Chirag Pehchan was a 1980s
Bhangra band in the UK, formed by
Amarjit Sidhu and Mangal Singh by merging the two Punjabi bhangra groups Chirag and Pehchan, best remembered for the 1987 classic album ''
Rail Gaddi'', composed by
Kuljit Bhamra
Kuljit Bhamra MBE Hon DMus (born 1959) is a British composer, record producer and musician whose main instrument is the tabla. He is best known as one of the record producers who pioneered the British Bhangra sound and for his many collaborat ...
. Their song ''Rail Gaddi'' was sung by Mangal Singh and became a popular
party piece at the end of Indian weddings, synonymous with ''
Do The Conga'', where wedding guests form lines, pretending to be a train, dancing around the wedding hall.
References
External links
June 2019 Mangal Singh - Rail Gaddi (Official)- Chirag Pehchan 1987
Bhangra (music) musical groups
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