Happy Birthday to Jagjit Singh

Gajal King Jagjit Singh was a maestro in the industry. He was a singer, activist, composer and entrepreneur. Google has honored him with a doodle on his 72th birthday. Jagjit passed away on October 11, 2011 due to brain hemorrhage. He sang in different languages as Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Nepali etc. He was named Jagmohan Singh when he was born in Sri Ganganagar district, Rajasthan. He came in Mumbai at the age of 24 to try his luck in music. He married Chitra Dutta in 1969 and the couple was very famous for their gazals.

In the Indian tradition, gazal singing was not much famous among the audience but Jagjit Singh put his foot forward and able to win the heart of mainstream audience. Singer like Begam Akhtar, Amanat Ali Khan, Mehandi Hasan were classical singing kings and Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh, Begam Akhtar followed the trend of this classic appeal. His popular gazals are Jhuki Jhuki si nazar, Tumko dekha to ye khayal, Tum itna kyu muskura rhe ho, Hotho se chu lo tum and Pyar tumne jo kiya etc.

Jagjit Singh was popular among his fans even after his death. He was the most searched gazal singer on the web. Cities like Indore, Ludhiana and Bhopal searched a lot about Singh. Ghulam Ali and Pankaj Udhas are also popular gazal singers searched online.

Gajal King Jagjit Singh was a maestro in the industry. He was a singer, activist, composer and entrepreneur. Google has honored him with a doodle on his 72th birthday. Jagjit passed away on October 11, 2011 due to brain hemorrhage. He sang in different languages as Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Nepali etc. He was named Jagmohan Singh when he was born in Sri Ganganagar district, Rajasthan. He came in Mumbai at the age of 24 to try his luck in music. He married Chitra Dutta in 1969 and the couple was very famous for their gazals.

In the Indian tradition, gazal singing was not much famous among the audience but Jagjit Singh put his foot forward and able to win the heart of mainstream audience. Singer like Begam Akhtar, Amanat Ali Khan, Mehandi Hasan were classical singing kings and Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh, Begam Akhtar followed the trend of this classic appeal. His popular gazals are Jhuki Jhuki si nazar, Tumko dekha to ye khayal, Tum itna kyu muskura rhe ho, Hotho se chu lo tum and Pyar tumne jo kiya etc.

Jagjit Singh was popular among his fans even after his death. He was the most searched gazal singer on the web. Cities like Indore, Ludhiana and Bhopal searched a lot about Singh. Ghulam Ali and Pankaj Udhas are also popular gazal singers searched online.