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{{short description|Nepalese singer}}
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| name               = Hira Devi Waiba
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| caption            = Waiba in 2010
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| birth_date         = {{birth date|1940|9|9|df=y}}
| birth_place        = Ambootia Tea Estate, Kurseong, West Bengal, Darjeeling, India
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| death_place        = Kadamtala, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
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| other_names        = [[Lok Geet Samragi (Queen of Nepali Folk Songs)]]
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| alma_mater         = *St Josephs School, Kurseong, Dist Darjeeling
*Government College, Darjeeling (B.A College)
*Shree Ramakrishna B T College, Darjeeling (Bachelor in Teaching)
| occupation         = *Singer
*Musician
*Writer
| years_active       = 1974–2011
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| known_for          = Pioneer of Nepali folk songs and music
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| spouse             = Late Ratal Lal Aditya
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| children           = *[[Navneet Aditya Waiba]]
*Satya Aditya Waiba
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| mother             = Tshering Dolma
| father             = Singman Singh Waiba
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| background       = solo_singer
| instrument      = {{flat list|[[Madal]], [[harmonium]], [[Damphu drum|damphu]]
*Vocal
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| genre    = [[Tamang Selo]], Nepali Folk
| label           = 
* His Masters Voice (HMV)
* All India Radio (AIR)
* Radio Nepal
* British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

| associated_acts = {{flat list|
*[[Navneet Aditya Waiba]]
*[[Shanti Thatal]]
*[[Gopal Yonjan]]
*[[Aruna Lama]]
*[[Dibya Khaling]]
*[[Narayan Gopal]]
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'''Hira Devi Waiba''' (9 September 1940 &ndash; 19 January 2011) was an Indian folk singer in the [[Nepali language|Nepali]]-language and is hailed as the pioneer of Nepali folk songs.

Her song "[[Chura ta Hoina Astura]]" is said to be the first [[Tamang Selo]] (a genre of Nepali folk music) ever recorded. Hira Devi Waiba is the only Nepali folk singer to have cut albums (in 1974 and 1978) with [[HMV]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.tamangonline.com/news/13540|title=चुरा त होइन अस्तुरा - पहिलो तामाङ सेलो गीत ? - Tamang Online|date=2016-12-07|work=Tamang Online|access-date=2018-03-05|language=en-US|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304212229/http://www.tamangonline.com/news/13540|archivedate=4 March 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>  She was the sole Grade A Nepali Folk Singer with [[All India Radio]]. She was also the first musical artist that [[Music Nepal]], a leading music house in Nepal recorded and released an album of.<ref name=":0" />

==Life and music==
Hira Devi Waiba came from a family of musicians from [[Ambootia|Ambootia Tea Estate]] near [[Kurseong]] and was one in the line of a long generation of Nepali folk singers and musicians. She was born to parents Singh Man Singh Waiba (father) and Tshering Dolma (mother). She has sung nearly 300 folk songs during her musical career spanning 40 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Darjeeling's+folk+singer+Hira+Waiba+dies+of+burn+injuries&NewsID=273676|title=Darjeeling's folk singer Hira Waiba dies of burn injuries|newspaper=The Himalayan Times|accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref> Her singing career began when she recorded three songs in Kurseong for [[Radio Nepal]] in 1966. She worked as an announcer at the [[All India Radio]] station in Kurseong from 1963 to 1965.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080210/jsp/siliguri/story_8894110.jsp|title=North Bengal & Sikkim {{!}} School for Nepali folk music|newspaper=The Telegraph | location=Calcutta (Kolkata)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305014554/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080210/jsp/siliguri/story_8894110.jsp|archivedate=5 March 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2018-03-05|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Waiba's popular songs include ''Phariya Lyaaidiyechan,'' ''Ora Daudi Jaanda'' ''and Ramri tah Ramri''. As a tribute to her father, Waiba had opened the SM Waiba International Music and Dance Academy at her home in Kadamtala, near [[Siliguri]] in 2008.

== Death ==
Hira Waiba died on 19 January 2011 at the age of 71 years after suffering burn injuries in a fire accident at her home.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110120/jsp/siliguri/story_13466851.jsp|title=Hira Devi dies of burn injuries|newspaper=The Telegraph|accessdate=21 July 2012|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025230739/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110120/jsp/siliguri/story_13466851.jsp|archivedate=25 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She is survived by two children [[Navneet Aditya Waiba]] and Satya Aditya Waiba both of whom are musicians.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170126/jsp/siliguri/story_132419.jsp|title=Navneet Aditya Waiba, Satya Waiba|newspaper=The Telegraph|accessdate=26 January 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202035251/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170126/jsp/siliguri/story_132419.jsp|archivedate=2 February 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Daughter and son tribute ==
As a tribute to the Legend Hira Devi Waiba, her children Satya Waiba and [[Navneet Aditya Waiba]] re-recorded and released some of her hit singles in 2016–2017. Navneet sang and Satya produced and managed the project '[[Ama Lai Shraddhanjali (Nepali Music Album)|Ama Lai Shraddhanjali -Tribute to Mother]]', hence moving the family legacy further.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/entertainment/music/songs-of-tribute-navneet-aditya-waiba-and-satya-aditya-waiba|title=Songs of Tribute, Ama Lai Shraddhanjali|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212181004/https://thehimalayantimes.com/entertainment/music/songs-of-tribute-navneet-aditya-waiba-and-satya-aditya-waiba/|archivedate=12 December 2017|url-status=dead|accessdate=10 January 2017|newspaper=The Himalayan Times|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oklisten.com/navneetadityawaiba|title=Ama Lai Shraddhanjali|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215001433/https://www.oklisten.com/navneetadityawaiba|archivedate=15 February 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Awards==
Hira Devi was awarded the Mitrasen Purashkar by the Nepali Akademi of Darjeeling in 1986, the Mitrasen Smriti Puraskar by the [[Sikkim]] government in 1996, Bhanu Academy Puraskar, the Agam Singh Giri Puraskar in 2001 and the Gorkha Saheed Sewa Samiti's Lifetime Achievement Award. The [[Nepal]] government had awarded her the [[Gorkha Dakshina Bahu]] (Knighthood of Nepal), Sadhana Samman and the Madhurima Phul Kumari Mahato Award.<ref name=":1" />

== See also ==
* [[Navneet Aditya Waiba]]
*[[Ama Lai Shraddhanjali|Ama Lai Shradhanjali]]
*[[Music of Nepal|Nepali music]]
* [[Tamang Selo]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{YouTube|p_ezyYKGbgY|Hira Devi Waiba's songs and life in pictures}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A5560EDB1530C87E Hira Devi Waiba's songs]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ym_jA2fkCs 'Navneet Aditya Waiba | Aye Syangbo']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuj8LO81hT0 'Navneet Aditya Waiba | Phariya Lyaaidiyechan']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk7GXuF04Kc 'Navneet Aditya Waiba | Chuiya Ma Hah | Dhan Naach Geet']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKJc_VAmR-g 'Navneet Aditya Waiba | DHANKUTA - For our Lahure Brothers']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpS7V_P3Blk 'Navneet Aditya Waiba | Jhilke Naachayko - Damphu Geet ']

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