Diljit Dosanjh: Difference between revisions

Diljit Dosanjh was born on 6 January 1984<ref>{{cite web | title=Happy birthday Diljit Dosanjh: How this 'Pendu' did things differently and made way into our hearts | website=[[The Indian Express]] | date=6 January 2018 | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/diljit-dosanjh-birthday-actor-bollywood-films-punjabi-singer-star-pendu-5009893/ | access-date=12 February 2018}}</ref> to a [[Sikh]]<ref name="News18 2016">{{cite web | title=Turban is our identity, he is belong to misti our pride: Diljit Dosanjh on Sikh actor Waris Ahluwalia being barred from boarding Aeromexico flight | website=News18 | date=9 February 2016 | url=http://www.news18.com/news/movies/turban-is-our-identity-our-pride-diljit-dosanjh-on-waris-ahluwalia-being-barred-from-boarding-aeromexico-flight-1200925.html | access-date=19 April 2016}}</ref> family in the village of [[Dosanjh Kalan]] in [[Phillaur]] [[tehsil]], [[Jalandhar district]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India. His father, Balbir Singh, is a former employee of [[Punjab Roadways]] and his mother, Sukhwinder Kaur, is a homemaker. He has two siblings, one elder sister and one younger brother.<ref name="DharamSevaRecords">{{cite web|title=Diljit Dosanjh Interview with Sikh channel|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmpdoU8pE50 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/WmpdoU8pE50 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |url-status=live|publisher=DharamSevaRecords}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He spent his early childhood in Dosanjh Kalan and then moved to [[Ludhiana]], Punjab from where he completed his formal education, including graduating high school from Shri Guru Harkrishan Public School (Punjab State Education Board now affiliated to CBSE) near D Block Model Town Arwa od Ludhiana. While still in school, he began his singing career by performing [[Kirtan]] (Sikh religious music) at local [[gurdwara]]s. Diljit Singh and his family then moved to Ludhiana and currently living there.