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{{Short description|Indian singer from Assam}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Tarawati Bori
| image = Tarawati Mili (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|01|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = Disangmukh, [[Sivasagar district]], Assam, India
| genre = [[folk music]]
| occupation = [[musician]], [[songwriter]], [[composer]]
| instrument = [[Indian harmonium]]
| years_active = 1977–present
| awards = [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
}}
'''Tarawati Mili Bori''' (born 9 January 1959) is an Indian singer of Mising [[folk music]] and [[Oi Nitom|Oi: Nitom]] from the state of [[Assam]].

Mili was awarded the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for the year 2022 by the [[President of India]], Smt. [[Droupadi Murmu]] in New Delhi on 6 March 2024, for her outstanding contribution to the folk and traditional music of Assam.<ref>{{Cite web |last=((News)) |first=Northeast |date=28 February 2024 |title=12 artistes from Assam honoured with Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2022-23 |url=https://nenews.in/assam/12-artistes-from-assam-honoured-with-sangeet-natak-akademi-awards-2022-23/7629/ |access-date=20 November 2025 |website=Northeast News - Northeast India news 24×7 |language=en-US}}</ref>

She is also known as ''Melody Queen'' of Mising folk songs.<ref name=":0" />

== Early life ==
Mili was born on 9 January 1959 in Disangmukh, Sivasagar district, Assam to Betang Mili and Uneshwari Mili. On 19 July 1981, she married to Lakhi Bori.<ref name=":0" />

She completed her matriculation from Disangmukh High School in the year 1977.

== Musical career ==
She was interested in music since her early school days. In 1977, Tarawati's voice gained a lot of popularity when she began singing on [[All India Radio]], Dibrugarh<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Bharat |first=E. T. V. |date=8 May 2025 |title=ঘৰতে বন্দী কৰি থৈছিল আত্মীয়ই, ৰাষ্ট্ৰপতিৰ হাতৰ পৰা লৈছিল সংগীত নাটক একাডেমী বঁটা |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/as/!entertainment/exclusive-oi-nitom-empress-tarawati-mili-bori-from-mising-community-opens-up-about-her-musical-career-assam-news-ass25050801180 |access-date=20 November 2025 |website=ETV Bharat News |language=as}}</ref>. Her melodious voice caught the attention of Bharat Ratna [[Bhupen Hazarika]], in 1984 he invited her to Kolkata to sing in the album Mishing Mipak and in 1985 she also sang for Miri Jiyori film.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Tarawati Mili Bori |publisher=Conan Karchang Doley |year=2021 |isbn=978-93-5526-852-5 |edition=1 |pages=188 |language=English}}</ref>

== Honours and awards ==

* Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
* Bhupen Hazarika Sanghati Award<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bharat |first=E. T. V. |date=9 November 2022 |title=Artist Tarawati Mili Bori: বিশিষ্ট শিল্পী তৰাৱতী মিলি বড়িক সম্বৰ্ধনা সাংবাদিকৰ |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/assamese/assam/videos/other-videos/journalist-felicitates-artist-tarawati-mili-bori/assam20221109115230824824947 |access-date=20 November 2025 |website=ETV Bharat News |language=as}}</ref>
* Prag Prerona Award

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women singers]]
[[Category:Indian folk singers]]
[[Category:People from Sivasagar district]]
[[Category:Singers from Assam]]
[[Category:Indian women folk musicians]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
[[Category:Mising people]]
[[Category:People from Assam]]

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