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Begum Akhtar (2455 words) |
 | It was in Lucknow that he met Begum Akhtar in person and developed a lasting friendship with her. |
| Begum Akhtar was red and speechless with anger and indignation. |
| Begum Akhtar was still red in the face and was puffing at her cigarette in an agitated manner. |
| Begum Akhtar's (1113 words) |
| The chief patrons of the arts were the so-called native rulers and the society at large would look down upon the 'singing-dancing girls.' Begum Akhtar's talent shattered all such shackles and she could single handedly succeed in popularizing the Ghazals set to music among the elites as well as the masses. |
| Born in October 1914, in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, Begum Akhtar was endowed with a haunting voice that excelled in her full-throated renditions of light classical music. |
| When Begum Akhtar died in 1974 at the age of sixty while giving a performance at a concert in Ahmedabad, she was still a force to reckon with. |
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