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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Raj Begum&#039;&#039;&#039; (27 March 1927 – 26 October 2016) was a leading 20th-century [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] singer.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.kashmirlife.net/kashmir-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89-121948|title=Kashmir Singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|date=26 October 2016|publisher=Kashmir Life|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She was also known as the Melody Queen of Kashmir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title=Meeting Raj Begum, The Melody Queen of Kashmir | website=Scoop News Jammu Kashmir | url=http://scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=61670 | access-date=2020-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;She was honoured with [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] and India&#039;s fourth highest civilian award the [[Padma Shri]] in 2002.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.webindia123.com/government/award/padmashri/padmashri.htm |title=government of india-award-padma shri|website=Webindia123.com|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum was born in Srinagar in 1927 and died in 2016, aged 89.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://onlykashmir.in/kashmir-legendary-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89|title=Kashmir legendary singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|website=Onlykashmir.in|date=27 March 1927|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum, popularly known as the &#039;melody queen&#039; of [[Kashmir]] has been instrumental in popularizing folk music in Muslim majority region of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. She started singing at a time when womenfolk in Kashmir didn&#039;t dare to be part of any art forms.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Raj Begum&#039;&#039;&#039; (27 March 1927 – 26 October 2016) was a leading 20th-century [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] singer.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.kashmirlife.net/kashmir-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89-121948|title=Kashmir Singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|date=26 October 2016|publisher=Kashmir Life|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She was also known as the Melody Queen of Kashmir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title=Meeting Raj Begum, The Melody Queen of Kashmir | website=Scoop News Jammu Kashmir | url=http://scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=61670 | access-date=2020-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She was honoured with [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] and India&#039;s fourth highest civilian award the [[Padma Shri]] in 2002.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.webindia123.com/government/award/padmashri/padmashri.htm |title=government of india-award-padma shri|website=Webindia123.com|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum was born in Srinagar in 1927 and died in 2016, aged 89.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://onlykashmir.in/kashmir-legendary-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89|title=Kashmir legendary singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|website=Onlykashmir.in|date=27 March 1927|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum, popularly known as the &#039;melody queen&#039; of [[Kashmir]] has been instrumental in popularizing folk music in Muslim majority region of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. She started singing at a time when womenfolk in Kashmir didn&#039;t dare to be part of any art forms.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| other_names = The Melody Queen of Kashmir &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title=Meeting Raj Begum, The Melody Queen of Kashmir | website=Scoop News Jammu Kashmir | url=http://scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=61670 | access-date=2020-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| other_names = The Melody Queen of Kashmir &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title=Meeting Raj Begum, The Melody Queen of Kashmir | website=Scoop News Jammu Kashmir | url=http://scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=61670 | access-date=2020-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| occupation  = singer}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| occupation  = singer}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Raj Begum&#039;&#039;&#039; (27 March 1927 – 26 October 2016) was a leading 20th-century [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] singer.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.kashmirlife.net/kashmir-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89-121948|title=Kashmir Singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|publisher=Kashmir Life|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She was also known as the Melody Queen of Kashmir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title=Meeting Raj Begum, The Melody Queen of Kashmir | website=Scoop News Jammu Kashmir | url=http://scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=61670 | access-date=2020-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She was honoured with [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] and India&#039;s fourth highest civilian award the [[Padma Shri]] in 2002.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.webindia123.com/government/award/padmashri/padmashri.htm |title=government of india-award-padma shri|website=Webindia123.com|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum was born in Srinagar in 1927 and died in 2016, aged 89.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://onlykashmir.in/kashmir-legendary-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89|title=Kashmir legendary singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|website=Onlykashmir.in|date=27 March 1927|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum, popularly &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;know &lt;/del&gt;as &#039;melody queen&#039; of [[Kashmir]] has been instrumental in popularizing folk music in Muslim majority region of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. She started singing at a time when womenfolk in Kashmir didn&#039;t dare to be part of any art forms.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Raj Begum&#039;&#039;&#039; (27 March 1927 – 26 October 2016) was a leading 20th-century [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] singer.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.kashmirlife.net/kashmir-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89-121948|title=Kashmir Singer Raj Begum Dies At 89&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|date=26 October 2016&lt;/ins&gt;|publisher=Kashmir Life|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She was also known as the Melody Queen of Kashmir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title=Meeting Raj Begum, The Melody Queen of Kashmir | website=Scoop News Jammu Kashmir | url=http://scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=61670 | access-date=2020-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;She was honoured with [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] and India&#039;s fourth highest civilian award the [[Padma Shri]] in 2002.