Pattan
—  city  —
Pattan Location of Pattan in Jammu and Kashmir and India
Coordinates	34°10′N 74°34′E / 34.17°N 74.57°E / 34.17; 74.57Coordinates: 34°10′N 74°34′E / 34.17°N 74.57°E / 34.17; 74.57
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District(s)	Baramulla
Population • Density	16,409 (2006[update]) • 23,280 /km2 (60,295 /sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	0.8 square kilometres (0.31 sq mi) • 1,553 metres (5,095 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 193121

Pattan is a town and a municipal committee in Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Geography[link]

Pattan is located at 34°10′N 74°34′E / 34.17°N 74.57°E / 34.17; 74.57.^[1] It has an average elevation of 1553 metres (5095 ft). Pattan is one of the historical capitals of Kashmir, nearly in the centre of the valley of paradise. It is a municipality having a population of 16,320 in 2006. However it may be a town of 40,000 when including its suburbs within a 3 kilometre radious. The tehsil has remains of 4 palaces including 2 in the municipal limits…

Demographics[link]

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Pattan had a population of 11,409. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Pattan has an average literacy rate of 37%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 44%, and female literacy is 28%. In Pattan, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

See also[link]

• 1974 Hunza earthquake

References[link]

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Pattan
2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 

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Inayat Hussain Bhatti (1928–1999) was a Pakistani singer, actor, producer, director, script writer, social worker, columnist, religious scholar and a protagonist of the development of Punjabi language and literature.

Descendants[link]

In 1953, Bhatti married Mohtarma Shahida Banoo, the daughter of Ahmed Din Butt, a retired superintendent of the Indian Railways. This was Bhatti's second marriage. Mohtarma Shahida Banoo died on 12 March 1997.

Bhatti's progeny includes three sons, three daughters, thirteen grandsons and six granddaughters. Bhatti's eldest son (from his first marriage) is Asmat Abbas. His son, Nadeem Abbas Bhatti, is a film producer, and played a lead role in the movie Ishq roug (1991) but then shifted his focus to film distribution. His youngest son Waseem Abbas is a film, TV and stage artist. His grandson, Junaid Abbas Bhatti - the son of Asmat Abbas - is a member of the British nobility titled "The Baron of Ballencrieff".^[1][2]

Bhatti's younger brother Kaifi, was an actor and director from the mid 1960s until the late 1990s.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Inayat Hussain Bhatti at the Internet Movie Database
• Inayat Hussain Bhatti's memorable songs
• Pakistan Film Magazine
• Songography
• music
• www.folkpunjab.com

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There are many people in history who are commonly appended with the phrase "the Great", or who were called that or an equivalent phrase in their own language. Other languages have their own suffixes such as e Bozorg and e azam in Persian and Urdu respectively.

In Persia, the title "the Great" at first seems to be a colloquial version of the Old Persian title "Great King". This title was first used by the conqueror Cyrus II of Persia.^[1]

The Persian title was inherited by Alexander III of Macedon (336–323 BC) when he conquered the Persian Empire, and the epithet "Great" eventually became personally associated with him. The first reference (in a comedy by Plautus)^[2] assumes that everyone knew who "Alexander the Great" was; however, there is no earlier evidence that Alexander III of Macedon was called "the Great".

The early Seleucid kings, who succeeded Alexander in Persia, used "Great King" in local documents, but the title was most notably used for Antiochus the Great (223–187 BC).

Later rulers and commanders began to use the epithet "the Great" as a personal name, like the Roman general Pompey. Others received the surname retrospectively, like the Carthaginian Hanno and the Indian emperor Ashoka the Great. Once the surname gained currency, it was also used as an honorific surname for people without political careers, like the philosopher Albert the Great.

As there are no objective criteria for "greatness", the persistence of later generations in using the designation greatly varies. For example, Louis XIV of France was often referred to as "The Great" in his lifetime but is rarely called such nowadays, while Frederick II of Prussia is still called "The Great". A later Hohenzollern - Wilhelm I - was often called "The Great" in the time of his grandson Wilhelm II, but rarely later.

