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Birth Details –

Place – Sri Ganganagar, Bikaner State, British India

Date of Birth – 8 February 1941     

Zodiac Sign – Aquarius

Marital Status – Indian

Nationality – Married

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Physical Appearance –

Height – 5” Feet 10’’ Inches

Weight – 75 kg

Eye Color – Dark Brown

Hair Color – Black

Family –

Mother  – Bachan Kaur

Father  – Sardar Amar Singh Dhiman

Brother – Kartar Singh, Jaswant Singh

Sister – Inderjit Kaur

Wife – Chitra Singh

Son – Vivek

Education – A degree in Arts from DAV College

Teacher  – Pandit Chagan Lal Sharma and Ustad Jamal Khan

Early life

Jagjit Singh Dhiman was born at Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India.His father, Sardar Amar Singh Dhiman, was a surveyor with the government’s Public Works’ Department and hailed from village Dalla in Ropar district of Punjab.

Educated initially at Khalsa High School and Government College in Sri Ganganagar, Singh obtained an arts degree from DAV College, Jalandhar.

Personal life –

In 1990, Vivek (Jagjit Singh and Chitra’s son) died in a road accident at the age of 20. This came as a profound shock to Jagjit and Chitra Singh.

They gave up music for a full year after the death. At the end of that period, Jagjit returned slowly to music, but Chitra announced her retirement and declared that she would not sing or record any more songs.

Singh had suffered from numerous ailments like diabetes and hypertension during his later life, and had undergone two heart bypass surgeries in 1998 and 2007.

 A chain smoker for decades, he had stopped smoking after his first heart attack.

Career –

There, he began his professional career in 1961 by undertaking singing and composing assignments at All India Radio’s (AIR) Jalandhar station.

Later, he studied to obtain a post-graduate degree in history from Kurukshetra University in Haryana.

Throughout this time, and as a consequence of a natural talent that was spotted by his father, Singh learned music initially from a visually impaired master of Indian classical music, Pandit Chagan Lal Sharma and later from Ustad Jamal Khan of Maihar gharana, who taught and trained him in all the prominent styles of Hindustani Classical vocal tradition such as Khayal, Dhrupad, Thumri and others.

In March 1965, and without the knowledge of his family,Singh moved to Bombay, where there were many opportunities for music artists because of the Hindi film industry.

He obtained work initially as a singer of advertising jingles and later progressed to playback singing.

Achievement –

Singh was still struggling to make a living in 1967 when he met the Bengali-born Chitra Dutta. She divorced her husband and married Singh in December 1969.

the couple performed as a singing duo but it was not until the 1977 release of the album The Unforgettable that they found significant, and surprising, success.

The Independent described it in 2011 as “ground-breaking … it became a transformative, before-and-after milestone in the history of Indian popular and ghazals music.

The Independent further noted that “This format of solo and duet performances from the first commercially successful husband-and-wife team in Indian popular music proved astonishingly successful.

Albums –

1982 –

• Woh Kaghaz Ki Kashti
• Shayad Main Zindagi Ki Sahar
• Zindagi Tujh Ko Jiya Hai
• Us Mod Se Shuroo Karen
• Jis Mod Par Kiye The
• Mere Dukh Ki Koi Dawa Na Karo
• Badi Haseen Raat Thi
• Teri Ankhon Mein Hamne Kya Dekha
• La Pila De Sharab Ai Saqi

1990 –

• Din Guzar Gaya
• Meri Zindagi Kisi Aur Ki
• Ab Ke Barsat Ki Rut
• Fasila To Hai
• Aadmi Aadmi Ko Kya Dega
• Mere Dukh Ki Koi Dawa Na Karo
• Koi Samjhega Kya Raz-E-Gulshan
• Dekha To Mera Saya Bhi
• Dil Hi To Hai

1996 –

• Apni marzi se
• Dushman ko bhi seene se lagana
• Ek barahman ne kaha hai
• Koi chaudavi raat ka chaand
• Main rahe meena rahe
• Mujhe jeene do
• Rishta kya hai tera mera
• Zindagi se badi sazaa hi nahin

1998 –

• Main Bhool Jaau
• Mere Dil Ne Kaha
• Jaate Jaate Woh Mujhe
• Dard Apnata Hain
• Mujhko Yaqeen Hain
• Sach Yeh Hain Bekaar
• Dard Ke Phool Bhi
• Kabhi Yu Bhi To

2000 –

• Tere Baare Mein Jab Socha Nahi Tha
• Mujhse Bicchad Ke Khush Rehti Ho
• Tumne Dil Ki Baat Keh Di
• Mujhe Hosh Nahin
• Yeh Jo Zindagi Ki Kitaab Hai
• Yaad Nahin Kya Kya Dekha Tha
• Charage Ishq Jalaane Ki Raat Aaye Hai
• Tere Aane Ki Jab Khabar Mehke