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.webindia123.com/government/award/padmashri/padmashri.htm |title=government of india-award-padma shri|website=Webindia123.com|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum was born in Srinagar in 1927 and died in 2016, aged 89.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://onlykashmir.in/kashmir-legendary-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89|title=Kashmir legendary singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|website=Onlykashmir.in|date=27 March 1927|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum, popularly &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;known &lt;/ins&gt;as &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the &lt;/ins&gt;&#039;melody queen&#039; of [[Kashmir]] has been instrumental in popularizing folk music in Muslim majority region of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. She started singing at a time when womenfolk in Kashmir didn&#039;t dare to be part of any art forms.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Raj Begum&#039;&#039;&#039; (27 March 1927 – 26 October 2016) was a leading 20th-century [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] singer.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.kashmirlife.net/kashmir-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89-121948|title=Kashmir Singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|publisher=Kashmir Life|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She was also known as the Melody Queen of Kashmir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title=Meeting Raj Begum, The Melody Queen of Kashmir | website=Scoop News Jammu Kashmir | url=http://scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=61670 | access-date=2020-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;She was honoured with [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] and India&#039;s fourth highest civilian award the [[Padma Shri]] in 2002.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.webindia123.com/government/award/padmashri/padmashri.htm |title=government of india-award-padma shri|website=Webindia123.com|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum was born in Srinagar in 1927 and died in 2016, aged 89.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://onlykashmir.in/kashmir-legendary-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89|title=Kashmir legendary singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|website=Onlykashmir.in|date=27 March 1927|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum, popularly know as &#039;melody queen&#039; of [[Kashmir]] has been instrumental in popularizing folk music in Muslim majority region of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. She started singing at a time when womenfolk in Kashmir didn&#039;t dare to be part of any art forms.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Raj Begum&#039;&#039;&#039; (27 March 1927 – 26 October 2016) was a leading 20th-century [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] singer.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.kashmirlife.net/kashmir-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89-121948|title=Kashmir Singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|publisher=Kashmir Life|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She was also known as the Melody Queen of Kashmir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title=Meeting Raj Begum, The Melody Queen of Kashmir | website=Scoop News Jammu Kashmir | url=http://scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=61670 | access-date=2020-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She was honoured with [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] and India&#039;s fourth highest civilian award the [[Padma Shri]] in 2002.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.webindia123.com/government/award/padmashri/padmashri.htm |title=government of india-award-padma shri|website=Webindia123.com|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum was born in Srinagar in 1927 and died in 2016, aged 89.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://onlykashmir.in/kashmir-legendary-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89|title=Kashmir legendary singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|website=Onlykashmir.in|date=27 March 1927|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum, popularly know as &#039;melody queen&#039; of [[Kashmir]] has been instrumental in popularizing folk music in Muslim majority region of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. She started singing at a time when womenfolk in Kashmir didn&#039;t dare to be part of any art forms.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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| other_names = The Melody Queen of Kashmir &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title=Meeting Raj Begum, The Melody Queen of Kashmir | website=Scoop News Jammu Kashmir | url=http://scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=61670 | access-date=2020-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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| awards =[[Padma Shri]], [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title=CUR_TITLE | website=Sangeet Natak Akademi | url=https://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=1287&amp;amp;at=2 | access-date=2020-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Raj Begum&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (27 March 1927 – 26 October 2016) was a leading 20th-century [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] singer.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.kashmirlife.net/kashmir-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89-121948|title=Kashmir Singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|publisher=Kashmir Life|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She was also known as the Melody Queen of Kashmir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title=Meeting Raj Begum, The Melody Queen of Kashmir | website=Scoop News Jammu Kashmir | url=http://scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=61670 | access-date=2020-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;She was honoured with [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] and India&amp;#039;s fourth highest civilian award the [[Padma Shri]] in 2002.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.webindia123.com/government/award/padmashri/padmashri.htm |title=government of india-award-padma shri|website=Webindia123.com|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum was born in Srinagar in 1927 and died in 2016, aged 89.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://onlykashmir.in/kashmir-legendary-singer-raj-begum-dies-at-89|title=Kashmir legendary singer Raj Begum Dies At 89|website=Onlykashmir.in|date=27 March 1927|access-date=26 October 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum, popularly know as &amp;#039;melody queen&amp;#039; of [[Kashmir]] has been instrumental in popularizing folk music in Muslim majority region of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. She started singing at a time when womenfolk in Kashmir didn&amp;#039;t dare to be part of any art forms.&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>&gt;Rodw</name></author>
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