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| name = Juthika Roy<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|4|20|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Amta]], [[Howrah district|Howrah, Bengal]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|2|5|1920|4|20|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], West Bengal, India<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = Singer<br />
| known_for = [[Bhajan]], [[Bengali Music]]<br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />
| years_active = 1932-1970s}}<br />
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'''Juthika Roy''' (20 April 1920<ref name=fp>[http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/legendary-bhajan-singer-juthika-roy-dead-1377745.html "Legendary bhajan singer Juthika Roy dead"], firstpost.com; retrieved 7 February 2014.</ref> – 5 February 2014) was a Classical and [[Bhajan]] (devotional) singer from India. She had sung more than 200 Hindi and more than 100 Bengali film and modern songs. She also sung many Rabindrasangeet, Najrulgeeti and popular modern songs. Tracks such as "Sanjher Taroka Ami", "Emoni Borosha Chilo Sedin", "Jani Jani Priyo", "Dol Diye Kea Jai Amare", "Eai Jomunari Tire" and "Tumi Jodi Radhe Hote Shyam" are some of the hit songs in her four-decade long career. She recorded devotional songs for the Hindi film industry also. She was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 1972.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/mahatma-gandhi-s-favourite-singer-juthika-roy-passes-away-at-93/article1-1181083.aspx Juthika Roy dies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207044614/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/mahatma-gandhi-s-favourite-singer-juthika-roy-passes-away-at-93/article1-1181083.aspx |date=2014-02-07 }}, hindustantimes.com; accessed 31 March 2014.</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Juthika Roy was born in 1920 at [[Amta]], [[Howrah district|Howrah, Bengal]], She started singing at an early age. She recorded her first album in 1932, at age 12 years old. She sang many songs under music director and her mentor [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] and Bengali music director [[Kamal Dasgupta]]. Her admirers included [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gandhi and Nehru's Favorite Bhajan Singer Juthika Roy is dead|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/gandhi-and-nehrus-favorite-bhajan-singer-juthika-roy-is-dead/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=6 February 2014}}</ref> She died on 5 February 2014 in hospital at [[Kolkata]] after a prolonged illness, aged 93.<ref name=fp/><br />
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==Songs==<br />
* meri prem ki naiya<br />
* darshan bina prabhuji<br />
* ghunghat ka pat khol<br />
* kanhaiya pe tan man<br />
* pag ghungharu bandh meera nachi<br />
* tore angse ang milake kanhaii<br />
* tulsi mira sur kabir<br />
* badal dekh rahi<br />
* bolre madhuban mein<br />
* chupke chupke bol maina<br />
* Roti Ankhiyan<br />
* aakash tale jab deep<br />
* aankhin mein mathura<br />
* Anjaan nagar anjaan dagar<br />
* Maine Chakrar rakhi ji<br />
* Main Ram nam ki churiyan pahenu<br />
* Main to wari jaun Ram<br />
* Meri Veena Ro Rahi Hai<br />
* Mat ja jogi mat ja<br />
* Pag gunghat bandh Meera nachire <br />
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==Awards==<br />
* She was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 1972 by Union Government of India.<ref name=fp/><br />
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