Rulers[link]

• Abbas I of Persia (1571–1629), Shah of Iran
• Akbar (1542–1605), ruler of the Mughal Empire of South Asia, mainly India
• Alain I of Albret (1440–1522), French aristocrat
• Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), King of Macedonia, Persia, Greece, Egypt, and all of Mesopotamia
• Alexander I of Georgia (1386–1446), King of Georgia
• Alfonso III of León (c. 848-910), King of León, Galicia and Asturias
• Alfred the Great (848/849-899), King of Wessex
• Antiochus III the Great (c. 241–187 BC), ruler of the Seleucid Empire
• Ashoka the Great (c. 304–232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya dynasty
• Ashot I of Iberia “the Great”(died 826/830), presiding prince of Iberia (modern Georgia),
• Askia Mohammad I (c. 1442–1538), ruler of the Songhai Empire
• Bhumibol Adulyadej (born 1927), King of Thailand
• Bolesław I Chrobry (967-1025), sometimes called "the Great", first King of Poland
• Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia (also listed in the following section)
• Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (1736–1809), founder and ruler of the Rattanakosin Kingdom (in what is now Thailand)
• Cnut the Great (c. 985 or 995-1035), King of Denmark, England, Norway and parts of Sweden
• Casimir III the Great (1310–1370), King of Poland
• Catherine the Great (1729–1796), Empress of Russia
• Chandragupta II (reigned 375-413/415), also known as Vikramaditya, ruler of the Gupta empire in India
• Charlemagne (died 814), King of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans
• Chulalongkorn (1853–1910), King of Siam (now Thailand)
• Chlothar II (584-629), King of Neustria and King of the Franks
• Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1097-1157), Margrave of Meissen
• Constantine I (c. 272-337), Roman emperor
• Cyaxares the Great (c. 625-585 BC), third king of Media
• Cyrus the Great (c. 600 BC or 576 BC–530 BC), founder and ruler of the Persian or Achaemenid Empire
• Darius the Great (550 – 486 BC), third ruler of the Persian Empire
• Devapala (died 850), ruler of the Pala Empire in the Indian subcontinent
• Dionysius I, Greek tyrant of Syracuse^[3]
• Ferdinand I of León and Castile (c. 1015–1065), King of León and Count of Castile
• Frederick the Great (1712–1786), King of Prussia
• Genghis Khan (1162?-1227), founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
• Gero (c. 900–965), ruler of Marca Geronis, a very large march in Europe
• Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594–1632), King of Sweden, founder of the Swedish Empire, and noted military leader
• Gwanggaeto the Great, King of Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea^[4][5]
• Hanno the Great, the name of three leaders of Carthage, in the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd centuries BC
• Henry I, Duke of Burgundy (946–1002)
• Henry IV of France (1553–1610), King of France and King of Navarre
• Herod the Great (73/74 BC-4 BC), King of Judea
• Hugh the Great (898-956), Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris
• Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France
• Hugh I, Count of Vermandois (1057–1101)
• Humphrey I de Bohun (died c. 1123), Anglo-Norman aristocrat
• Ivan III of Russia (1440–1505), Tsar of Russia
• John I of Portugal (1358–1433), King of Portugal and the Algarve
• John II of Aragon (1398–1479), King of Aragon and, through his wife, King of Navarre
• Justinian I (483-565), Byzantine Emperor
• Kamehameha I (c. 1758-1819), first King of Hawai'i
• Kanishka (died c. 127), ruler of the Kushan Empire in Central Asia and parts of India
• Kvirike III of Kakheti (1010–1029), King of Kakheti in eastern Georgia
• Kublai Khan (1215–1294), Mongol ruler in the 13th century and Emperor of China; founder of the Yuan Dynasty
