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New Delhi: Folk singer and Padma Bhushan awardee Sharda Sinha, 72, who was battling a rare blood cancer, died Tuesday evening at AIIMS Delhi, a statement from the hospital said..
Ms Sharda Sinha expired at 9.20 pm due to refractory shock as a result of septicemia, AIIMS said.. Earlier, in the day, support from fans and well-wishers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, poured in after her son, Anshuman, asked people to pray for her recovery...
Sinha, who is known as Bihar Kokila (cuckoo of Bihar) and whose Chhath Puja songs are played as a ritual, was fighting multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer...
She sang Kahe Tose Sajna inMaine Pyar Kiya(1989), Babul Jo Tumne Sikhaya inHum Aapke Hain Koun (1994), and Taar Bijli Se Patle Hamaare Piya in Gangs of Wasseypur(2012). Recently, she also sang the song Nirmohiyafor the popular web seriesMaharani(2022-present), starring Huma Qureshi and Sohum Shah..
But she is most remembered forChhath songslike Ho Deenanath, Pahile Pahil Chhathi Maiya, Bahangi Lachakat Jaaye Roje Roje Ugelaa, and Suna Chhathi Maai...
