Purshottam Das Jalota
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Purshottam Das Jalota (9 September 1925 – 18 January 2011) was an Indian classical and devotional music singer, best known for his bhajans. He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India, in 2004.{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}
Born in Phagwara, Punjab, he learnt Hindustani classical music from Master Ratan of Sham Chaurasia gharana{{citation needed|date = June 2014}}. At the age of twenty-four, he moved to Lucknow and started singing professionally. He gradually shifted to singing Bhajans and set to tune several Bhajans based on Raagdari Sangeet, or what is sometimes referred to as Indian classical music in the West. He considered that this would propagate India's rich cultural heritage as well as popularize classical music.
He was the father of the singer Anup Jalota. He died at the age of 85 on 18 January 2011.{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news-and-interviews/Anup-Jalotas-father-passes-away/articleshow/7317484.cms |title=Anup Jalota's father passes away - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-01-19 |access-date=2014-06-16}}
Awards and titles
- "Bhajan Samrat" by All India Hindu Mahasabha. {{citation needed|date=December 2018}}
- The Jeevan Jagruti Manch honored him with the "Rashtra Bhushan Award" at the hands of the former President of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, in 1992.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}
- He was honored by being presented the key of the city of Chicago, the US by the Mayor of Chicago.{{citation needed|date = June 2014}}
- He was made an honorary citizen of Baltimore, U.S.A. by the Mayor of Baltimore. {{citation needed|date = June 2014}}
- Government of India honored him with Padma Shri in the year 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Padma-Awards-2004/222717 |title=Padma Awards 2004 |publisher=Outlookindia.com |access-date=2014-06-16}}{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs|page=126|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150223153044/http://www.anupjalota.in/pdjalota.html Shri Purshottam Das Jalota Profile] Anup Jalota website
- [http://www.sangitkalakendra.org/artist.php?action=view&artist_id=13 Shri Purshottam Das Jalota on Sugam Sangeet]
- [http://gaana.com/artist/purushottam-das-jalota Purshottam Das Jalota, Discography] at Gaana
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Category:20th-century Indian male classical singers