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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Amar Singh Shaunki
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| birth_name = Amar Singh<br>ਅਮਰ ਸਿੰਘ
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|08|15|df=yes}}<ref name=unp>{{cite web|url=http://www.unp.me/f16/and-2606-and-2617-and-2622-and-2600-and-2594-and-2622-and-2593-and-2624-and-2565-and-2606-and-2608-and-2616-and-2623-and-2672-and-2584-and-2614-and-2636-and-2562-and-2581-and-2624-a-103366/|title=ਮਹਾਨ ਢਾਡੀ ਅਮਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਸ਼ੌਂਕੀ|author=|date=8 Sep 2010|work=Biographical article in Punjabi|publisher=www.unp.me|accessdate=10 Mar 2012}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Bhajjlan]], (now [[Hoshiarpur district]]), [[British Punjab]]
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|08|14|1916|08|15|df=yes}}
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| genre = [[Music of Punjab|Folk]]
| occupation = [[Singing]], [[Dhadi (music)|Dhadi singer]]
| instrument = [[Dhadd]] and [[Sarangi]]
| years_active = 
| label = [[Sa Re Ga Ma|HMV]]
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'''Amar Singh Shaunki''' (15 August 1916 – 14 August 1981), also spelled as '''Amar Singh Shonki''', was a [[Dhadi (music)|Dhadi]] singer of [[Punjab, India]].<ref name=unp/><ref name=chm>{{cite web|url=http://www.chabbewal-mahilpur.com/?page_id=19|title=Dhadi Amar Singh Shonki|author=|date=|work=|publisher=www.chabbewal-mahilpur.com|accessdate=10 Mar 2012}}</ref><ref name=yt>{{YouTube|id=szgZXBK5AYE|title=Aaja Bhabhi Jhoot Lai Peengh Hulaare Laindi (Amar Singh Shonki Dhadi Jatha)}}</ref> People travelled miles to listen to him.{{Citation needed|date=September 2012}}

==Early life==

Shaunki was born as Amar Singh on 15 August 1916, in a [[Sikh]] family to father [[Sardar]] Moola Singh, in the village of [[Bhajjlan]] (now [[Hoshiarpur district]]) in [[British Punjab]] (British India).<ref name=unp/><ref name=chm/> He hailed from a farmer family and never went to school<ref name=dsh>{{cite web|url=http://dhadishonki.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/about-shonki/|title=ABOUT DHADI SHONKI|author=|date=2 Feb 2010|work=|publisher=www.dhadishonki.wordpress.com|accessdate=10 Mar 2012}}</ref> but learned [[Gurmukhi|Punjabi (Gurmukhi)]] from the other educated persons.<ref name=unp/> He got married and have three sons, Sawraj Singh, Jaspal Singh and Pargat Singh.<ref name=dsh/>

==Career==

He was very much interested in folk music from his childhood and learned it from Sant Baba Maan Singh of [[Sialkot]].<ref name=dsh/> At first he sang under last name ''Mast'' but as started singing with [[Dhadd]] and [[Sarangi]] and made a team with Sarwan Singh and Mohan Singh Binda, he fixed ''Shaunki'' as his last name.<ref name=unp/> The main themes of his songs evokes the culture and folk of [[Punjab region|Punjab]]. He sang about every color of Punjabi folk. The main themes of his songs were the evergreen folk stories of Punjab like [[Heer Ranjha]], [[Mirza Sahiban]], [[Sassui Punnhun]], [[Rani Sundran]] and [[Pooran Bhagat]], heroes of [[History of Sikhism|Sikh history]] likes [[Hari Singh Nalwa]], the [[Sikh]] masters and other freedom fighters.<ref name=unp/><ref name=chm/><ref name=dsh/> He wrote songs on various topics including the four tragic love stories of [[Punjab region|Punjab]], [[History of Sikhism|Sikh history]] like [[Saka Sirhind]] and Sikh heroes. Many Punjabi singers today, including [[Manmohan Waris]] and [[Kamal Heer]] sings songs written by him.<ref name=chm/>

==Discography==

A well known music company, [[Sa Re Ga Ma|HMV]], recorded many of his records.<ref name=unp/> There are about 138 phonograph records to his credit.<ref name=dsh/>

==Remembering==

People of his village Bhajjlan organized a fair, ''Dhadi Amar Singh Shaunki Sabhyacharak Mela'' every year in his memory.<ref name=chm/> Punjabi singers from all around the world participates in the fair and pays tribute to the late Dhadi.

==See also==

*[[Babu Rajab Ali]]
*[[Karnail Singh Paras]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaunki, Amar Singh}}
[[Category:Dhadis]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language singers]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language lyricists]]
[[Category:1916 births]]
[[Category:1981 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male singers]]

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