Bhawani
—  Village development committee  —
Bhawani Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 28°56′N 81°45′E / 28.93°N 81.75°E / 28.93; 81.75Coordinates: 28°56′N 81°45′E / 28.93°N 81.75°E / 28.93; 81.75
Country	Nepal
Zone	Bheri Zone
District	Dailekh District
Population (1991)
• Total	1,421
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Bhawani is a village development committee in Dailekh District in the Bheri Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1421 people living in 269 individual households.^[1]

References[link]

1. ^ "Nepal Census 2001", Nepal's Village Development Committees (Digital Himalaya), http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1, retrieved October 7, 2008 

External links[link]

• UN map of the municipalities of Dailekh District

v t e Dailekh District Capital: Dailekh Awal Parajul Bada Bhairab Bada Khola Badalamji Baluwatar Bansi Baraha Basantamala Belaspur Belpata Bhawani Bindhyabasini Bisalla Chamunda Chauratha Dada Parajul Dullu Gamaudi Gauri Goganpani Jaganath Jambukandh Kal Bhairab Kalika Kasikandh Katti Khadkawada Kharigera Kusapani Lakhandra Lakuri Lalikhanda Lyati Bindraseni Mairi Kalikathum Malika Moheltolee Narayan Naule Katuwal Nepa Nomule Odhari Padukasthan Pagnath Piladi Pipalkot Pusakot Chiudi Rakam Karnali Raniban Rawalkot Room Salleri Santalla Saraswoti Seri Sigaudi Singasain Tilepata Tilijaisi Toli

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Parveen Sultana
Parveen Sultana
Background information
Born	(1950-07-10) July 10, 1950 (age 61)
Origin	Assam, India
Genres	Khayal, Bhajans, Thumris
Occupations	Hindustani Classical Music
Instruments	Vocal
Years active	1962–present

Begum Parveen Sultana (born 1950) is an Assamese Hindustani classical singer of the Patiala Gharana. ^[1] She is among the foremost classical vocalists in India and is known as Queen of Classical Vocal.

She was conferred the Padmashri in 1976.

Personal life and background[link]

Parveen Sultana was born at Daccapatty in Nowgong town , Assam, India to Ikramul Mazid and Maroofa Mazid. She went to Mission School .

Her father, late Ikramul Mazid was her first guru and he was very strict with her. She also received early training from her grandfather Mohammed Najeef Khan, a pathan . She later went to Kolkata to learn to learn music under the guidance of late Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri and from 1973, she became a disciple of Ustad Dilshad Khan of the Patiala Gharana.

She is married to Ustad Dilshad Khan.^[2] They have a daughter.

Career[link]

Parveen Sultana gave her first stage performance in 1962 when she was only 12 and has been recording music since 1965.

Sultana has sung for movies like Gadar, Kudrat, Do Boond Pani, and Pakeezah. Recently, she sang the theme song of Vikram Bhatt’s latest opus 1920.^[3] She also sang Humein Tumse Pyaar Kitna - Kudrat 1981.

Parveen Sultana has recorded for HMV, Polydor, Music India, Bharat Records, Auvidis, Magnasound, Sonodisc, Amigo.^[4]

Parveen Sultana performing in Arghya 2011.jpg

Awards and recognition[link]

• Padmashree award - 1976
• Gandharva Kalanidhi - 1980
• Miyan Tansen Prize - 1986
• Sangeet Samraggi conferred by the Assam Government - 1994
• Filmfare Best Female Playback Award--Kudrat (1981) for the song "Hame Tumse Pyar Kitna"[1]
• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1999.
• Srimant Sankardev award by Assam government

Discography[link]

+ evergreen Assamese song: Imaan dhuniya buli nokoba..mur laaj laagi jai

• Safar (Raga Maru Behag & C.)
• Parveen (Raga Rageshri/Mishra Mand)
• Parveen Sultana & Dilshad Khan
• Dilshad Khan and Parween Sultana - Duologue in Raga - 1997

References[link]

External links[link]

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