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| birth_name = Allah Rakhi WasaiThe Nightingale of The EastTHE NIGHTINGALE OF THE EAST; NOOR JEHAN REMEMBERED ON DEATH ANNIVERSARY WEBSITE=BOL NEWS ACCESS-DATE=25 MAY 2022 ARCHIVE-DATE=25 MAY 2022 Queen of HeartsQUEEN OF HEARTS WEBSITE=THE NEWS INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20220525074833/HTTPS://WWW.THENEWS.COM.PK/TNS/DETAIL/921377-QUEEN-OF-HEARTS URL-STATUS=LIVE, Daughter of Nation’NOOR JEHAN INFUSED A NEW SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM, MOTIVATED ARMED FORCES DURING THE 1965 WAR’ >URL=HTTPS://DAILYTIMES.COM.PK/813005/NOOR-JEHAN-INFUSED-A-NEW-SPIRIT-OF-PATRIOTISM-MOTIVATED-ARMED-FORCES-DURING-THE-1965-WAR DATE=7 SEPTEMBER 2021 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20220525075012/HTTPS://DAILYTIMES.COM.PK/813005/NOOR-JEHAN-INFUSED-A-NEW-SPIRIT-OF-PATRIOTISM-MOTIVATED-ARMED-FORCES-DURING-THE-1965-WAR/ URL-STATUS=LIVE, The Nightingale of PunjabHTTPS://WWW.TRIBUNEINDIA.COM/2004/20041219/SPECTRUM/MAIN5.HTM>TITLE=NOOR JEHAN LIVES ON IN HER SONGSDATE=JUNE 18, 2022, df=yes9|21}}Kasur, Punjab Province (British India)>Punjab, British India2000239df=y}}| death_place = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan| partner = | resting_place = Gizri Graveyard, KarachiBritish India {{small>(1926–1947)}} Pakistani people {{small>(1947–2000)}}

• Playback Singer
• Music Composer
• Actress
• Director

{edih}| years_active = 1930 - 2000’’Zeenat (1945 film)’’ (1945)> (1946)Jugnu (1947 film)>Jugnu (1947)Mirza Sahiban (1947 film)>Mirza Sahiban (1947) Chan Wey (1951)>Dupatta (1952)Intezar (1956)>’’Anarkali (Pakistani film) (1958) > Koel’’ (1959) }}

• Filmi
• Ghazal
• Classical music
• Qawwali

{edih}| title = “Malika-e-Tarannum” (Queen of Melody)

• Imdad Ali (father)
• Fateh Bibi (mother)

{edih}

• {{marriage|Shaukat Hussain Rizvi|1941|1953|reason=divorce{edih}
• {{marriage|Ejaz Durrani|1959|1971|reason=divorce}}

