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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Hirabai Barodekar<br />
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| birth_name = Champākali<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1905|5|29}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Miraj]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]<ref name="tmi">{{cite book|last=Massey|first=Reginald & Jamila|title=The Music of India|isbn=81-7017-332-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FSBJWkZofsC&q=hirabai+badodekar|publisher=Abhinav Publications|year=1996|page=150}}</ref><br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1989|11|20|1905|5|29}}<br />
| genre = [[Khyal]], [[Thumri]], [[Ghazal]], and [[Bhajan]]<br />
| occupation = Vocal [[Hindustani Classical Music]]<br />
| years_active = 1920–1980<br />
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'''Hirābai Barodekar''' (1905 – 1989) was an Indian [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustāni classical music]] singer, of [[Kirana gharana]]. She was disciple of [[Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan|Ustād Abdul Wahid Khān]].<ref name="thm">{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Manorama|title=Tradition of Hindustani Music|isbn=81-7648-999-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YdtqrooCo-oC&q=hirabai+badodekar|publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation|year=2006|page=54}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and background==<br />
Hirabai was born as Champākali to [[Kirana Gharana|Kirānā Gharānā]] master [[Ustad Abdul Karim Khan|Ustād Abdul Karim Khān]] and Tārābāi Māne. Tarabai was the daughter of Sardār Māruti Rāo Māne, a brother of princely [[Baroda|Barodā]] state's "Rajmātā" during the middle of the 19th century. Abdul Karim Khan was the court musician in [[Baroda]] when Tarabai was young, and he taught her music. The two fell in love and decided to get married; but Tarabai's parents disapproved of the alliance, and the couple had to leave the state (along with Abdul Karim's brother, Ustād Abdul Haq Khān). The couple moved to [[Bombay]] ([[Mumbai]]), and had two sons: Suresh or Abdul Rehmān, and Krishnā; and three daughters: Champākali, Gulāb, and Sakinā or Chhotutāi. In their adult lives, the five respectively became known as [[Sureshbabu Mane|Sureshbābu Māne]], Krishnarāo Māne, Hirābāi Badodekar, Kamalābāi Badodekar, and [[Saraswati Rane|Sarswatibāi Rāne]].<br />
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She had her initial training from her brother [[Sureshbabu Mane]] and later training from the doyen of Kirana Gharana, [[Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan|Ustād Abdul Wahid Khān]], who was a cousin of her father, [[Ustad Abdul Karim Khan]]. (In 1922, Hirabai's parents had parted company; thus Hirabai received only limited musical lessons from her father.){{fact|date=August 2020}}<br />
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She often performed along with her younger sister, [[Saraswati Rane]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wade |first=Bonnie C. |title=Khyāl: creativity within North India's classical music tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiE9AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Saraswati+Rane%22+-inpublisher%3Aicon&pg=PA196|year=1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press Archive|isbn=0-521-25659-3|page=196}}</ref><br />
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==Singing career==<br />
Hirabai appeared in her first public performance under patronage of [[Kesarbai Kerkar]] at the age of 15.<ref name="tmi" /><br />
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She was an expert in [[Khyal|Khyāl]], [[Thumri]], [[Natya Sangeet|Marāthi Nātya Sangeet]], and [[Bhajan]]. She is credited with having popularised [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustāni Classical Music]] among the masses. She was truly pioneer of concerts by women artists in India. She the real pioneer and was the first female artist who introduced ticketed concerts in India. She was always amazingly popular on stages and her shows were jam-packed. A very fragile, honey voice, emotive factor, peaceful and exorbitant vocal clarity are her strengths. She was admired by the real class and those were mass. Her amazing rendition of 'Taar Sa' was very popular and became her hallmark. She made [[Kirana gharana]] more popular and rich.<br />
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Hirabai acted in several movies, including "Suvarna Mandir", "Pratibhā", "Janābāi", and "Municipality". She also started a music school, "Nutan Sangeet Vidyālaya", to teach music to girls. The school staged several plays.<br />
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Hirabai became a recording artist very early in her career. (Her 78 rpm recordings have been re-released on cassettes by RPG in their Classical Gold series). She was titled as "Gaanhira" (a singing diamond). Her nature was so down to earth and peaceful which was truly ideal.<br />
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==Honours==<br />
Hirabai's work in Hindustani music fetched her many prestigious accolades. She was awarded with the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award|Sangeet Nātak Akādemi Award]] in 1965<ref name=sn>{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/Awardees.php|title=Sangeet Natak Akademi - All Awardees|publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]|access-date=26 October 2016}}</ref> and the [[Padma Bhushan]] Award in 1970.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She was also awarded Vishnudas Bhave Award for her contribution to theater.{{fact|date=August 2020}}<br />
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She was chosen to sing the national song, [[Vande Mataram|Vande Mātaram]], from the [[Red Fort]] in India's capital [[Delhi]] on the day India received its independence from the [[British Raj]] (15 August 1947).{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} She visited China and the East African countries as a part of an Indian delegation in 1953.<br />
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She was titled "Gaan kokila" (Nightingale of India) by [[Sarojini Naidu]].{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} An annual music festival is held in [[Mumbai]] by her disciple Dr [[Prabha Atre]] by the name 'Sureshbabu – Hirabai Smruti Sangeet Samaroh' since 1992, which has become one of the major festivals of music in the country.<br />
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==Family==<br />
She was married to Shri [[Manikrao Gandhi-Barodekar]]. She passed through various troubles in her life especially to family requirements and there were many who were her dependents. Despite being such a talented and a blessed soul she was more ill-treated and tactlessly handled by people around her, to get her down. But she was peaceful and truly ideal by herself.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Hirabai+Barodekar Hirabai Barodekar] at [[Lastfm]]<br />
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