, 1975 and 1990)

Maharashtra State Award (1966 and 1967)

1969 - Padma Bhushan

1974 - Recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for having sung the maximum number of songs in the world

1989 - Dada Saheb Phalke Award

1993 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

1996 - Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award

1997 - Rajiv Gandhi Award

1999 - NTR Award

1999 - Padma Vibhushan

1999 - Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement

2000 - Lifetime Achievement Award by IIFA in London

2001 - Best Playback Singer of the Millennium (female) by Hero Honda and magazine "Stardust"

2001 - Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award

2001 - Noorjehan Award 

2001 - Maharashtra Ratna 

 

 

Magal Pandey

 

  Magal Pandey

Life History:

Mangal Pandey, whose name is often preceded by Shaheed meaning a martyr in Hindi, was an Indian soldier during the pre-independence era. A member of the 34th Regiment of the Bengal native infantry of the East India Company, Mangal Pandey is counted among the most popular figures associated with India's freedom struggle in present times. He was born on 19 July 1827 in the Nagwa village in the Ballia district of the Uttar Pradesh state. There still exist families in this village who claim to the descendents of Mangal Pandey.

However, some disputes exist over the exact place where Mangal Pandey was born. So read on to know more about the biography of Mangal Pandey, who joined the sepoy force of the British East India Company in the year 1849 at the age of 22. His name got etched into the pages of the Indian history after he attacked his senior British officers in an incident, which is today called the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 or the India's First War of Independence. Due to this, he was later captured and hung till death on 8 April in 1857.