• Llywelyn the Great (c. 1172–1240), Prince of Gwynedd and de facto ruler of most of Wales
• Louis I of Hungary (1326–1382), King of Hungary, Croatia and Poland
• Mangrai the Great (1238–1317), Lanna, northern Thailand
• Emperor Meiji (1852–1912), Emperor of Japan
• Mircea I of Wallachia (1355–1418)
• Mithridates II of Parthia (died 88 BC), ruler of the Parthian Empire (in present day Iran)
• Mithridates VI of Pontus (134 BC–63 BC), ruler of Pontus and the Bosporan Kingdom
• Mstislav I of Kiev (1076–1132), Grand Prince of Kievan Rus
• Naresuan (1555–1605), King of Ayutthaya
• Narai (1633–1688), King of Ayutthaya (in what is now modern Thailand)
• Odo the Great (died c. 735), Duke of Aquitaine
• Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912-973)
• K'inich Janaab' Pakal (603-683), ruler of the Mayan city-state of Palenque
• Parakramabahu I of Polonnaruwa (1123–1186), King of Sri Lanka
• Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia (died 1075), King of Croatia
• Peter the Great (1672–1725), Tsar of Russia
• Peter III of Aragon (1239–1285), King of Aragon and King of Sicily
• Pompey (106 BC-48 BC), military and political leader of the late Roman Republic, rival of Julius Caesar
• Radama I (1793–1828), first king of greater Madagascar
• Raja Raja Chola I (c. 947-1014), Indian emperor of the Cholas.^[6][7][8]
• Rajendra Chola I (reigned 1014–1044), Tamil King of India
• Ramesses II (reigned 1279 BC – 1213 BC), considered the greatest pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
• Ram Khamhaeng (around 1237 to 1247-1298), King of Sukhothai (in present day Thailand)
• Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (1082–1131), also Count of Provence and various other counties
• Rhodri the Great (c. 820–878), King of Gwynedd (in present day Wales)
• Roman the Great (after 1160-1205), Grand Prince of Kiev
• Saladin (c. 1138-1193), Kurdish Sultan of Egypt and Syria, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, and victor over the Crusaders
• Samudragupta (c. 335–375), ruler of the Gupta empire in the Indian subcontinent
• Sancho III of Navarre (c. 992-1035), King of Kingdom of Navarre
• Sargon of Akkad (died c. 2215 BC), ruler of the Akkadian Empire
• Sejong the Great (1397–1450), Korean king^[9]
• Shapur II (309-379), king of the Sassanid Empire, Persia
• Simeon I of Bulgaria (864/865-927), ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire
• Stephen III of Moldavia (1433–1504), Prince of Moldavia (Romania)
• Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (c. 1308-1355), King of Serbia and Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks
• Taksin (1734–1782), King of the Thonburi Kingdom (Thailand)
• Tamar (1160-1123), Queen of the Georgian Empire
• Timur (1336–1405), better known as Tamerlane, founder of the Timurid Dynasty
• Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1090–1151), Count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV, Count of Champagne and of Brie
• Theodoric the Great (454-526), King of the Ostrogoths, regent of the Visigoths and a viceroy of the Byzantine Empire
• Theodosius I (347-395), Roman emperor
• Tigranes the Great (140-55 BC), Emperor of Armenia
• Tiridates III of Armenia (285-339), King of Armenia
• Umar (c. 586 to 590–644), second caliph of the Muslim Empire
• Valdemar I of Denmark (1131–1182), King of Denmark
• Valentinian I (364-375), Roman Emperor
• Vladimir I of Kiev (c. 958-1015), ruler of Kievan Rus
• Vytautas (c. 1350-1430), archduke of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy
• William I, Count of Burgundy (1020–1087), Count of Burgandy and Mâcon
• William V, Duke of Aquitaine (969-1030), also Count of Poitou
• Xerxes I (519-465 BC), King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire (Persia)
• Yu the Great (c. 2200-2100 BC), legendary ruler in ancient China

