# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gurmeet-bawa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:32:58.024Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gurmeet-bawa"
name: "Gurmeet Bawa"
slug: "gurmeet-bawa"
description: "Gurmeet Bawa was an Indian Punjabi language folk singer. She was known as Lambi hek di malika for her long hek that she could hold for about 45 seconds. She was the first Punjabi female singer to sing on Indian public service broadcaster, Doordarshan. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government in 2022."
tagline: "Singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gurmeet_bawa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944"
deathDate: "2021"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.35
  momentum:             0.1382488479262673
  historical:           6.20792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9634358/"
    handle:    "nm9634358"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "গুৰমীত বাৱা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "গুরমিত বাওয়া"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmeet_Bawa"
    title: "Gurmeet Bawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4_%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE"
    title: "ਗੁਰਮੀਤ ਬਾਵਾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "குர்மீத் பாபா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE"
    title: "గుర్మీత్ బావా"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cd3fcd4e-5540-47ae-bb5e-5695ac30b813"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5620168"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump