She has also been associated with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for training of women in leadership skills and creating awareness against sex discrimination, prevention of child marriages and molestation. Shamshad Begum is associated with Sahyogi Jankalyan Samiti, a social welfare group, involved education and welfare activities of women and children.
The groups have since established cottage industries such as soap making and making wheels for bullock carts. The total savings of these groups are reported to have exceeded US$ 2 million. These groups, with their small savings, have accumulated a corpus from where needy members can avail loans for domestic emergencies. It is reported that Begum was successful in setting up 1041 self-help groups in Balod district. īegum carried on with her social work even after the campaign activities ended and took up other social causes such as fighting against illegal land encroachments and closing down of liquor shops. It is reported that within six months of the launching of the Mission activities in Gunderdehi in 1995, Begum and her colleagues were able to make 12,269 women literate, out of the total 18265 illiterate women. As the president of a small village society operating in Gunderdehi block, Begum had an opportunity to get associated with the National Literacy Mission Programme of the Government of India and this paved the way for her entry into social service. Shamshad Begum comes from Balod district (formerly a part of the undivided Durg) in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. She was honoured by the Government of India, in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri. Singer Bappi Lahiri said Begum's death was a huge loss to the industry, which is celebrating its 100 years in May.Shamshad Begum is an Indian social worker, known for her efforts towards the education of backward communities of Chhattisgarh such as the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and other backward communities. She was a lively and simple person.) Reacting to her death, megastar Amitabh Bachchan said, "The golden voice of Shamshad Begum, playback singer of great eminence in some of the most historic film songs.
I felt very sad as I sang with her in many films. ("I got to know about the demise of famous singer Shamshad Begumji today. "Aaj subha mujhe pata chala ki mashhoor playback singer shamshad begumji humare beech nahi rahi, ye sunke mujhe bohot dukh hua, maine unke saath kafi filmo mein gaane gaaye, wo bohot acchhi hasmukh aur sidhi saadhi shakhsiyat thi, main unko shraddhanjali arpit karti hun," Mangeshkar tweeted. Mangeshkar, who sang many duets with Begum like 'Darna Mohabbat Karle from 1949 film 'Andaz', 'Pyar Ke Jahan Ki from 1949 film ' Patanga' and 'Bachpan Ke Din' 1951's 'Deedar', said she was saddened to hear about her death. Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar started her playback singing when Begum was at the peak of her career. Hindi film fraternity on Wednesday mourned the demise of legendary singer Shamshad Begum, calling her death the end of an era in Hindi cinema music.īegum died last night at her Powai residence in presence of her daughter Usha Ratra and son-in-law Yog Ratra.īegum, who ruled playback singing in the '40s and 50s, was the voice behind evergreen hits like ' Kahin Pe Nigahen Kahin Pe Nishaana', 'Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon', 'Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar' and 'Kajra Mohabbat Wala'.
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