Religious figures[link]

• Abraham the Great of Kashkar (ca. 492-586), monk and saint of the Assyrian Church of the East
• Abraham Kidunaia (died c. 366, hermit, priest, and Christian saint of Mesopotamia
• Albertus Magnus (1193/1206–1280), medieval German philosopher and theologian
• Anthony the Great (c. 251–356), early Christian saint of Egypt
• Babai the Great (c. 551–628), Assyrian church leader
• Basil of Caesarea (330-379), Greek bishop and theologian
• Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia (also listed in the previous section)
• Euthymius the Great (377-473), abbot and Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint
• Gertrude the Great (1256-c. 1302), German Benedictine, mystic, theologian and Roman Catholic saint
• Pope Gregory I (c. 540-604)
• Hiyya the Great, 3rd-century rabbi, Palestine
• Pope John Paul II (1920–2005)
• Pope Leo I (c. 391 or 400-461)
• Macarius of Egypt (c. 300-391), Egyptian hermit
• Pope Nicholas I (c. 800-867)
• Photius I of Constantinople (c. 810–c. 893), Eastern Orthodox saint and Patriarch of Constantinople
• William of Maleval (died 1157), founder of the Catholic congregation of Williamites

Other[link]

• Beli Mawr, a figure in medieval Welsh literature and genealogies
• Emmy the Great, folk singer
• Matteo Rosso the Great, Roman politician and father of Pope Nicholas III
• Prokop the Great, Hussite general in Bohemia

See also[link]

• Epithet
• List of monarchs by nickname
• List of nicknames of European Royalty and Nobility: G-I
• James, son of Zebedee, also known as James the Greater, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus
• Ajax (mythology), called Ajax the Greater
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, whose common honorific "Mahatma" means "Great Soul"

Notes[link]

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Raghumudri Sri Hari, better known as Srihari (Telugu: శ్రీ హరి) (born 15 August 1964), is an award-winning actor^[1] in Tollywood. He started out in Telugu cinema as the antagonist and subsequently went on to do some notable lead roles. Born and bought up in Balanagar, Hyderabad, he is one of most well-known actors in the Telugu film industry. He started his career as a stunt fighter. After some years, he was introduced by well-known director Dasari Narayana Rao in 1986. His first movie as a hero was Police. His movie was the best opening ever for small budget films in the 1990s. After that, he never looked back. He has two sons and one daughter. Unfortunately he lost his daughter, Akshara, at the age of four months. In the remembrance of his daughter he started the Akshara Foundation. He also adopted four villages in Medichal.

Filmography[link]

As lead actor[link]

• Bhairava (2010) (ACP Bhaira)
• Dasanna (2010) (Dasanna)
• Srisailam (2009) (Srisailam, Army major))
• Samrajyam (2009) (Sardar)
• Mestri (2008) (Hari)
• Saroja (ACP Ravindranath)
• Bhadrachalam (2008)
• Poru(2008)
• Ganapathi (2008)
• Sri Mahalakshmi (2006) (lawyer Laxmi Krishna Devaraya)
• Hanumanthu (2006) (Hanumanthu, freedom fighter and double role as his grandson)
• Okkade (2005)
• KD No.1 (2004)
• Guri (2004)
• Seshadri Nayudu (2004)
• Simhachalam (2003) (Simhachalam)
• Coolie (2003)
• Parasuram (2002)
• Prithvi Narayana (2002)
• Thank You Subbarao (2001) (Subbarao)
• Evadra Rowdy (2001)
• Orey Thammudu (2001) (Srinivas Yadav)
• Maa Aayana Sundarayya (2001)
• Ayodhya Ramaiah (2000)
• Vijayaramaraju (2000) (Vijayaramaraju)
• Balaram (2000)
• Police (1999)
• Doctor (2009)

Other major roles[link]

• Brindavanam (2010) (heroine's uncle)
• Don Seenu (2010) (Narsing, one of two dons in the city)
• Ullasam (2010)
• Romeo (2009)
• King (Gnaneshwar, don)
• Premabhishekam (Hari Bhai, don)
• Dhee (2007) (Shankar Goud, don)
• Viyyala Vari Kayyalu (2007)
• Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005) (Sivarama Krishna, heroine's brother))
• Mahanandi (2005) (Swamy, faction leader))
• Kubusam (2002) (Sivaram, Naxal leader)
• Prema Donga (2002)
• Apparao Ki Oka Nela Thappindi (2001)
• Shivaji (2000)
• Sambayya (1999)
• Telangana (1999)
• Tamil (1999)

Supporting actor roles[link]

