Begum Akhtar
Born: 1914-10-07
Begum Akhtar, originally named Akhtari Bai Faizabadi, was born into a once-privileged family in Lucknow, which had seen better days. Despite her father, Asghar Hussein, being a judge who opposed her singing career, it was her mother, Mushtari Begum, a professional singer and tawaif, who recognized A...