}}| children = 6, including Zil-e-Huma, Nazia Ejaz KhanSonya Jehan (Granddaughter)Sikander Rizvi (Grandson)>Ahmad Ali Butt (Grandson)}}| awards = 15 Nigar AwardsPride of Performance (1965)Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (1965)>Sitara-e-Imtiaz (1996)}}}}Noor Jehan, (نور جہاں) sometimes spelled NoorjehanFiroze Rangoonwalla, Indian Filmography, publisher: J. Udeshi, Bombay, August 1970, passim.Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen, Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema, British Film Institute, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2002, pp. 166. (born Allah Rakhi Wasai (Punjabi/}}); 21 September 1926 – 23 December 200minutemirror.com.pk/remembering-legendary-madam-noor-jehan-on-her-97th-birthday/{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}WEB,www.radio.gov.pk/23-12-2022/death-anniversary-of-malika-e-tarannum-noor-jehan-being-observed-today, Death anniversary of Malika-e-Tarannum Noor Jehan observed, Radio Pakistan, September 6, 2023, ) also known by her honorific title Malika-e-Tarannum (Queen of Melody), was a Pakistani playback singer and actress who worked first in British India and then in the cinema of Pakistan. Her career spanned more than six decades (the 1930s–1990s). Considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers in the Indian subcontinent, she was given the honorific title of Malika-e-Tarannum in Pakistan. She had a command of Hindustani classical music as well as other music genres.WEB, Remembering Noor Jehan, Malika-e-Tarannum, DailyO, 22 December 2020,www.dailyo.in/arts/noor-jehan-malika-e-tarranum-pakistani-singer-actress/story/1/34014.html, 21 September 2021, Along with Ahmed Rushdi, she holds the record for having given voice to the largest number of film songs in the history of Pakistani cinema. She recorded about 10,000 songs in various languages, including Urdu, Punjabi, and Sindhi.WEB,dailytimes.com.pk/669198/queen-of-melody-noor-jehan-remembered-on-94th-birth-anniversary/, ‘Queen of Melody’ Noor Jehan remembered on 94th birth anniversary, Daily Times, September 1, 2022, WEB,www.bolnews.com/entertainment/2021/12/noor-jehan-is-being-remembered-on-her-21st-death-anniversary, Noor Jehan is being remembered on her 21st death anniversary, BOL News, July 25, 2022, She sang a total of 2,422 songs in 1,148 Pakistani films during a career that lasted more than half a century.WEB,www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jan/05/guardianobituaries.filmnews, Obituary: Noor Jehan, Azad, Arif, 5 January 2001, the Guardian, en, 8 April 2018, and 69 songs in Bollywood films Noorjehan Filmography at Pakistan fil database She is also considered to be the first female Pakistani film director.{{Citation |title=Remembering the legend of Noor Jehan |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/586167-remembering-the-legend-of-noor-jehan |website=The News International |access-date=22 July 2021}}

Early life

Noor Jehan was born Allah Rakhi Wasai into a Punjabi Muslim family in Kasur, Punjab, British IndiaWEB,freespace.virgin.net/jamal.akbar/noorbiog1.htm, Noor Jehan’s Biography, 4 June 2008, 25 November 2017, dead,freespace.virgin.net/jamal.akbar/noorbiog1.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20080604034301freespace.virgin.net/jamal.akbar/noorbiog1.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20080604034301freespace.virgin.net/jamal.akbar/noorbiog1.htm, 4 June 2008, and was one of the eight children of Imdad Ali and Fateh Bibi.WEB,freespace.virgin.net/jamal.akbar/noorbiog1.htm, Noor Jahan Biography, 29 May 2008,freespace.virgin.net/jamal.akbar/noorbiog1.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20080604034301freespace.virgin.net/jamal.akbar/noorbiog1.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20080604034301freespace.virgin.net/jamal.akbar/noorbiog1.htm, 4 June 2008, , Retrieved 7 July 2015WEB,www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=33048, Noor Jehan : Marsiya Meer Anis, Hamaraforums.com, 25 November 2017,

Career

(File:Yamla Jatt (1940 film).jpg|thumb|Poster of Yamla Jatt (1940) Noor Jehan, M. Ismail, Pran)

