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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Jagjit Kaur<br />
| image = Jagjit Kaur.jpg<br />
| caption = Kaur in 2016<br />
| birth_date = 1930<ref name="NationNext">{{cite web|title=Legendary Music Composer Khayyam speaks about his illustrious career in last interview|via=YouTube|date=21 August 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gecuBSJrDEY|time=22:52|accessdate=24 August 2019}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[British Raj]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|8|15|1930|df=y}}<br />
| origin = [[Punjab, India]]<br />
| genre = [[Folk music|Folk]], [[ghazals]], [[Playback singer|playback]]<br />
| occupation = Singer<br />
| instrument = Vocals<br />
| label = <br />
| years_active = 1950–1990<br />
}}<br />
'''Jagjit Kaur'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songsofyore.com/some-timeless-songs-of-jagjit-kaur/|title=Some timeless songs of Jagjit Kaur|work=songsofyore.com|date=24 April 2011|accessdate=28 October 2016}}</ref> (1930 – 15 August 2021) was an Indian [[Hindi]]/[[Urdu]] singer and was married to the music director, [[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam]].<br />
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== Personal life and death ==<br />
Kaur belonged to an aristocratic family from Punjab.<ref name="MM">{{cite news |title=1954: A love story, featuring Khayyam and Jagjit Kaur |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/1954-a-love-story-featuring-khayyam-and-jagjit-kaur/articleshow/70663867.cms |accessdate=20 August 2019 |work=Mumbai Mirror |date=14 August 2019 }}</ref> She married composer [[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam]] in 1954, one of the first inter-communal marriages in the Indian film industry.<ref name="MM"/> They had a son, Pradeep, who died of a heart attack in 2012. Inspired by their son's helping nature, they started a trust, "Khayyam Jagjit Kaur KPG Charitable Trust" to help artistes and technicians in need.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/interview-we-were-inspired-by-the-divine-to-do-what-we-did-khayyam-2215087|title=We were inspired by the divine to do what we did: Khayyam & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=22 May 2016|work=[[DNA India]]|accessdate=20 August 2019}}</ref> Khayyam died on 19 August 2019 following a cardiac arrest at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/khayyam-dead-5890887/ |title=Music composer Khayyam passes away |website=The Indian Express |date=19 August 2019 |accessdate=20 August 2019}}</ref> Kaur died on 15 August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Jagjit Kaur, veteran singer and wife of composer Khayyam, dies at 93|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/jagjit-kaur-veteran-singer-and-wife-of-composer-khayyam-dies-at-93-297910|access-date=2021-08-15|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jagjit Kaur, veteran singer and wife of composer Khayyam, dies at 93 - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/jagjit-kaur-veteran-singer-and-wife-of-composer-khayyam-dies-at-93/articleshow/85345094.cms|access-date=2021-08-15|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Selected songs ==<br />
Some of her songs are the following:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindigeetmala.net/singer/jagjit_kaur.php|title=Singer : Jagjit Kaur : Lyrics and video of Hindi Film Songs – Page 1 of 2|work=hindigeetmala.net|accessdate=28 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.raag.fm/singer/jagjit-kaur|title=Jagjit Kaur albums |work=raag.fm|accessdate=28 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/shagoon-mw0001571997|title=Shagoon – Suman Kalyanpur,Jagjit Kaur – Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=28 October 2016}}</ref><br />
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* "Dekho dekho ji gori sasural chali" from ''[[Shagoon]]'' (1964), lyrics Sahir Ludhiyanvi, music Khayyam<br />
* "Tum apna ranj–o-gham apni pareshani mujhe de do" from ''[[Shagoon]]''<br />
* "Khamosh zindagi ko afsaanaa mil gayaa" from ''Dil-e-Nadan'' (1953), lyrics Shakeel Badayuni, music Ghulam Mohammad<br />
* "Chale aao saiyan rangeele main vaari re" (with Pamela Chopra) from ''Bazaar'' (1982), lyrics Jagjit Kaur, music Khayyam<br />
* "Dekh lo aaaj humko jee bhar ke" from ''Bazaar''<br />
* "Kaahe ko byahi bides" from ''Umrao Jaan'' (1981), music Khayyam<br />
* "Saada chidiya da chamba ve" by Jagjit Kaur and Pamela Chopra from ''Kabhi Kabhi'' (1976), music Khayyam<br />
* "Chanda gaaye raagini" from ''Dil-e-Nadan''<br />
* "Pehle to ankh milana" (with [[Mohammed Rafi]]) from ''Shola Aur Shabnam'' (1961), lyrics Kaifi Azmi, music Khayyam<br />
* "Ladi re ladi tujhse aankh jo ladi" from ''Shola aur Shabnam'' (1961)), lyrics Kaifi Azmi, music Khayyam<br />
* "Nain milake pyar jata ke aag laga dee" (with Mohammed Rafi) from ''Mera Bhai Mera Dushman'' (1967), music [[Khayyam]]<br />
Jagjit Kaur also composed Punjabi Movie music-(Satguru Teri Oat) 1974 Star cast like [[Dara Singh]], Som Dutt<br />
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[[Category:1930 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian women folk singers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian folk singers]]<br />
[[Category:Singers from Punjab, India]]<br />
[[Category:Women musicians from Punjab, India]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian singers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian women singers]]<br />
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