What is Hiralal Yadav?
[[File:Padma Shri Hiralal Yadav (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Hiralal Yadav''' (1925/1926 – 12 May 2019) was an Indian folk singer. He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]],<ref name=padma>{{cite web |title=List of Padma Awardees 2019 |url=https://padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/2019AwardeesList.pdf |website=Padmaawards.gov.in |publisher=[[Government of India]]}}</ref> the fourth highest civilian award in India in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaturvedi |first1=Ajay |title=70 वां गणतंत्र दिवसः लोक गायकी के सरताज हीरालाल को जीवन की सांझ में मिला पद्न पुरस्कार/ |url=https://www.patrika.com/varanasi-news/padma-shree-to-folk-singer-hiralal-yadav-4038807/ |publisher=Patrika |date=January 26, 2019 |language=Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=PM Modi government recognised my father's talent: Hiralal Yadav's son on Padma Shri award |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/jan/26/pm-modi-government-recognised-my-fathers-talent-hiralal-yadavs-son-on-padma-shri-award-1930438.html |publisher=[[New Indian Express]] |date=January 26, 2016 |access-date=May 13, 2019 |archive-date=May 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513023516/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/jan/26/pm-modi-government-recognised-my-fathers-talent-hiralal-yadavs-son-on-padma-shri-award-1930438.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was awarded the [[Yash Bharti Award]] in 2015. He was born in [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He was best known for his works with [[T-Series]]. Yadav died on 12 May 2019, at a hospital in Varanasi at the age of 93.<ref>[https://wap.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/padma-shri-awardee-bhojpuri-singer-hiralal-yadav-passes-away-at-93-119051200241_1.html Padma Shri Awardee Bhojpuri singer Hiralal Yadav passes away at 93]{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{AllMusic | id=mn0002442990}} * [https://gaana.com/artist/heera-lal-yadav?autoplay=true Heera Lal Yadav's Discography] {{DEFAULTSORT:Yadav, Hiralal}} [[Categor