Career in British India

(File:Humjoli 1946.jpg|thumb|Noor Jehan in 1946 film Humjoli)Noor Jehan began to sing at the age of six and showed a keen interest in a range of styles, including traditional folk and popular theatre.{{Citation |title=Noor Jahan’s death anniversary observed |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/525322/noor-jahans-death-anniversary-observed-daily-times |website=Daily Times |date=22 December 2019 |access-date=18 June 2021}} Realising her potential for singing, her father sent her to receive early training in classical singing under Ustad Ghulam Mohammad and Kajjanbai.{{Citation |title=Noor Jehan — the unforgettable |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/336321/noor-jehan-the-unforgettable |website=Daily Times |date=22 December 2018 |access-date=26 March 2021}} She started her training at age 11 in Calcutta, where instructors instructed her in the traditions of the Patiala Gharana of Hindustani classical music and the classical forms of thumri, dhrupad, and khyal.{{Citation |title=Trivia: Things to know about the Melody Queen |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/592103/trivia-things-to-know-about-the-melody-queen |website=Dawn News |date=19 December 2010 |access-date=28 December 2020}}{{Citation |title=Noor Jehan: The Queen of Melodies |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/sundaypost/inland/noor-jehan-the-queen-of-melodies-320908 |website=Millennium Post |date=29 September 2018 |access-date=8 July 2021}}At the age of nine, Noor Jehan drew the attention of Punjabi musician Ghulam Ahmed Chishti, who would later introduce her to the stage in Lahore. He composed some ghazals, na`ats, and folk songs for her to perform, although she was keener on breaking into acting or playback singing. Once her vocational training finished, Jehan pursued a career in singing alongside her sister in Lahore, and would usually take part in the live song and dance performances prior to screenings of films in cinemas.Theatre owner Diwan Sardari Lal took the small girl to Calcutta in the early 1930s, and the entire family moved to Calcutta in hopes of developing the movie careers of Allah Wasai and her older sisters, Eiden Bai and Haider Bandi. Mukhtar Begum (not to be confused with actress Sabiha Khanum) encouraged the sisters to join film companies and recommended them to various producers. She also recommended them to her husband, Agha Hashar Kashmiri, who owned a maidan theatre (a tented theatre to accommodate large audiences). It was here that Wasai received the stage name, Baby Noor Jehan. Her older sisters were offered jobs with one of the Seth Sukh Karnani companies, Indira Movietone, and they went on to be known as the Punjab Mail.In 1935, K.D. Mehra directed the Punjabi movie Pind di Kuri, in which Noor Jehan acted along with her sisters and sang the Punjabi song “Langh aja patan chanaan da o yaar,” which became her earliest hit. She then acted in a film called Missar Ka Sitara (1936) by the same company and sang in it for music composer Damodar Sharma. Jehan also played the child role of Heer in the 1937 film Heer-Sayyal . One of her popular songs from that period, “Shala Jawaniyan Maney” is from Dalsukh Pancholi’s Punjabi film Gul Bakawli (1939). All these Punjabi movies were made in Calcutta. After a few years in Calcutta, Jehan returned to Lahore in 1938. In 1939, renowned music director Ghulam Haider composed songs for Jehan which led to her early popularity, and he thus became her early mentor.In 1942, she played the main lead opposite Pran in Khandaan (1942). It was her first role as an adult, and the film was a major success. The success of Khandaan saw her shifting to Bombay, with the director Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. She shared melodies with Shanta Apte in Duhai (1943). It was in this film that Jehan lent her voice for the second time, to another actress named Husn Bano. She married Rizvi later the same year.WEB,upperstall.com/profile/noor-jehan/, Noor Jahan, Upper Stall, 16 November 2017, 21 September 2001, From 1945 to 1947 and her subsequent move to Pakistan, Noor Jehan was one of the biggest film actresses of the Indian Film Industry. Her films: Badi Maa, Zeenat, Gaon Ki Gori (all 1945), (1946), Mirza Sahiban (1947) and Jugnu (1947) were the top-grossing films of the years 1945 to 1947. Mirza Sahiban was her last film released in India in which she was paired opposite Trilok Kapoor, brother of Prithviraj Kapoor.WEB,www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/the-break-in-the-script-how-did-partition-affect-the-film-industry/story-12NhRiWPYwiFKRJyb0ejgN.html, The break in the script: How did Partition affect the film industry?, 13 August 2016, Hindustan Times, en, 25 March 2019, Alongside Suraiya, she was the biggest star in the country before Independence.BOOK, Reuben, Bunny, Follywood Flashback : A Collection of Movie Memories, 1993, Indus, New Delhi, 9788172231064,books.google.com/books?id=YrwaAQAAIAAJ&q=Suraiya+, English, 651858921,

