Raj Begum

Raj Begum (27 March 1927 – 26 October 2016) was a Kashmiri singer. She was also known as the Melody Queen of Kashmir. She was honoured with Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2002. Begum was born in Srinagar in 1927 and died in 2016, aged 89.