Background
He was born 28 December 1927, in KhanKhana, a village in District Jalandhar District (now Nawanshahar) of the Punjab.
He was born 28 December 1927, in KhanKhana, a village in District Jalandhar District (now Nawanshahar) of the Punjab.
During his life he only recorded eight songs, and these are now commonly available. This village was found by reputed courtier of Akbar, Abdul Rahim Khan-i-khana, who was a prolific writer He died on 5 June 1942, reportedly due to mercury poisoning of his milk while at Shimla.
His eight songs are:
Bagaan wich peengan paiyaan (Punjabi)
Raavi de parle kandey (Punjabi)
Yun naa reh reh kar hamein tarsaaiye (Urdu Ghazal)
Heirat se tak rahaa hei jahane wafaa mujhe (Urdu Ghazal)
Goree goree baiyaan (Thumri)
Mori bintee mano kanha re (Thumri)
Manitoba ki man hi maan rahi (Gurbani)
Chetnaa hei to chet le (Gurbani).