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{{short description|Indian singer of traditional music (1926–2020)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| name = Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi
| image = The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Padma Shri Award to Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi, at an Investiture Ceremony I, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 22, 2012.jpg
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| caption = President [[Pratibha Devisingh Patil]] presenting the Padma Shri Award to Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|07|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = Wangkhei Ningthempukhri Mapal, [[Manipur]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|01|24|1926|07|07|df=y}}
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| occupation = Traditional singer
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| spouse = Nameirakpam Achou Singh
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| children =
| parents = Khumanthem Chaoba Singh Kshetrimayum ningol Keina Devi
| website = {{URL||Official web site}}
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] ''Joy Patra'' Manipur State Kala Akademi Award [[Government of Manipur]] Certificate of Honour [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] Manipur Sahitya Parishad Award
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'''Khumanthem Ningol Nameirakpam Ongbi Ibemni Devi''' (7 July 1926 – 24 January 2020) was an Indian singer of traditional music, known for her expertise in the ''Khongjom Praba''<ref name="The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&q=Khongjom+Parba&pg=PA349 | title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | author=Amaresh Datta | year=2006 | pages=988 | isbn=9788126018031}}</ref> genre of [[Meitei people|Manipuri]] music.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Padma-awards-announced-posthumous-honour-for-Hazarika-Miranda/articleshow/11633640.cms | title=TOI | publisher=TOI | date=26 January 2012 | access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Web India">{{cite web | url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20120126/1915489.html | title=Web India | publisher=Web India | date=26 January 2012 | access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured Ibemni Devi in 2012, with the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2014 | access-date=11 November 2014 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Biography==
Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi was born in July 1926 at Wangkhei Ningthempukhri Mapal to Kshetrimayum ningol Keina Devi and Khumanthem Chaoba Singh, a noted exponent of ''Khongjom Parba''.<ref name="E Pao">{{cite web | url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Profile_of_Manipuri_Personalities.Thingnam_Anjulika.Khumanthem_Ningol_Ibemni | title=E Pao | publisher=E Pao | date=17 December 2007 | access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref> She started learning traditional Manipuri music at the age of six under the tutelage of Guru Yumnam Natum Singh, a known singer of ''Nata Sangeet''. Besides Nata Sangeet, she also learnt other genres of Manipuri music.<ref name="E Pao" />

Ibemni Devi, reported to be the first female to play [[Khol]], [[Mridanga]] and [[Dolak]] in Manipuri folk theatre, is credited with the composition of over 150 ballads which have been aired by the [[All India Radio]] and [[Doordarshan]] and performed at many events.<ref name="E Pao" /> She is the founder of Khongjom Praba School (1964), and has also established two choir groups, one in 1964 and the other in 1972.<ref name="E Pao" />

Ibemni Devi was a recipient of the ''Joy Patra'' of the Manipur Royal Palace in 1964, the Manipur State Kala Akademi Award in 1989 and a Certificate of Honour from the [[Government of Manipur]] in 1991.<ref name="E Pao" /> Recognized in 1998, as one of the ten outstanding artistes by the [[All India Radio]], Ibemni Devi was honoured by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] in 2004, and by the Manipur Sahitya Parishad in 2005.<ref name="E Pao" /> The Government of India, in 2011, honored Ibemni Devi with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].

Devi was married to Nameirakpam Achou Singh and the couple had eight children; five sons and three daughters. Her husband predeceased her and she lived in Kwakeithel Soibam Leikai,<ref name="E Pao" /> until her death on 24 January 2020, at the age of 93.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shrimati Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi began performing Khongjom Parba at a very early age and became the first woman balladeer in Manipur. She received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2004. |url=https://twitter.com/sangeetnatak/status/1544921158406926336 |website=Sangeet Natak Akademi on Twitter |access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref>

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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&q=Khongjom+Parba&pg=PA349 | title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | author=Amaresh Datta | year=2006 | pages=988 | isbn=9788126018031}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://manipurone.com/videos/watchvideo.php?t=Khongjom%20Parba%201/2&vid=vBrg2yhH0TU | title=Khongjom Parba 1/2 | publisher=Manipue One | work=Video | date=2014 | access-date=29 November 2014}}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.manipurone.com/musicvideos/watchvideo.php?t=Khongjom%20Parba%201/2&vid=vBrg2yhH0TU | title=Khongjom Parba 2/2 | publisher=Manipue One | work=Video | date=2014 | access-date=29 November 2014}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian women singers]]
[[Category:Indian women classical singers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts]]
[[Category:Singers from Manipur]]
[[Category:Women artists from Manipur]]
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