1912 Hamirpur Sidhar, Jammu, British India (present-day Jammu and Kashmir, India)
Origin
Jammu
Died
4 February 2004(2004-02-04) (aged 91–92) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Genres
Folk music and Ghazal
Occupation(s)
Ghazal and folk singer
Years active
1921 – 2004
Labels
Radio Pakistan All-India Radio
Musical artist
Malika Pukhraj (Punjabi, Urdu: ملكہ پکھراج) (1912 – 2004) was a highly popular Ghazal and folk singer of Pakistan.[1] She was generally known as "Malika", meaning "The Queen", publicly.[2][1] 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.[3] 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.[4]
^ abCite error: The named reference DailyTimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^SP Sharma (8 March 2017). "Forgotten Melody Queen?". The Statesman. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^"Abhi tau mein jawan hoon" song on YouTube by Malika Pukhraj Uploaded 10 May 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2022
^Irfan Aslam (13 June 2021). "NON-FICTION: A WOMAN AHEAD OF HER TIMES". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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