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{{infobox musical artist
| name = Papia Sarwar
| native_name = পাপিয়া সারোয়ার
| native_name_lang = bn
| birth_date = 21 November
| birth_place = [[Barisal]]
| instruments = Vocals
| genre = [[Rabindra Sangeet]]
| years_active = 1966–present
}}

'''Papia Sarwar''' (née Rahman, born on 21 November) is a Bangladeshi singer. She is an exponent of [[Rabindra Sangeet]], the songs written and composed by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. She earned [[Bangla Academy#Rabindra Award|Rabindra Award]] from [[Bangla Academy]] in 2013, Bangla Academy Fellowship in 2015 and [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/days-in-shantiniketan|title=Days in Shantiniketan|date=8 May 2013|accessdate=25 July 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star|last=Alom|first=Zahangir}}</ref><ref name=fellow>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/seven-eminent-citizens-awarded-bangla-academy-fellowship-192904|title=Seven eminent citizens awarded Bangla Academy fellowship|date=27 December 2015|accessdate=25 July 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-04|title=21 eminent personalities named for Ekushey Padak|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/21-named-ekushey-padak-2039389|access-date=2021-02-07|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Sarwar was born in [[Dhaka]]. She took music lessons from Atiqul Islam, [[Waheedul Haq]], [[Sanjida Khatun]] and [[Zahidur Rahim]] at [[Chhayanaut]] in 1966 and later at [[Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts]].<ref name=birthday/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bd-pratidin.com/entertainment-news/2016/11/21/186431|script-title=bn:আজীবন সম্মাননায় পাপিয়া সারোয়ার|language=bn|date=21 November 2016|accessdate=26 July 2017|newspaper=Bangladesh Pratidin|trans-title=Papia Sarwar gets lifetime achievement award}}</ref> She was a student of the Department of Zoology at the [[University of Dhaka]]. In 1973, she received a scholarship from the [[Government of India]] to study [[Rabindra Sangeet]] at [[Visva-Bharati University]] in [[Santiniketan]]. In Visva-Bharati University, she was trained in classical music under Dhrubotara Joshi and in [[Rabindra Sangeet]] under [[Santidev Ghosh]], [[Subinoy Roy]], [[Kanika Banerjee]] and [[Nilima Sen]].<ref name=birthday>{{cite news|url=https://dev.thedailystar.net/news/birthday-celebrations-for-papia-sarwar|title=Birthday celebrations for Papia Sarwar|date=21 November 2013|accessdate=25 July 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110174445/https://dev.thedailystar.net/news/birthday-celebrations-for-papia-sarwar|archive-date=10 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
Sarwar established a musical troupe named ''"Geetoshudha"'' in 1996.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/interview/geetosudha-celebrates-21-years-1517431|title=Geetosudha celebrates 21 years|date=2018-01-10|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-09|language=en}}</ref>

==Works==
;Albums
* ''Purna Chander Mayay'' (2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-267678|title=Papia Sarwar's new album hits the market|date=4 February 2013|accessdate=25 July 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>
* ''Chokher Dekha Praner Katha'' (2014)<ref name=venture>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/papia-and-jishas-musical-venture-5841 |title=Papia and Jisha's musical venture |newspaper=The Daily Star|date=8 January 2014 |access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
The fifth of eight children of Sayed Bazlur Rahman and Fatema Rahman, she has been married to Sarwar A Alam since 1978.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jaijaidinbd.com/?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=25-11-2013&feature=yes&type=single&pub_no=667&cat_id=3&menu_id=70&news_type_id=1&index=8|script-title=bn:পাপিয়া সারোয়ার|date=25 November 2013|accessdate=26 July 2017|newspaper=Jai Jai Din |language=bn}}</ref><ref name=fellow/> Together they have two daughters: Zaara Sarwar, Assistant Professor of Biology in The College of New Jersey, and Jisha Sarwar, a public executive at the [[Department of Finance Canada|Canadian Ministry of Finance]].<ref name=venture/>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Barisal]]
[[Category:Visva-Bharati University alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi women singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi singers]]
[[Category:Rabindra Sangeet exponents]]
[[Category:Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy]]
[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi women singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi singers]]
[[Category:20th-century women composers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
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