Acting career in Pakistan

In 1947, Rizvi and Jehan decided to move to Pakistan, upon the independence of the British Indian Empire, and had resulted in partition of India. They left Bombay and settled in Karachi with their family.Three years after settling in Pakistan, Jehan starred in her first Pakistani film Chan Wey (1951), opposite Santosh Kumar, which was also her first Pakistani film as a heroine and playback singer. Shaukat Hussain Rizvi and Noor Jehan directed this film together, making Jehan Pakistan’s first female director. It became the highest-grossing film in Pakistan in 1951. Jehan’s second film in Pakistan was Dupatta (1952) which was produced by Aslam Lodhi, directed by Sibtain Fazli and assisted by A. H. Rana as production manager. Dupatta turned out to be an even bigger success than Chan Wey (1951).During 1953 and 1954, Jehan and Rizvi had problems and got divorced due to personal differences. She kept custody of the three children from their marriage. In 1959, she married another film actor, Ejaz Durrani, nine years her junior. Durrani pressured her to give up acting, and her last film as an actress/singer was Ghalib (1961). This contributed to the strengthening of her iconic stature. She gained another audience for herself. Her rendition of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s “Mujhse Pehli Si Mohabbat Mere Mehboob Na Maang” is a unique example of tarranum, reciting poetry as a song with music of Rasheed Attre in the Pakistani film Qaidi (1962). Jehan last acted in Baaji in 1963, though not in a leading role.Jehan bade farewell to film acting in 1963 after a career of 33 years (1930–1963). The pressure of being a mother of six children and the demands of being a wife to another fellow film actor, forced her to give up her career. Jehan made 14 films in Pakistan, ten in Urdu and four in Punjabi as a film actress.

As playback singer

After quitting acting she took up playback singing. She made her debut exclusively as a playback singer in 1960 with the film Salma. Her first initial playback singing for a Pakistani film was for the 1951 film Chann Wey, for which she was the film director herself. She received many awards, including the Pride of Performance in 1965 by the Pakistani Government. She sang a large number of duets with Ahmed Rushdi, Mehdi Hassan, Masood Rana, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Mujeeb Aalam.File:Noor Jehan & Lata Mangeshkar.jpg|thumb|Jehan with singer Lata MangeshkarLata MangeshkarShe had an understanding and friendship with many singers of Asia, for example with Alam Lohar and many more. Jehan made great efforts to attend the “Mehfils” (live concerts) of Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Roshan Ara Begum. Lata Mangeshkar commented on Jehan’s vocal range, that Jehan could sing as low and as high as she wanted, and that the quality of her voice always remained the same. Singing was, for Jehan, not effortless but an emotionally and physically draining exercise.NEWS,www.thefridaytimes.com/beta3/tft/article.php?issue=20121102&page=24, Madam Ji - Part I, Ally Adnan, XXIV, 88, The Friday Times, 16 November 2017, 29 October 2013,www.thefridaytimes.com/beta3/tft/article.php?issue=20121102&page=24," title="web.archive.org/web/20131029192712www.thefridaytimes.com/beta3/tft/article.php?issue=20121102&page=24,">web.archive.org/web/20131029192712www.thefridaytimes.com/beta3/tft/article.php?issue=20121102&page=24, dead, In the 1990s, Jehan also sang for then débutante actresses Neeli and Reema. For this very reason, Sabiha Khanum affectionately called her Sadabahar (evergreen). Her popularity was further boosted with her patriotic songs during the 1965 war between Pakistan and India.In 1971 Madam Noor Jehan visited Tokyo for the World Song Festival as a representative from Pakistan.Jehan visited India in 1982 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Indian talkie movies, where she met Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in New Delhi and was received by Dilip Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar in Bombaywww.youtube.com/watch?v=kCPeMsnLTbA She met all her erstwhile heroes and costars, including Surendra, Pran, Suraiya, composer Naushad and others. The website Women on Record stated: “Noor Jehan injected a degree of passion into her singing unmatched by anyone else. But she left for Pakistan”.In 1991, Vanessa Redgrave invited her to perform at a fundraising event to benefit the children of the Middle East held at Royal Albert Hall London.WEB,dailytimes.com.pk/120092/remembering-madam-ji-one-more-time/, Remembering Madam Ji, one more time, Daily Times, June 24, 2023, Lionel Richie, Bob Geldof, Madonna, Boy George, and Duran Duran were some of the performers at the star-studded event which was attended, amongst many others, by thespian John Gielgud, Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, and Oscar-winning actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft. She has also sung “Saiyan Saadey Naal”, a song of well-known Pakistani folk singer, songwriter and composer {{ill|Akram Rahi|pa|ਅਕਰਮ ਰਾਹੀ}} for the film Dam Mast Kalander/Aalmi Gunday.WEB,pakmag.net/film/details.php?pid=3322, Aalmi Gunday, Pakistan Film Magazine, May 27, 2023,

