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Malika Pukhraj

1912 - 2004

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Malika Pukhraj (Punjabi, Urdu: ملكہ پکھراج) (1912 – 2004) was a highly popular Ghazal and folk singer of Pakistan. She was generally known as "Malika", meaning "The Queen", publicly. She was extremely popular for her rendition of Hafeez Jalandhri's nazm song, Abhi tau main jawan hoon ("I am still young"), which is enjoyed by millions not only in Pakistan, but also in India. Others among her popular numbers in Urdu language were Lo phir basant aaii, Quli Qutub's Piya baaj piyala piya jaey na, and Faiz Ahmed Faiz's Mere qatil mere dildar mere paas raho. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Malika Pukhraj is the 2,963rd most popular singer (down from 2,805th in 2024). (down from 4,874th in 2019)

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Among singers, Malika Pukhraj ranks 2,963 out of 4,381. Before her are Jennifer Paige, Hyunjin, Sakura Miyawaki, Emmy, Jeon Boram, and Mark Tremonti. After her are Tablo, Red Sebastian, Veronica Maggio, Anastasia Prikhodko, Paolo Meneguzzi, and Morena.

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Among people born in 1912, Malika Pukhraj ranks 422. Before her are June Havoc, Odette Hallowes, Fatima Massaquoi, Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Height, and James Craig. After her are Joan Davis, Dane Clark, and Bill Brown. Among people deceased in 2004, Malika Pukhraj ranks 338. Before her are Yash Johar, Hugh Shearer, Atefeh Sahaaleh, Salvador Laurel, Brock Adams, and Albeiro Usuriaga. After her are FannyAnn Eddy, Johnny Warren, Alphonso Ford, Mikael Ljungberg, Richard Sainct, and Sergejs Žoltoks.

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