Uttar Pradesh Government on 11 August 2015 approved the amended guidelines for a certain award. The award will be annually awarded to singers of ghazal, dadra, and thumri who have achieved a milestone in these forms of music. The singer should not be less than 40 years of age.
This award is named after the ‘Queen of ghazals’. Who?
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Begum AkhtarAkhtari Bai Faizabadi was born in UP. She received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for vocal music, and was awarded Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. She was also given the title of Mallika-e-Ghazal.