Personal life

In 1941, Noor Jehan married Shaukat Hussain Rizvi of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.{{Citation |title=Remembering Shaukat Hussain Rizvi on 21st death anniversary |url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/19-Aug-2020/remembering-shaukat-hussain-rizvi-on-21st-death-anniversary |website=Daily Pakistan Global |date=19 August 2020 |access-date=4 March 2021}} In 1947, Shaukat Rizvi decided to migrate to Pakistan, and Noor Jehan moved too, ending her career in India. She next visited India only in 1982. Her marriage to Rizvi ended in 1953 with a divorce; the couple had three children, including their singer daughter Zil-e-Huma.{{Citation |title=Zille Huma passes away |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1106856 |website=Dawn News |date=17 May 2014 |access-date=15 March 2021}}Noor Jehan was also in a relationship with cricketer Nazar Mohammad.{{Citation |title=Madam Noor Jahan And Cricketer Nazar Muhammad Hussain Love Affair {{!}} Madam Noor Jahan Biography |url=https://thepakistantoday.com/madam-noor-jahan-and-cricketer-nazar-muhammad-hussain-love-affair-madam-noor-jahan-biography |website=The Pakistan Today |date=9 November 2020 |access-date=8 March 2021}} She married Ejaz Durrani in 1959.{{Citation |title=Ejaz Durrani, ex-husband of Madam Noor Jehan, passes away in Lahore |url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/01-Mar-2021/ejaz-durrani-ex-husband-of-madam-noor-jehan-passes-away-in-lahore |website=Daily Pakistan Global |date=March 2021 |access-date=20 March 2021}} The second marriage also produced three children but also ended in divorce in 1971.{{Citation |title=Noor fades away from Jehan |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001224/main4.htm |website=The Tribune India |access-date=6 April 2021}} She was also married to actor Yousuf Khan.WEB,www.veethi.com/india-people/shaukat_hussain_rizvi-profile-7522-14.htm, Shaukat Hussain Rizvi,

Last years and death

(File:Noor Jehan’s gravestone.jpg|thumb|Jehan’s gravesite at the Gizri Graveyard near the Saudi Consulate in Karachi)Jehan suffered from chest pains in 1986 on a tour of North America and was diagnosed with angina pectoris, after which she underwent bypass surgery.{{Citation |title=December 23, 2000: Pakistani legend singer Noor Jehan dies |url=https://gulfnews.com/today-history/december-23-2000-pakistani-legend-singer-noor-jehan-dies-1.1642252 |website=Gulf News |date=22 December 2015 |access-date=5 February 2020}} According to her daughter, Shazia Hassan, she was suffering from chronic kidney disease in her last years and was on dialysis.{{Citation |title=Did you know Dilip Kumar visited Noor Jehan days before she passed away? |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/860836-did-you-know-dilip-kumar-visited-noor-jehan-days-before-she-passed-away |website=The News International |access-date=20 March 2020}} In 2000, Jehan was hospitalised at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, and suffered a heart attack. On 23 December 2000 (night of 27 Ramadan), Jehan died as a result of heart failure. Her funeral took place at Jamia Masjid Sultan, Karachi and was attended by over 400,000 people.{{Citation |title=Remembering Noor Jehan on her death anniversary |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/173592-rememb |website=Geo News |access-date=15 February 2020}} She was buried at the {{Ill|Gizri Graveyard|WD=Q122311667|short=yes}} in Karachi. When she died, then President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf said that “She deserves a state funeral”. He ordered her funeral be taken to Lahore from Karachi, but her daughters insisted on burying her in Karachi on the night she died. In the wake of her death, a famous Indian writer and poet, Javed Akhtar, in an interview in Mumbai, said that “In the worst conditions of our relations with Pakistan in 53 years, in a very hostile atmosphere, our cultural heritage has been a common bridge. Noor Jehan was one such durable bridge. My fear is that her death may have shaken it.“{{Citation |title=Noor Jehan remembered on 17th death anniversary |url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/12/23/noor-jehan-remembered-on-17th-death-annivers |website=Pakistan Today |date=23 December 2017 |access-date=2 January 2020}}

