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The Modern Era
The industrial and imperial centuries: inventors, statesmen, artists, and the makers of the modern world.
Modern era
Malika Pukhraj
1912 – February 4, 2004
Pakistani singer
Modern era
Suraiya Multanikar
b. August 30, 1940
Pakistani singer
Modern era
Ustad Amanat Ali Khan
1922 – September 17, 1974
Pakistani singer
Modern era
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
1935 – January 4, 2017
Pakistani singer (1935–2017)
Modern era
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
April 2, 1902 – April 23, 1968
Indian singer (1902-1968)
Modern era
Alla Rakha
April 29, 1919 – February 3, 2000
Indian tabla player (1919–2000)
Modern era
Bismillah Khan
March 21, 1916 – August 21, 2006
Indian shehnai player (1916–2006)
Modern era
Ali Akbar Khan
April 14, 1922 – June 18, 2009
Hindustani musician (1922–2009)
Modern era
Vilayat Khan
August 28, 1928 – March 13, 2004
Indian musician (1928–2004)
Modern era
Shivkumar Sharma
January 13, 1938 – May 10, 2022
Indian classical musician (1938–2022)
Modern era
Bhimsen Joshi
February 4, 1922 – January 24, 2011
Indian Hindustani classical vocalist (1922–2011)
Modern era
M. S. Subbulakshmi
September 16, 1916 – December 11, 2004
Indian Carnatic classical vocalist (1916–2004)
Modern era
Jagjit Singh
January 1, 1944 – November 16, 2010
Field hockey player (1944–2010)
Modern era
Talat Mahmood
February 24, 1924 – May 9, 1998
Indian singer (1924–1998)
Modern era
Mukesh (singer)
July 22, 1923 – August 27, 1976
Indian playback singer (1923-1976)
Modern era
Manna Dey
May 1, 1919 – October 24, 2013
Indian playback singer, music director, musician and vocalist (1919–2013)
Modern era
Geeta Dutt
November 23, 1930 – July 20, 1972
Indian playback singer (1930–1972)
Modern era
Shamshad Begum
April 14, 1919 – April 23, 2013
Indian singer (1919-2013)
Modern era
Suraiya
June 15, 1929 – January 31, 2004
Indian actress and singer (1929-2004)
Modern era
K. L. Saigal
April 4, 1904 – January 18, 1947
Indian singer and actor (1904–1947)
Modern era
S. D. Burman
October 1, 1906 – October 31, 1975
Indian singer and composer (1906–1975)
Modern era
R. D. Burman
June 27, 1939 – January 4, 1994
Indian musician (1939–1994)
Modern era
Naushad
December 25, 1919 – May 5, 2006
Indian composer (1919–2006)
Modern era
Ilaiyaraaja
b. June 2, 1943
Indian film composer & singer
Modern era
K. J. Yesudas
b. January 10, 1940
Indian playback singer and musician from Kerala.
Modern era
Waheed Murad
October 2, 1938 – November 23, 1983
Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer (1938–1983)
Modern era
Sabiha Khanum
October 16, 1935 – June 13, 2020
Pakistani actress
Modern era
Nadeem Baig
b. July 19, 1941
Pakistani actor
Modern era
Sultan Rahi
June 24, 1938 – January 9, 1996
Pakistani actor (1938–1996)
Modern era
Mustafa Qureshi
b. May 11, 1938
Pakistani actor
Modern era
Munawar Zarif
December 25, 1940 – April 29, 1976
Pakistani comedian and film actor (1940-1976)
Modern era
Rangeela (comedian)
January 1, 1937 – May 24, 2005
Pakistani actor
Modern era
Lehri (comedian)
January 2, 1929 – September 13, 2012
Pakistani actor and comedian
Modern era
Zia Mohyeddin
June 20, 1931 – February 13, 2023
Pakistani actor (1931–2023)
Modern era
Qavi Khan
November 15, 1942 – 2023
Pakistani film and television actor (1942-2023)
Modern era
Madhubala
February 14, 1933 – February 23, 1969
Indian actress (1933–1969)
Modern era
Nargis
June 1, 1929 – May 3, 1981
Indian actress (1929–1981)
Modern era
Waheeda Rehman
b. May 14, 1938
Indian actress
Modern era
Shashi Kapoor
March 18, 1938 – December 4, 2017
Indian film actor and producer (1938–2017)
Modern era
Shammi Kapoor
October 21, 1930 – August 14, 2011
Indian actor (1930-2011)
Modern era
Rajesh Khanna
December 29, 1942 – July 18, 2012
Indian actor and film producer (1942–2012)
Modern era
Ritwik Ghatak
November 4, 1925 – February 6, 1976
Indian Bengali filmmaker and script writer (1925–1976)
Modern era
Bimal Roy
July 12, 1909 – January 8, 1966
Indian film director (1909–1966)
Modern era
Mehboob Khan
1906 – May 28, 1964
Film director (1906–1964)
Modern era
K. Asif
June 14, 1922 – March 9, 1971
Indian director (1922–1971)
Modern era
Saif Ali Janjua
April 25, 1922 – October 10, 1948
Pakistani engineer
Modern era
Tufail Mohammad
June 22, 1914 – August 17, 1958
Military officer in Pakistan army, recipient of highest military award, Nishan-e-Haider
Modern era
Muhammad Akram
April 4, 1938 – 1971
Nishan-e-Haider Pakistan Army officer
Modern era
Shabbir Sharif
April 28, 1943 – December 6, 1971
Pakistani soldier (1943-1971)
Modern era
Muhammad Mahmood Alam
July 6, 1935 – March 18, 2013
Pakistani military leader
Modern era
Saiful Azam
1941 – June 14, 2020
Bangladeshi fighter pilot
Modern era
Hoshu Sheedi
1801 – March 24, 1843
Sindh Army commander
Modern era
Hemu Kalani
March 23, 1923 – January 21, 1943
Revolutionary of British India (1923–1943)
Modern era
Amir Mehdi
1930 – 1999
Pakistani mountaineer and porter
Modern era
Ashraf Aman
b. January 15, 1938
Pakistani mountain climber
Modern era
Dyal Singh Majithia
1848 – 1898
Indian banker and activist (1848-1898)
Modern era
Hakim Mohammed Said
January 20, 1920 – October 17, 1998
Pakistani medical researcher, scholar, philanthropist, and governor of Sindh Province (1920–1998)
Modern era
Akhter Hameed Khan
July 15, 1914 – October 9, 1999
Development activist, social scientist (1914–1999)
Modern era
Annemarie Schimmel
April 7, 1922 – January 26, 2003
German scholar of Islam (1922-2003)
Modern era
Bhai Ram Singh
1858 – 1916
Indian architect