Raj Begum

{{Short description|Indian singer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}

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| name = Raj Begum

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|03|27|df=y}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|10|26|1927|03|27|df=y}}

| death_place =Srinagar

| nationality = Indian

| other_names = The Melody Queen of Kashmir {{cite web | title=Meeting Raj Begum, The Melody Queen of Kashmir | website=Scoop News Jammu Kashmir | url=http://scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=61670 | access-date=2020-06-16}}

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| awards =Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award{{cite web | title=CUR_TITLE | website=Sangeet Natak Akademi | url=https://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=1287&at=2 | access-date=2020-06-16}}

| occupation = singer}}

Raj Begum (27 March 1927 – 26 October 2016) was a Kashmiri singer.{{cite web|url=http://www.kashmirlife.net/kashmir-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89-121948|title=Kashmir Singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|date=26 October 2016|publisher=Kashmir Life|access-date=26 October 2016}} She was also known as the Melody Queen of Kashmir.{{cite web | title=Meeting Raj Begum, The Melody Queen of Kashmir | website=Scoop News Jammu Kashmir | url=http://scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=61670 | access-date=2020-06-16}} She was honoured with Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.webindia123.com/government/award/padmashri/padmashri.htm |title=government of india-award-padma shri|website=Webindia123.com|access-date=26 October 2016}} Begum was born in Srinagar in 1927 and died in 2016, aged 89.{{cite web|url=http://onlykashmir.in/kashmir-legendary-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89|title=Kashmir legendary singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|website=Onlykashmir.in|date=27 March 1927|access-date=26 October 2016|archive-date=26 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026172224/http://onlykashmir.in/kashmir-legendary-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89/|url-status=dead}}