Awards and honours

Noor Jehan received more than 15 Nigar Awards for Best Female Playback Singer, eight for Best Urdu Singer Female and the rest for Punjabi Playback. She has also received the Millennium Singer Award in Pakistan.{{Citation |title=Noor Jehan: The Undisputed Queen Of Melody |url=https://tribune.com.pk/article/25431/noor-jehan-the-undisputed-queen-of-melody |website=The Express Tribune |date=23 December 2014 |access-date=4 February 2021}}

• In 1945, for the film Zeenat, she was awarded a gold medal by Z.A. Bukhari.NEWS,www.travel-culture.com/pakistan/music/noor-jehan.shtml, Noor Jehan - History of Music in Pakistan, Panhwar, Jamal, Travel and Culture Services, 30 April 2018,
• Noor Jehan was ranked eighth in a list of Most Influential Pakistanis.NEWS,herald.dawn.com/news/1153840, Most influential Pakistani after Jinnah, Khan, Momina Manzoor, 28 August 2017, Herald Magazine, 7 March 2018, en-US,
• Mohammad Rafi always wished to make duets with her. Asha Bhosle, a Bollywood playback singer, stated in an interview:{{shy}}

• British weekly newspaper Eastern Eye ranked Noor Jehan at 16th in a list of 20 Bollywood singers of all time. The entertainment editor of Eastern Eye wrote that:

