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Iqbal Bano

Pakistani singer (1928-2009) · India · On the map · Musicians · Died at 80

Iqbal Bano was a Pakistani singer who specialized in ghazal. She is popularly known by her honorific title Malika-e-Ghazal (The Queen of Ghazal) in both Pakistan and India. She was known for her semi-classical Urdu ghazal songs and classical thumris, but also sang easy-listening numbers in films in the 1950s.

Iqbal Bano is read about 36 times a day, in 15 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 23 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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