Firoza Begum (singer)

This article is about the singer. For the actress, see Firoza Begum (actress).

Feroza Begum
ফিরোজা বেগম
Portrait of a woman wearing sari
Begum in 1955
Born(1930-07-28)28 July 1930[1]
Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died9 September 2014(2014-09-09) (aged 84)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active1940–2014
Spouse
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(m. 1955; died 1974)​
Children3, including Hamin Ahmed and Shafin Ahmed
Relatives
AwardsIndependence Day Award (1979)

Firoza Begum (Bengali: ফিরোজা বেগম; 28 July 1930 – 9 September 2014) was a Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singer.[3] She was awarded the Independence Day Award in 1979 by the government of Bangladesh.

  1. ^ "Feroza Begum Archive".
  2. ^ "Special programme on the legendary Feroza Begum". The Daily Star. 6 February 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference dailystarobit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).