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Hans Raj Hans is a Punjabi singer from Punjab, India and politician. He is famous for his long golden curly hair and his classical variations in singing. He has been singing folk songs for many years but recently sang a number of Gurbani shabads and dharmic geets (religious songs). He is a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri. Born into a Sikh family at a village called Shafipur near Jalandhar he sings Punjabi folk and Sufi music, has also sung in movies and has also released his own 'Indipop' albums. He has worked alongside other renowned artists such as the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, as seen in the movie Kachche Dhaage. Hans Raj Hans sons Navraj Hans and Yuvraj Hans revealed on their Facebook pages the news/ rumour of their father converting to Islam in February 2014 is bogus, also humbly requested everyone to stop spreading such information 〔https://www.facebook.com/navraj.hans.1?fref=ts〕 〔https://www.facebook.com/iamYuvrajHans/posts/475028412602140:0〕 ==Early life== Hans was born in a village Shafipur very close to Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He is the second son of Sardar Rashpal Singh and Mata Sirjan Kaur. Hans had no musical history in his family, yet he began singing at a young age. He started his career by performing at youth festivals and first became known by winning musical competitions. Hans Raj Hans was born with singing talent. Though he was influenced by a street singer named Sitara Singh, who used to come near his house every day and sing Punjabi devotional songs. He would listen to him every day. Hans was a devotee of Ustad Puran Shahkoti Sahib, from whom he had learned to sing since his teenage years. Ustad Puran Shahkoti Sahib is a Sufi singer and it was because of him that Hans learned to sing in Sufiana style. His guru(teacher) gave him the surname 'Hans'(swan) due to his impressive look and his sweet singing voice like a 'Hans'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hans Raj Hans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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