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Birth name	(1925-09-21)21 September 1925 Kasur, Punjab, British India
Died	23 December 2000(2000-12-23) (aged 75) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Genres	Filmi ghazal classical music qawwali
Occupation(s)	1935–1997

Noor Jehan^[2][3] (Urdu: نور جہاں‎, born Allah Rakhi Wasai; 21 September 1925 – 23 December 2000), also known by her honorific title Malika-e-Tarannum (Urdu: ملکہ ترنّم‎, the queen of melody), was a Pakistani singer and actress who worked first in British India and then in Pakistan. Her career spanned more than six decades (1930s–1990s). She was renowned as one of the greatest and most influential singers of all time especially throughout South Asia and was given the honorific title of Malika-e-Tarannum in Pakistan.^[3] She had a great command of Hindustani classical music as well as other genre of music.Born into a family with music traditions, Noor Jehan was pushed by her parents to follow in their musical footsteps and become a singer, but she was more interested in acting in films. She recorded over 18,000 songs in various languages of India and Pakistan including Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and also in Persian. 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 is also thought to be one of the most prolific singers of all time, alongside her protégé: renowned Indian playback singer Lata Mangeshkar. She is also considered to be the first female Pakistani film director.Noor Jehan was awarded the Pakistan's Pride of Performance by President Ayub Khan in 1965 for her acting and singing capabilities, especially for passionately singing patriotic songs during Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Moreover, she also received some of the highest Pakistani civilian awards Tamgha-e-Imtiaz and Sitara-e-Imtiaz.Noor Jehan received the Life Time Achievement Award twice, once in 1987, and again in 2002, after her death.