• In 1945, she became the first woman in the subcontinent to sing Qawwali in the film Zeenat.BOOK,www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=150&catName=MTk0NQ==, Top Earners 1945, Box Office India, 26 September 2011,www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=150&catName=MTk0NQ==," title="web.archive.org/web/20131016215819www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=150&catName=MTk0NQ==,">web.archive.org/web/20131016215819www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=150&catName=MTk0NQ==, 16 October 2013, dead, American Queen of Pop Madonna commented that, “I can copy every singer but not Noor Jehan”.WEB,assignmentpoint.com/biography-of-noor-jehan, Biography of Noor Jehan, Assignment Point, 14 May 2022,
• In 1957, she received President’s Award for her acting and singing in film Intezaar. It was the same film for which Khwaja Khurshid Anwar also received President’s Award for Best Music Director.NEWS,scroll.in/article/756301/indias-loss-pakistans-gain-the-journey-of-singing-great-noor-jehan-after-1947, India’s loss, Pakistan’s gain: The journey of singing great Noor Jehan after 1947, Bali, Karan, Scroll.in, 2 June 2018, en-US,
• In 1965, she received Special Nigar Award for her wartime songs.{{Citation |title=Showtime: A Brief History of the Nigar Awards |url=https://www.youlinmagazine.com/article/showtime-a-brief-history-of-the-nigar-awards/MTk4OQ== |website=Youlin Magazine |access-date=13 April 2021}}
• In 1965, she was awarded Pride of Performance by the President of Pakistan for her singing and acting capabilities.{{Citation |title=FLASHBACK: THE SONGS THAT REFUSED TO DIE |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1410338 |website=Dawn News |date=27 May 2018 |access-date=13 March 2021}}
• She became the Second Pakistani Female Vocalist after Roshan Ara Begum to receive Pride of Performance.{{Citation |title=Noor Jehan; Pakistan’s ‘Melody Queen’ |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-25-me-4512-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=25 December 2000 |access-date=24 January 2021}}
• In 1965, she received Tamgha-e-Imtiaz from the army for her moral support in the Indo-Pak war.{{Citation |title=’Malika-e-Tarannum’ Noor Jehan remembered on 19th death anniversary |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/587669-malika-e-tarannum-noor-jehan-remembered-on-19th-death-anniversary |website=The News International |access-date=1 June 2021}}
• In 1972, she received Silver Disc Award for Best Ghazal Singer followed by Farida Khanum and Roshan Ara Begum was the first to receive the award.WEB,www.youlinmagazine.com/article/khawaja-najamul-hassan-remembers-farida-khanum-the-queen-of-ghazal-part-iii/MjE4Nw==, Khawaja Najamul Hassan Remembers Farida Khanum: The Queen of Ghazal: Part III, Youlin Magazine, 10 April 2022,
• She was the only Pakistani singer to sing with the Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum.WEB,www.thefridaytimes.com/beta3/tft/article.php?issue=20130531&page=26, The songstress, www.thefridaytimes.com, 10 April 2018, {{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• In 1981, she received Special Nigar Award for her excellence in 30 years of her career in Pakistan.{{Citation |title=The Nightingale Of The East; Noor Jehan Remembered On Death Anniversary |url=https://www.bolnews.com/entertainment/2020/12/noor-jehan-remembered-on-death-anniversary |website=BOL News |date=23 December 2020 |access-date=24 March 2021}}
• In 1987, she received NTM Life Time Achievement Award.{{Citation |last=Inaam Nadeem |title=Anniversary Special Noor Jehan In Award Ceremony |date=11 December 2008 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ixSsiVaoHQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/6ixSsiVaoHQ |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=9 April 2018}}{{cbignore}}
• In 1991, she became the first Pakistani singer to sing at the Royal Albert Hall London.{{Citation |title=Noor Jehan: The queen of millions of hearts across generations |url=https://herald.dawn.com/news/1153864 |website=The Herald Dawn |date=21 September 2017 |access-date=27 April 2021}}
• In 1996, she received Sitara-e-Imtiaz.BOOK,books.google.com/books?id=Ol9C3lhd01QC&q=noor+jehan+sitara+e+imtiaz+1996&pg=PA199, Who’s Who: Music in Pakistan, A, Sheikh, M., 26 April 2012, Xlibris Corporation, 9781469191591, en,
• In 1998, she received PTV Life Time Achievement Award.{{Citation |title=PTV Awards 1998 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ6o5shu2Tw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/xZ6o5shu2Tw |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live |website=PTV (News) |access-date=29 June 2021}}{{cbignore}}
• In 1999, she received Millennium Award for her services to Pakistani cinema.
• In January 2000, Pakistan Television PTV gave her the title of Voice of Century.{{Citation |last=Historical Archives |title=Last Telephonic Interview of Noor Jahan with Zill-e-Huma, January 2000 |date=30 January 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3miNA7n8mY |access-date=9 April 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}
• In 2002, she received First Lux Life Time Achievement Award.{{Citation |title=Lux Style Awards: A legacy of strong values led by strong women |url=https://www.somethinghaute.com/lux-style-awards-a-legacy-of-strong-values-led-by-strong-women |website=Something Haute |date=7 July 2019 |access-date=17 February 2021}}
• In August 2014, she was declared as the Greatest Female Singer Of Pakistan of all times.{{Citation |title=Legendary Begum Noor Jehan amongst 20 Greatest Bollywood Singer |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/76755-legendary-begum-noor-jehan-amongst-20-greatest-bollywood-singer |website=The News International |access-date=2 July 2021}}
• In August 2017, she was ranked at the top of Female Pakistani Singers.WEB,www.asian-women-magazine.com/entertainment/music/top-10-pakistani-female-singers-best-pakistani-singers.php, Top 10 Pakistani Female Singers – Best Pakistani Singers, www.asian-women-magazine.com, en-US, 10 April 2018,
• She also retained the designation Cultural Ambassador of Pakistan.{{Citation |title=The cultural industry |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/722204-the-cultural-industry |website=The News International |access-date=12 July 2021}}
• On 21 September 2017, Google Doodle commemorated her 91st birthday.WEB,www.google.com/doodles/noor-jehans-91st-birthday, Noor Jehan’s 91st Birthday, 21 September 2017,

