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Published: 30 June 2018

Last Updated: 30 June 2018

I belive this is the first use of the name of this instrument, Dharti Ke Lal song 5

http://hindi-movies-songs.com/joomla/index.php/hindi-films/posted-songs/409-dharti-ke-lal-1946

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Published: 29 June 2018

Last Updated: 30 August 2020

After having learnt that Gauhar Jaan was not the first Disc recording artist of India, an, in fact the first one was not even Indian, it is natural to know more. Here is some info on W S Burke, the first Disc record artist in India.

Turns out that it was not a one-time thing, he cut about 20 more! You can read all about in Volume 7 of the The Record News, a publication of the Society of Indian Record Collector. All the issues are available on my website

http://hindi-movies-songs.com/joomla/index.php/society-of-indian-record-collectors

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Published: 28 June 2018

Last Updated: 28 June 2018

There is only one earlier song with the word 'rumjhum' before this famous one from Tansen (1943), song number 4 here

http://hindi-films-songs.com/tansen.html

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