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Noor Jahan, Noorjehan, Madam Noor Jehan, Baby Noor Jehan, Nurjehan, Nur Jehan, Madam Noor Jahan, Noorjahan, Baby Noor Jahan, Allah Wasai, Ù…Ù„Ú©Û ØªØ±Ù†Ù…;, Madam Jee, नूर जहाà¤, नूर जेहन, Elizabeth Taylor, Malika-e-Tarannum, Queen Of Melody, मैडम नूर जहाà¤, बेबी नूर जहाà¤, à¤à¤²à¤¿à¥›à¤¾à¤¬à¥‡à¤¥ टेलर, मलिका-à¤-तरनà¥à¤¨à¥à¤®, कà¥à¤µà¥€à¤¨ ऑफ़ मेलॉडी, अलà¥à¤²à¤¾à¤¹ वसई, मैडम जी
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Noor Jahan or NoorJahan was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai, a singer and actress in British India and Pakistan. Her career spanned seven decades. She was renowned as one of the greatest and most influential singers of her time in South Asia and was given the honorific title of Malika-e-Tarannum.
Born into a Punjabi family of musicians, Wasai was pushed by her parents to follow in their musical footsteps and become a singer but she was more interested in acting in films and graced the earliest Pakistani films with her performances. She has recorded about 10,000 songs in various languages of India and Pakistan including Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi and Sindhi languages. Along with Ahmed Rushdi, she holds the highest record of film songs in the history of Pakistani cinema. She is also considered to be the first female Pakistani film director.
In 1957, Jahan was awarded the President's Award for her acting and singing capabilities.
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