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Gauhar Jaan

Gauhar Jaan is known for Indian singer and dancer. Gauhar Jaan was born on 26 June 1873.

Gauhar Jaan is one of 1338 people in the A–Z index, listed under G.

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Gauhar Jaan is best known for Indian singer and dancer. Gauhar Jaan was born on 26 June 1873, which places Gauhar Jaan among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1870s. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Gauhar Jaan is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Indian singer and dancer
Born: 26 June 1873

About Gauhar Jaan

Popularly known as the gramophone girl, she was India's first celebrity singer. She was one of the first preferences for audio houses to record music on the then-new 78 rpm record in India c. 1902. Her father, Robert William Yeoward, worked as an engineer in a dry ice factory, and married her mother, Adeline Victoria Hemmings, in 1872. Victoria herself, was the daughter of Hardy Hemmings, a British soldier and a local Hindu woman named Rukmini in Allahabad and had a sister Vela. Vicky as she was called had been trained in music and dance. In 1879 the marriage ended, causing hardships to both mother and daughter, who moved to Banaras in 1881, with a Muslim man, 'Khursheed'. Later, Victoria converted to Islam and changed Angelina's name to 'Gauhar Jaan' and hers to 'Malka Jaan'. In time, Victoria (now Malka Jaan) became an accomplished singer, Kathak dancer and a tawaif in Banaras, and made a name for herself, as Badi Malka Jan; she was...

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Gauhar Jaan is known for Indian singer and dancer.

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Gauhar Jaan was born on 26 June 1873.

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