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Rafiq Ghaznavi (
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'' British Indian musician and actor, known for his contributions in
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's Taqdeer (1943), film
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He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore. Rafiq Ghaznavi's ancestors originally comes from
Ghazni, Afghanistan Ghazni ( prs, غزنی, ps, غزني), historically known as Ghaznain () or Ghazna (), also transliterated as Ghuznee, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana ( gr, Αλεξάνδρεια Ωπιανή), is a city in southeastern Afghanistan ...
. After partition of India in 1947, he migrated to Lahore, Pakistan. Later, he moved to
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, Pakistan. In Pakistan, he composed music for director Ashfaq Malik's film Parwaaz (1954) and director Aziz Ahmed's film Mandi (1956). He later joined
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and dedicated himself exclusively to Radio programs as a music director. He died in
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at the age of 67 on 2 March 1974.


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1907 births 1974 deaths 20th-century Indian male singers 20th-century Indian singers Pakistani playback singers Pakistani male film actors Indian male film actors 20th-century Pakistani male singers Pakistani composers Radio personalities from Karachi Pakistani radio personalities {{Pakistan-film-bio-stub