Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

Which of the following vocalists of Calcutta was the first artist of the sub-continent to record on the gramophone commercially in November 1902?

Options:

Suchitra Mitra

Gauhar Jaan

Sandhya Mukhopadhyay

Lata Mangeshkar

Correct Answer:

Gauhar Jaan

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Gauhar Jaan

The first artist of the sub-continent to record on the gramophone commercially in November 1902, Gauhar Jaan was a diva and a super-star of her times. Born an Armenian Christian and baptized as Eileen Angelina Yeoward, she converted to Islam and established herself as a leading vocalist of Calcutta.