Mohammad Rafi was born on December 24, 1924 and died on July 31, 1990

Mohammed Rafi's nickname was Pheeko

He originally belonged to Kotla Sultan Singh, a village in Amritsar district and he later moved to Lahore with his family

At the age of 13, Mohammed Rafi made his first public appearance in Lahore where he featured K. L. Saigal

In 1944, Mohammed Rafi made his playback singing debut in Lahore along with Zeenat Begum in a duet, 'Soniye Nee, Heeriye Nee'. He was also invited by All India Radio Ladhore to sing for them

Mohammed Rafi debuted in Hindi films in 1945 with the film Gaon Ki Gori
In 1948, after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, Husanlal Bhagatram, Rajendra Krishan and Mohammed Rafi created the song, 'Suno Suno Ae Duniyawalon, Bapuji Ki Amar Kahani' overnight. Mohammed Rafi was even invited by Jawaharlal Nehru to sing at his house

Mohammed Rafi has sung about 25000 near about Hindi songs, 4000 about other language songs and about 328 personal songs

Mohammed Rafi sang in many languages which include Assamese, Konkani, Bhojpuri, English, Persian, Dutch, Spanish, Telugu, Maithili, Urdu, Gujarati, Punjabi, Marathi, Bengali etc.

Mohammed Rafi's burial was one of the largest funeral processions in India as over 40,000 people attended his burial in MUMBAI @ MAHIM .it was heavy raining

In July 2011, over 9,000 musical tributes were organised to celebrate his death anniversary
Mohammad Rafi's 'Baharon Phool Barsao' was voted as the most popular Hindi song in BBC Asia Network poll

Mohammed Rafi received about six Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award
In a survey conducted by CNN-IBN, Mohammed Rafi was voted as the greatest voice of Hindi Cinema

In 1948, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru honoured Rafi with a silver medal

In 1967, the Government of India awarded Mohammed Rafi with Padma Shri award

LYRICS AS-
Yuan to ham ne laakh hasin dekhe hain, tumasaa nahin dekhaa

uf ye najr, uf ye adaa
kaun n ab hogaa fidaa
julfen hain yaa badaliyaaan, aankhe hain yaa bijaliyaaan
jaane kis kis ki ayegi kajaa

tum bhi hasin, rut bhi hasin
aj ye dil bas men nahi
raasten khaamosh hain, dhadkanen madahosh hain
piye bin aj hamen chadhaa hai nashaa

tum n agar bologe sanam
mar to nahin jaayenge ham
yaa pari, yaa hur ho, itane kyo magarur ho
maan ke to dekho kabhi kisi kaa kahaa

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