Discography

• Arth (1982)
• Saath Saath (1982)
• Aaeena (2000)
• Aarogya Mantra (2008)
• Adaa (1992)
• Ae Mere Dil (1983)
• A Journey (2000)
• Akhand Ram Naam (2009)
• A Milestone (1980)
• Amritanjali (2009)
• An Evening With Jagjit & Chitra Singh (Live)
• A Sound Affair (1985)
• Awaaz (2007)
• Baba Sheikh Farid (Shabads & Shlokas- 2006)
• Beyond Time (1987)
• Best of Jagjit & Chitra Singh (2005)
• Bhajans (Lata-Jagjit −2004)
• Bhajan Uphar (2008)
• Biraha Da Sultan (1978)
• Chahat (2004)
• Chirag (Also known as Live in Trinidad – Islamic Devotional- 1993)
• Classics Forever (2000)
• Close to My Heart (2003)
• Come Alive in a Concert (1979)
• Cry For CRY (1995)
• Dard-E-Jigar (2011)
• Desires (1994)
• Different Strokes (2001)
• Dil- Jagjit, Asha & Lata (2002)
• Dil Kahin Hosh Kahin (1999)
• Do Dil Do Rahein (A Tribute To Mehdi Hasan- 2007)
• Echoes (1986)
• Ecstasies (1984)
• Emotions (1989)
• Encore
• Essential Chants of Shiva (2006)
• Eternity (1978)
• Face To Face (1994)
• Forever (2002)
• Forget Me Not (2002)
• Gayatri Mantra (2008)
• Ghalib Live in Concert (2014)
• Ghazal Greats Jagjit Singh And Ghulam Ali
• Ghazals from Films (1989)
• Golden Moments (1999)
• Govardhan Girdhari (2011)
• Guru Govind Singh (1998)
• Hare Krishna (Live)
• Hari Om Tatsat (2003)
• Harmony
• Hey Govind Hey Gopal (1991)
• Hey Ram (Ram Dhun)
• Hare Ram Hare Krishna (1999)
• Hope (1991)
• Kahkashan,Doordarshan TV Serial (1991–92)
• In Search (1992)
• In Sight (1994)
• In Sync- Jagjit Singh & Asha Bhonsle
• Inteha (2009)
• Jaam Utha(1999)
• Jai Raghunandan Jai Siyaram (2002)
• Jai Siya Ram (2000)
• Jazbaat (2008)
• Jeevan Kya Hai (2005)
• Jeevan Maran Chhe Ek (Gujrati)
• Kabir (2007)
• Karuna (2007)
• Keertan (Gurbani- 2000)
• Khamoshi (2002)
• Khumar
• Khwahish (2002)
• Krishna (1983)
• Krishna Bhajans (1998)
• Koi Baat Chale (2006)
• Krishna Bhajans And Music For Divine Meditation (2009)
• Krishna Dhun
• Live in Concert (1988)
• Live in Concert at the Wembley (1980)
• Live in Pakistan (1979)
• Live in Royal Albert Hall (1983)
• Live in Sydney (2006)
• Life Story (Live- 2001)
• Live With Jagjit & Chitra Singh
• Live With Jagjit Singh (1993)
• Love
• Love Is Blind (1998)
• Maa (1993)
• Madho Hum Aise Tu Aisa (2003)
• Madhusudana- Shree Krishna Dhun (2011)
• Magic Moments
• Main Aur Meri Tanhai (1981)
• Man Jeetey Jagjit (1990)
• Man Mein Ram Basa Le
• Marasim (1999)
• Mara Ghatma Shrinathji (2007)
• Mehfil (1990)
• Melodious Pair
• Memorable Concert (Live)
• Memorable Ghazals of Jagjit and Chitra (1990)
• Mirage (1995)
• Mirza Ghalib (T.V. Serial- 1988)
• Mitr Pyaare Nu (2005)
• Moksha (2005)
• Morning Prayers And Music For Divine Meditation (2009)
• Muntzir (2004)
• Nayi Disha (1999)
• Nivedan (2011)
• Om- The Divine Mantra (2007)
• Parwaaz (live at the Esplanade, Singapore- 2004)
• Passions (1987)
• Phaldata Ganesh: God Who Fulfills Wishes (2006)
• Playback Years
• Pray For India
• Punjabi Hits- Jagjit & Chitra Singh
• Radhey Krishna Radhey Shyam (2000)
• Radhey Krishna Dhun
• Rare Gems (1992)
• Rare Moments
• Ravayat
• Rishton Mein Darar Aayi
• Romance
• Masha alla
• Royal Salute
• Saanwara (2003)
• Saher (2000)
• Sai Dhun (2005)
• Sajda (1991)
• Samvedna (2002)
• Samyog (Nepali)
• Shabads Live in the UK (2014)
• Shiva (Dhuns and Bhajans- 2005)
• Shri Ganesha (2010)
• Shukrana (2011)
• Silsilay (1998)
• Solid Gold (2001)
• Someone Somewhere (1990)
• Soz (2001)
• Stolen Moments
• Tera Bayaan Ghalib (2012)
• The Inimitable Ghazals Composed by Jagjit Singh (1996)
• The Latest (1982)
• The Life And Times of Jagjit Singh (2011)
• The Master and His Magic (2012)
• The Unforgettables (1977)
• The Voice From Beyond (2013)
• Together
• Trishna (Bengali-2001)
• Tum Toh Nahin Ho (2005)
• Unique (1996)
• Vakratunda Mahakaya (2006)
• Visions (1992)
• Your Choice (1993)

Awards –

Other Information  –

Death – 10 October 2011

Place – Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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