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Arijit Singh was born on 25 April 1987<ref name="Dob">{{cite web |title=Happy Birthday Arijit Singh: From Tum Hi Ho to Gerua, his Top 10 songs |work=The Indian Express |date=25 April 2016 |access-date=27 April 2016 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/happy-birthday-arijit-singh-from-tum-hi-ho-to-gerua-his-top-10-songs-2769623/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426180633/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/happy-birthday-arijit-singh-from-tum-hi-ho-to-gerua-his-top-10-songs-2769623/ |archive-date=26 April 2016 }}</ref> in [[Jiaganj]], [[Murshidabad]], [[West Bengal]] to Kakkar Singh, a [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[Sikh]] father<ref name="fc">{{cite web |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/arijit-singh-hometown-early-life-father-songs/ |title=Arijit Singh Is Everywhere, And Nowhere |access-date=14 September 2019 |quote=Kakkar Singh, whose family came from Lahore...}}</ref> and Aditi Singh, a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] [[Hindu]] mother.<ref name="public transport">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/I-still-travel-by-public-transport-Arijit-Singh/articleshow/20367909.cms |title=I still travel by public transport: Arijit Singh |work=The Times of India |author=Agarwal, Stuti |date=31 May 2013 |access-date=8 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150209202435/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/I-still-travel-by-public-transport-Arijit-Singh/articleshow/20367909.cms |archive-date=9 February 2015 }}</ref> His paternal family came from [[Lahore]] during the [[Partition of India|Partition]].<ref name="fc" /> He began his music training at a very young age at home. His maternal aunt trained in [[Indian classical music]], and his maternal grandmother used to sing. His maternal uncle played the [[tabla]], and his mother also sang and played the tabla. He studied at [[Murshidabad#Educational Institutes|Raja Bijay Singh High School]] and later at the [[Sripat Singh College]], a [[University of Kalyani]] affiliate.<ref name="public transport" /> According to him he "was a decent student, but cared more about music" and his parents decided to train him professionally. He was taught [[Indian classical music]] by Rajendra Prasad Hazari and trained in tabla by Dhirendra Prasad Hazari. Birendra Prasad Hazari taught him [[Rabindra Sangeet]] (songs written and composed by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]) and [[pop music]].<ref name="public transport" /> At the age of three, he started training under the Hazari brothers, and at the age of nine, he got a scholarship from the government for training in [[vocals]] in Indian classical music.<ref name="mess">{{cite web |url=http://www.zoom4india.com/entertainment/features/item/79193-my-life-has-always-been-a-mess.html |title=My life has always been a mess |work=Zoom4India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421145642/http://www.zoom4india.com/entertainment/features/item/79193-my-life-has-always-been-a-mess.html |archive-date=21 April 2017 |access-date=1 April 2017}}</ref> | Arijit Singh was born on 25 April 1987<ref name="Dob">{{cite web |title=Happy Birthday Arijit Singh: From Tum Hi Ho to Gerua, his Top 10 songs |work=The Indian Express |date=25 April 2016 |access-date=27 April 2016 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/happy-birthday-arijit-singh-from-tum-hi-ho-to-gerua-his-top-10-songs-2769623/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426180633/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/happy-birthday-arijit-singh-from-tum-hi-ho-to-gerua-his-top-10-songs-2769623/ |archive-date=26 April 2016 }}</ref> in [[Jiaganj]], [[Murshidabad]], [[West Bengal]] to Kakkar Singh, a [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[Sikh]] father<ref name="fc">{{cite web |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/arijit-singh-hometown-early-life-father-songs/ |title=Arijit Singh Is Everywhere, And Nowhere |access-date=14 September 2019 |quote=Kakkar Singh, whose family came from Lahore...}}</ref> and Aditi Singh, a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] [[Hindu]] mother.<ref name="public transport">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/I-still-travel-by-public-transport-Arijit-Singh/articleshow/20367909.cms |title=I still travel by public transport: Arijit Singh |work=The Times of India |author=Agarwal, Stuti |date=31 May 2013 |access-date=8 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150209202435/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/I-still-travel-by-public-transport-Arijit-Singh/articleshow/20367909.cms |archive-date=9 February 2015 }}</ref> His paternal family came from [[Lahore]] during the [[Partition of India|Partition]].<ref name="fc" /> He began his music training at a very young age at home. His maternal aunt trained in [[Indian classical music]], and his maternal grandmother used to sing. His maternal uncle played the [[tabla]], and his mother also sang and played the tabla. He studied at [[Murshidabad#Educational Institutes|Raja Bijay Singh High School]] and later at the [[Sripat Singh College]], a [[University of Kalyani]] affiliate.<ref name="public transport" /> According to him he "was a decent student, but cared more about music" and his parents decided to train him professionally. He was taught [[Indian classical music]] by Rajendra Prasad Hazari and trained in tabla by Dhirendra Prasad Hazari. Birendra Prasad Hazari taught him [[Rabindra Sangeet]] (songs written and composed by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]) and [[pop music]].<ref name="public transport" /> At the age of three, he started training under the Hazari brothers, and at the age of nine, he got a scholarship from the government for training in [[vocals]] in Indian classical music.<ref name="mess">{{cite web |url=http://www.zoom4india.com/entertainment/features/item/79193-my-life-has-always-been-a-mess.html |title=My life has always been a mess |work=Zoom4India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421145642/http://www.zoom4india.com/entertainment/features/item/79193-my-life-has-always-been-a-mess.html |archive-date=21 April 2017 |access-date=1 April 2017}}</ref> | ||
Growing up, he listened to [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] and [[Bengali music|Bengali classical music]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2017}} He idolized musicians like [[Bade Ghulam Ali Khan]], [[Ustad Rashid Khan]], [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]] and Anand Chatterjee, and enjoyed listening to [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Hemant Kumar]], and [[Manna Dey]].<ref name="film">{{cite web |url=http://www.filmfare.com/features/cant-stop-the-music-10245-2.html |title=Can't stop the music |author=Raghuvendra Singh |date=19 August 2015 |access-date=4 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808233459/http://www.filmfare.com/features/cant-stop-the-music-10245-2.html |archive-date=8 August 2017 }}</ref> | Growing up, he listened to [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] and [[Bengali music|Bengali classical music]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2017}} He idolized musicians like [[Muhammad Hassaan]], [[Bade Ghulam Ali Khan]], [[Ustad Rashid Khan]], [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]] and Anand Chatterjee, and enjoyed listening to [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Hemant Kumar]], and [[Manna Dey]].<ref name="film">{{cite web |url=http://www.filmfare.com/features/cant-stop-the-music-10245-2.html |title=Can't stop the music |author=Raghuvendra Singh |date=19 August 2015 |access-date=4 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808233459/http://www.filmfare.com/features/cant-stop-the-music-10245-2.html |archive-date=8 August 2017 }}</ref> | ||
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