Jagjit Singh(8 Feb 1941-10 Oct 2011) was one of the most famous Ghazal singers of the modern times. Jagjit Singh, aka Jagmohan Singh was born in Ganganagar in Rajasthan. The name Jagjit means the one who triumphs over the world.His father Sardar Amar Singh Dhiman was a Government official and his mother Sardarni Bachchan Kaur had a religious family background. He has four sisters and two brothers and is fondly addressed as "Jeet" by his family. He graduated in Arts from DAV College located in Jalandhar. Jagjit learnt classical music under Pundit Chaganlal Sharma and achieved expertise in classical forms like Khayal, Thumri and Dhrupad.
He moved to Bombay in the year 1965 searching for better opportunity in music. Initially he was limited to singing in weddings, and other functions. His first album was "The Unforgettables", which was a collection of semi-classical Indian music. Jagjit singh got married to another singer named Chitra in the year 1969. They had sung many songs together and were very liked by the audiences. The songs, the music the voice everything were very pleasing. They also sung in many hindi movies. Beside hindi, Jagjit singh also sung in many different languages like panjabi, urdu, Nepali etc. He died in 2011 due to a massive cerebral haemorrhage.
Koi Yeh kaise bataye, Too nahi to Zindagi Mein aur kya rah jayega, Yun zindagi ki raah Mein, Jhuki Jhuki si Najar, Tum Itna jo Muskura Rahe Ho, Pyar Mujh se jo kiya tumney etc were his great creations which will cretainly be evergreen master pieces for a long time.
Jagjit singh was the type of personality and talent that not everyday are born in the world. Once in a million years, is such a combination found in a person.
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