# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/surinder-kaur
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:40:51.542Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/surinder-kaur"
name: "Surinder Kaur"
slug: "surinder-kaur"
description: "Surinder Kaur was an Indian singer and songwriter. While she mainly sang Punjabi folk songs, where she is credited for pioneering and popularising the genre, Kaur also recorded songs as a playback singer for Hindi films between 1948 and 1952. For her contributions to Punjabi music, she earned the sobriquet Nightingale of Punjab, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1984, and the Padma Shri in 2006."
tagline: "Indian singer (1929-2006)"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1929-11-25"
deathDate: "2006-06-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.02038133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump