Jagjit Singh Age, Wiki and Bio

Quick Info

Profession	Composer, Ghazal Singer, Music Director
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	8/02/1941
Age	70 years (died on 30, Sep, 2011)
Birthplace	Sri Ganganagar, Bikaner State, Rajputana Agency, India
Date of Death	30/09/2011

Physical Stats & More

Height	178 cm
Weight	75 kg
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Salt & Pepper

Educational Qualification(s)

Degree	A Degree in Arts from DAV College, Jalandhar
Post Graduate Degree	A Post Graduate Degree in History from Kurukshetra University (not completed)

Personal Life

Hometown	Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan
School	Khalsa High School, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan
College	Government College, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan DAV College, Jalandhar Kurukshetra University, Haryana

Relationships & More

Marital Status

Wife/Spouse

Chitra Singh

Marriage Date

December 1969

Children

Son	Vivek (died in 1990)
Daughter	Monica (step-daughter; committed suicide)

Family

Father

Sardar Amar Singh Dhiman

Mother

Sardarni Bachchan Kaur

Siblings

Brothers	2
Sisters	4

Career

Debut

Professional Singing	In 1961 at All India Radio's (AIR) Jalandhar station
Playback Singing	Film- Arth (1982)

Awards/Honours

Honoured with the 'Lata Mangeshkar Samman' in 1998 by Madhya Pradesh government
Awarded with Sahitya Kala Academy Award by the Rajasthan Government in 1998
Awarded with Sahitya Academy Award by the Government of India in 1998
Honoured with 'Padma Bhushan' by the Government of India in 2003
Posthumously awarded with 'Rajasthan Ratna' (Rajasthan's highest civilian award) in 2012

Favourites

Favorite Singers	Lata Mangeshkar Talat Mehmood Abdul Karim Khan Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Amir Khan Mohd. Rafi
Favorite Poets	Sahir Ludhianvi Mirza Ghalib Shiv Kumar Batalvi

Some Lesser Known Facts

Jagjit Singh was a smoker.
Jagjit Singh consumed alcohol.
He was born into a Punjabi Sikh family in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan.
His initial music training was under Pandit Chhaganlal Sharma and later Ustad Jamal Khan of the 'Senia Gharana'.
During his early career, Jagjit Singh experienced financial difficulties and once traveled without a ticket on a train from Bombay to Jalandhar.
He met his wife, Chitra, at a jingle recording session, and their marriage was simple and economical.
Jagjit Singh pioneered the practice of giving lyricists a percentage of an album's profits.
In the early 1960s, he tried his hand at playback singing in Bombay but faced financial hurdles.
Jagjit Singh and his wife faced a major personal tragedy when their son, Vivek, died in a car accident in 1990.