What is Nadira Begum?
{{infobox musical artist | name = Nadira Begum | native_name = নাদিরা বেগম | native_name_lang = bn | death_date = {{death date|2023|11|06|df=y}} | death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh | genre = [[Bhawaiya]] }} '''Nadira Begum''' (died 6 November 2023)<ref name=nomore>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-07 |title=Eminent folk singer Nadira Begum no more |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/music/news/eminent-folk-singer-nadira-begum-no-more-3463671 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi folk singer.<ref name=songs>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-9150|title=Nadira Begum: Popularising and preserving bhawaiya songs|date=2007-10-28|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-02-02}}</ref> She was awarded [[Shilpakala Padak]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newagebd.net/227246/seven-get-shilpakala-padak-2015/|title=Seven get Shilpakala Padak 2015|date=2016-05-04|accessdate=2019-02-01|newspaper=New Age|archive-date=2017-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202011424/http://newagebd.net/227246/seven-get-shilpakala-padak-2015/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was notable for songs like ''Kolo Kolo Cholo Cholo Nodi Kore Tolmolo''.<ref name=nomore/> ==Early life and career== She was born to A.K.M. Abdul Aziz, a classical and folk singer.<ref name=songs/> She was enlisted as a radio artiste in 1960s.<ref name=songs/> Begum was a president of the Bhawaiya Academy.<ref name=songs/> Begum died on 6 November 2023 in [[Dhaka]].<ref name=nomore/> She was buried in [[Joypurhat District]].<ref name=nomore/> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Begum, Nadira}} [[Category:2023 deaths]] [[Category:Folk singers]] [[Category:Bangladeshi singers]] [[Category:Year of birth missing]]