Amar singh shonki biography of george

Musical artist

Amar Singh Shaunki (15 August 1916 – 14 August 1981), also spelled as Amar Singh Shonki, was a Dhadi singer of Punjab, India.^[1][2][3]

Early life

Shaunki was born as Amar Singh on 15 August 1916, in a Sikh family to father Sardar Moola Singh, in the village of Bhajjlan (now Hoshiarpur district) in British Punjab (British India).^[1][2] He hailed from a farmer family and never went to school^[4] but learned Punjabi (Gurmukhi) from the other educated persons.^[1] He got married and had three sons, Sawraj Singh, Jaspal Singh and Pargat Singh.^[4]

Career

He was very much interested in folk music from his childhood and learned it from Sant Baba Maan Singh of Sialkot.^[4] At first he sang under last name Mast but as started singing with Dhadd and Sarangi and made a team with Sarwan Singh and Mohan Singh Binda, he fixed Shaunki as his last name.^[1&