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Enjoy this magazine from the Silent Era (October 1930, 94 years ago).

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This word does come in a film the early thirties, but I do not have that song. Listen to the first song from Dev Anand's first film

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

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Rafi 53

In 1936, All India Radio started to publish a magazine containing feature articles and a program guide for all the stations. It was called The Indian Listener. Here is the program guide for the Bombay station for Saturday, Jan 25, 1936. I have no doubt that the Shamshadbai shown here is non other than Saira Bano's maternal grandmother, of course, not to be confused with Shamshad Begum from Lahore.

Radio Mag

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