Hazara singh ramta biography wikipedia

He was born in Sahiwal, Punjab (now in Pakistan) on August 1, 1926.

  • He was born in Sahiwal, Punjab (now in Pakistan) on August 1, 1926.
  • Ramta was born in Sahiwal, Punjab (now in Pakistan) on August 1, 1926.
  • Born in Sahiwal, Punjab (now in Pakistan) on August 1, 1926, Ramta had life-long singing fame that started in 1960s'.
  • Born in West Punjab at Sahiwal (Pakistan) on August 1st 1926, Hazara Singh Ramta narrates his autobiography to the viewers.
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    • Born in Sahiwal, Punjab (now in Pakistan) on August 1, 1926, Ramta had life-long singing fame that started in 1960s'..

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    Punjab’s Inimitable Troubadour:
    Hazara Singh Ramta
    August 1, 1926 - September 6, 2017T.

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    HAZARA SINGH RAMTA
    August 1, 1926 - September 6, 2017



    Growing up in Patna in the State of Bihar -- a thousand miles from the land of my ancestors, my parents being refugees from the carnage of The Partition -- had interesting aspects to it.

    To a young boy who only got to visit Punjab periodically and only for short periods, everything about Punjab was mythic and idealistic. Music, dance, legends and folktales, saakhis and history, even the new Punjabi capital of Chandigarh and Punjab’s record-breaking Bhakra-Nangal Hydro-electric Dam, everything acquired a larger-than-life aura.

    Punjabi music and dance in particular were a constant, nagging source of hunger and frustration: I could never get enough of them.

    It was a blessing that P