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Hira Devi Waiba

1940 - 2011

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Hira Devi Waiba (9 September 1940 – 19 January 2011) was an Indian folk singer in the Nepali-language and is hailed as the pioneer of Nepali folk songs. Her song "Chura ta Hoina Astura" is said to be the first Tamang Selo (a genre of Nepali folk music) ever recorded. Hira Devi Waiba is the only Nepali folk singer to have cut albums (in 1974 and 1978) with His Master's Voice. She was the sole Grade A Nepali Folk Singer with All India Radio. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Hira Devi Waiba is the 2,476th most popular singer (up from 3,003rd in 2024), the 1,040th most popular biography from India (up from 1,184th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Indian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Hira Devi Waiba ranks 2,476 out of 4,381. Before her are Vince Gill, Michael Wong, Doja Cat, Billy Bragg, Julia Sanina, and Lee Greenwood. After her are Kayah, Lee Hi, Father John Misty, Aya Nakamura, Raekwon, and Future.

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Among people born in 1940, Hira Devi Waiba ranks 597. Before her are Hérard Abraham, Chet Walker, Judy Amoore, Brian Labone, Stanley Hauerwas, and Trevor Nunn. After her are Billy Fury, Maxine Hong Kingston, Melba Moore, Howard Hesseman, Don LaFontaine, and Bob Knight. Among people deceased in 2011, Hira Devi Waiba ranks 479. Before her are Salvatore Licitra, Wouter Weylandt, Pierre Quinon, Margaret Whiting, Ángel Pedraza, and Angela Scoular. After her are Charlie Callas, Stefan Liv, Sada Thompson, Kārlis Skrastiņš, Laurie Hughes, and Tomoko Kawakami.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hira Devi Waiba ranks 1,040 out of 1,861. Before her are Deepika Kumari (1994), Nithya Menen (1988), Rajkummar Rao (1984), Amala Paul (1991), Subhash Ghai (1945), and Padma Subrahmanyam (1943). After her are Divya Bharti (1974), Nayantara Sahgal (1927), Zubeida (1911), Ramanathan Krishnan (1937), Surekha Sikri (1945), and Usha Uthup (1947).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Hira Devi Waiba ranks 34. Before her are Sharda Sinha (1952), Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi (1920), Usha Mangeshkar (1935), Anuradha Paudwal (1954), Kishori Amonkar (1932), and Mahendra Kapoor (1934). After her are Usha Uthup (1947), Bappi Lahiri (1952), Pankaj Udhas (1951), Arijit Singh (1987), Gauhar Jaan (1873), and Rashid Khan (1968).

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