• Markandeyan (2011) (Tamil)
• Magadheera (2009) (Sher Khan & Solomon)
• Vettaikkaaran (2009) (Tamil)
• Cheliya Cheliya Chirukopama (2001)
• Bagunnaru (2000)
• Samudram (1999)
• Bobbili Vamsam (1999)
• Premaku Velayara (1999)
• Alludugaru Vacharu (1999)
• Preyasi Raave (1999)
• Sri Ramulayya (1998)
• O Panai Pothundi Babu (1998)
• Premante Idera (1998) (Muralidhar, police officer)
• Aavida Maa Aavide (1998)
• Bavagaru Bagunnara (1998)
• Suryudu (1998)
• Vaibhavam (1998)
• Subhavaartha (1998)
• Rayudu (1998)
• Pelladi Chupista (1998)
• Muddula Mogudu (1997)
• Bobbili Dora (1997)
• Gokulamlo Seetha (1997) (Hari)
• Veedevadandi Babu (1997)
• Jai Bajrangbali (1997)
• Ramudochhadu (1996)
• Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam (1996) (Duryodhana)
• Alluda Majaka (1995)
• Tajmahal (1995)
• Gharana Alludu (1995)
• Hello brother (1994)

Minor acting roles[link]

• Raja Kumarudu (1999)
• Street Fighter (1995)
• Doragariki Donga Pellam (1994)
• Major Chandrakanth (1993)
• Muta Mesthri (1993)
• Allari Priyudu (1993)
• Dharma kshetram (1992)
• Bharatham (1992)
• Kunthi Putrudu (1993)
• Mappillai (1989) (Tamil)

Awards[link]

• Awarded Nandi awards for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
• Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award (Telugu) in 2005 for Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana

References[link]

External links[link]

Srihari at the Internet Movie Database

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Amar Singh Chamkila (Punjabi: ਅਮਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਚਮਕੀਲਾ) (July 21, 1960 – March 8, 1988) was a controversial Punjabi singer, songwriter, and musician. His detractors lamented the vulgarity in his songs while his fans relished their sensual appeal. He was also among the major Punjabi live stage performers or Akhara singers. In his heyday, he was known to do three stage performances in a single day.

Early years[link]

Amar Singh Chamkila was born as Dunni Ram on July 21, 1960 in the village of Dugri near Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He was born into a poor family and was from the Chamar caste. The youngest child of Kartar Kaur and Hari Singh, he was educated at Gujar Khan Primary School in Dugri. His aspirations of becoming an electrician were unfulfilled and he found work at a Ludhiana cloth mill.

With a natural aptitude for music, he learned to play the harmonium and dholki. Punjabi musician Surinder Shinda has said that in 1978, Chamkila approached him for the first time on a bicycle. When Shinda heard the 18-year-old Chamkila sing, he had finally found the protege that he had been looking for. Chamkila would go onto play alongside Punjabi artists such as K. Deep, Mohammad Saddiq and Surinder Shinda. He wrote several songs for Shinda and accompanied him as a member of his entourage before deciding to pursue a solo career. It is rumored that Chamkila was happy enough writing songs, but he wasn't earning enough money to look after his family, so had to start singing.

Family life[link]

He was married to Gurmail Kaur and had two daughters, Amandeep Kaur and Kamaldeep Kaur. Kamal has gone on to follow her father's footsteps by becoming a singer. She has released albums of her own, some of which contain unsung but written lyrics by her father. He later married his co-singer Amarjot while still being married to his first wife.

Rise to fame[link]

Adopting the stage name Amar Singh Chamkila – Chamkila in Punjabi means one that glitters – he partnered up with the female vocalist Surinder Sonia and recorded eight duets. The record was released in 1979 and was produced by Charanjit Ahuja. The cunningly worded lyrics, which he had written himself, became hits across Punjab and paved the way for the unique lyrical mastery his fans would come to expect.

In 1980, Chamkila left Sonia and established a short-lived stage relationship with Miss Usha. He left Miss Usha in the same year in favor of teaming up with a female folk singer named Amarjot. Not much is known about Amarjyot Kaur, except for the fact that she was previously married but left the marriage to pursue her dream of singing. Amarjot herself was a renowned singer and sang with Kuldip Manak. She would become Chamkila's permanent singing partner providing the female vocals for his duets, that is, the majority of the songs that he wrote.

Chamkila, for the most part, wrote his own lyrics, the majority of which were boyish and suggestive, yet fluent, commentaries on extramarital affairs, alcohol, sex and drug use. It could be argued that his lyrics have a double entendre meaning. The couple's appeal grew not only in rural Punjab and people of a rural background settled in urban areas and abroad, while they had a lot of detractors in the urban and gentrified classes. Around this time, Chamkila was considered by some to be more popular than singing legends such as Kuldip Manak, Gurdas Maan and Surinder Shinda.

Much of Chamkila's success may be attributed to the fan-base he acquired performing in free, open-air concerts (known as Akhade in Punjabi) around Punjab. Accompanying the couple would be a harmonium (a French organ) and dholki player and Chamkila would play the Tumbi. The concerts served as a medium for gaining exposure and testing people's response to new songs that were planned for future recordings. In addition to singing his own songs, Chamkila wrote several songs and sold them to other artists. Some of these include Main Digie Tilak Ke (Surinder Shinda), Gabroo Nu Marda (Jagmohan Kaur) and Deor Naal Nach Bhabiye (KS Kooner). Chamkila continued to work with Charanjit Ahuja but also experimented by working with SN Gulati & KS Narula.

Starting in 1985, Chamkila and Amarjot released three devotional LPs: Baba Tera Nankana, Talwar Main Kalgidhar Di Haan and Naam Jap Le. While the LPs were highly successful, none of the songs featured on them were written by Chamkila himself. The profits made from these LPs were reportedly donated to charities.

Chamkila's song Pehle Lalkare Naal was featured in the soundtrack of the 1987 Punjabi film Patola. He also recorded the song Mera Jee Karda for the Punjabi film 'Dupatta'. Both films fared well at the box office and had a positive impact on Chamkila's popularity. He also reportedly recorded a music video for one of his songs for the state-owned Doordarshan channel, but after his death his video was taken off the air.

Chamkila recorded in excess of ninety songs before he got killed in Mehsopur, Punjab in 1988. At the time of his death, he reportedly had 200 songs that had not been sung or recorded. Of these some were sung at stage shows including Dhee Mar Jai Badkar Loko, Jatt Di Dushmani and Akhiyan Di Maar Buri. Chamkila also wrote and sang another serious song on the folk hero Jeona Morh called Kaadha Soorma, which was remixed by Panjabi MC in 2007.

He also had many solo songs which have been sung in recent times by artists such as Nirmal Sidhu, Amar Arshi, and even his teacher Surinder Shinda. Some singers have used some of Chamkila's lyrics in their songs as part of their chorus. These include Nasha, Mere Yaar Ne (Gippy Grewal) and Shad De Vairne Yaari (Jazzy B).

Death[link]

Having arrived to perform in the village of Mehsampur, Punjab, both Chamkila and Amarjot were gunned down by AK47'S alongside Harjeet Gill singer & writer village CHELLA and other group members as they exited their vehicle on March 8, 1988 at approximately 2 o'clock. A gang of unknown youths shot several rounds fatally wounding the couple and other members of the entourage. The driver got away and ran for his life and saw the police coming towards him in a jeep, Chamkila's driver told the police commissioner what had happened as they got near the community well in Mehsopur where Chamkila was supposed to perform the disguised youths fled and the people of the village who had come to attend the Akhara bravely chased them, but they got away, the gun fire could be heard in the neighboring village of Darapur. Chamkila was lying in the hay stack near the well with shots fired on his chest.

Music[link]

The appeal of Chamkila's music prominently lay in both the content of his lyrics and the delivery of those lyrics.

Discography[link]

Chamkila's recordings on the HMV music label have been recompiled for release on CD by Saregama.

• Hikk Utte So Ja Ve
• Lak Mera Kach Warga
• Mitra Main Khand Ban Gai
• Sharbut Vangoo Ghut Bhar Laan
• Bhul Gai Main Ghund Kadna
• Yaad Aave War War
• Baba Tera Nankana
• Naam Jap Le
• Talwar Main Kalgidhar Di Haan
• Jija Lak Minle

References[link]

http://fenilandbollywood.com/tag/vikramaditya-motwane-chamkila/