Filmography

Films{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year !! Film!Notes|1935Pind Di KudiPREMCHAND URL=HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=ZJCBDWAAQBAJ&DQ=%22NOOR+JAHAN%22&PG=PT64 DATE=27 DECEMBER 2018 ISBN=978-1-64429-877-0, en, |as Child artistSheela (film)>Sheela||1936|Misr Ka Sitara|as Child artist|1937|Heer-Sayyal|as Child artistGul-E-Bakawali (film)>Gul Bakawli||Imandaar||Pyam-e-Haq||1936|Gul-e-Bakawali|as Child artistSajani (1940 film)>Sajani||Yamla Jat||Chaudhry||Red Signal||Umeed||Susral||Chandani||Dheeraj||Faryad|Khandan (1942 film)>Khandan|Shot in Lahore. Second Highest Grossing Indian Film of 1942|Naadaan||Duhai|Naukar (1943 film)>Naukar|Fifth Highest Grossing Indian Film of 1943Lal Haveli (film)>Lal Haveli|Dost (1944 film)>Dost|Zeenat (1945 film)>Zeenat|Highest Grossing Indian Film of 1945|Gaon Ki Gori|Second Highest Indian Grossing Film of 1945Badi Maa (1945 film)>Badi Maa|Third Highest Grossing Indian Film of 1945|Bhai Jaan|Surendra (actor))Dil (1946 film)>Dil|Humjoli (1946 film)>Humjoli||Sofia||Maharana Pratap||Mirza Sahibaan|Fourth Highest Grossing Indian Film of 1947Jugnu (1947 film)>Jugnu|Highest Grossing Indian Film of 1947 (with Dilip Kumar)|Abida||Mirabai||Chanway|First Film in Pakistan, Biggest Hit of 1951Dopatta (1952 film)>Dopatta|Biggest Hit of 1952 in Pakistan|Gulnar||Patey Khan||Lakt-e-Jigar|(released 17 February 1956)Intezaar (1956 film)>Intezaar|(released 12 May 1956)|Nooran|(released 30 May 1957)|Choo mantar|Anarkali (1958 film)>Anarkali|(released 6 June 1958)|Neend|(released 16 October 1959)|Pardaisan|Koel (film)>Koel|(released 24 December 1959)Ghalib (film)>Ghalib|(released 24 November 1961)Baaji (1963 film)>Baaji |(released 3 May 1963)|Danda Peer||Dam Mast Kalander/Aalmi Gunday|(released 27 September 1996)

In popular culture

• In Pakistani film, Manto the role of Jehan was played by Saba Qamar.WEB,www.hipinpakistan.com/news/1147844, Revealing Saba Qamar’s look as Madam Noor Jahan for ‘Manto’, 7 September 2015, 11 April 2022, WEB,images.dawn.com/news/1173686, 11 Pakistani biopics that need to be made right now, 11 February 2020, Images by Dawn (newspaper), Dawn, Zoya Anwer,
• In 2022, Pakistani television actress Ayeza Khan tribute to Jehan by adapting her look in TV drama Laapata.WEB,images.dawn.com/news/1187937, Ayeza Khan pays tribute to her ‘forever idol’ Madam Noor Jehan with a stunning photoshoot, 2 July 2021, DAWN Images,
• In 2022, a commemorative tribute to Jehan featured within the ‘FaceoftheMonth’ series by Indian film scholar, Ashish Dwivedi, published in The Edge Magazine.WEB,theedgesusu.co.uk/film/archive-comment/2022/12/23/ashishs-faceofthemonth-noor-jehan/, Ashish’s FaceoftheMonth: Noor Jehan, 23 December 2022, Ashish Dwivedi,

References

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External links

• {{IMDb name|id=0420451|name=Noor Jehan Biography}}, Retrieved 16 November 2017
• NEWS,www.dawn.com/news/377970/islamabad-rich-tributes-paid-to-noor-jehan, ISLAMABAD: Rich tributes paid to Noor Jehan, 24 December 2004, Dawn, 16 November 2017,
• NEWS,www.dawn.com/weekly/images/archive/020210/images6.htm, The Melody Queen lives on, 10 February 2002, Shanaz, Ramzi, 16 November 2017,www.dawn.com/weekly/images/archive/020210/images6.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20090212092048www.dawn.com/weekly/images/archive/020210/images6.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20090212092048www.dawn.com/weekly/images/archive/020210/images6.htm, 12 February 2009, Dawn, dead,

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