Raj Mohan

{{short description|Bhojpuri singer}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Raj Mohan

| native_name = राज मोहन

| image = Raj_Mohan_(2).jpg

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| birth_name = Raj Mohan{{cite web|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/videos/interview-of-raj-mohan-a-netherlands-based-bhojpuri-singer-musician-and-lyricist/|title=नीदरलैंड्स में रहने वाले सिंगर राज मोहन से सुनिए विदेश में गाए जाने वाले भोजपुरी गाने|publisher=thelallantop.com}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|08|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paramaribo, Suriname

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| genre = Pop, Bhajan, Geet, Ghazal{{cite web|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/mumbai/other-news/raj-mohan-is-making-bhojpuri-songs-popular-in-suriname/amp_articleshow/67220654.cms|title=राज मोहन : सूरीनाम में भोजपुरी गीतों को बना रहे हैं लोकप्रिय|publisher=navbharattimes.com}}

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1988–present

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Raj Mohan (born 28 August 1964), is a Dutch-Surinamese singer and songwriter, who sings in Sarnámi.{{cite web|url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/pti-stories/raj-mohan-the-man-popularising-bhojpuri-songs-in-suriname-118122300506_1.html|title=Raj Mohan: The man popularising Bhojpuri songs in Suriname|date=23 December 2018 |publisher=business-standard.com}} In 2011 he released his first pop album with Sarnámi lyrics together with Hindi songs and poems which he all wrote and composed himself.{{cite web|url=https://hindi.timesnownews.com/amp/bollywood/bollywood/article/bhojpuri-singer-raj-mohan-wants-to-make-bhojpuri-music-in-every-genre-says-in-exclusive-interview/397006|title=मुश्किलों में भी नहीं छोड़ा संगीत का दामन, इस गायक ने नीदरलैंड में रहकर भोजपुरी में बनाई पहचान|publisher=hindi.timesnownews.com}} It is the first time in Surinamese history that Sarnámi is utilized in this contemporary form.{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/743625/the-sounds-of-surinam-when-bhojpuri-creole-meets-carribbean-beats|title=The Sounds of Surinam: When Bhojpuri creole meets Carribbean [sic] beats|date=26 July 2015 |publisher=scroll.in}} Raj Mohan invented the Sarnámi Geet in the Geet & Ghazal style which was appreciated worldwide with his album ‘Kantráki’ (2005).{{cite web|url=http://www.rajmohan.nl/|title=Raj Mohan Biography}}