Master Muhammad Ibrahim ( sd, استاد محمد ابراهيم) was a Sindhi-language classical singer.

Early life and career

Muhammad Ibrahim was born on 13 June 1920 in Siliya village in the Kutch district of

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. He migrated to

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from a village near Siliya in

in 1942 at the age of 21. He joined Radio Pakistan

in 1948. Later in 1955, he moved to Radio Pakistan

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as a music composer. It is said that Ustad

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, Ustad

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and Master Muhammad Ibrahim revolutionized Sindhi music in the early days after the

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in 1947 by setting new trends and styles.Ustad Muhammad Ibrahim, a legendary singer
The Sindh Times (newspaper), Published 3 May 2018, Retrieved 22 July 2019 In 2016, on his 39th death anniversary, an event was arranged at the

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in Karachi to pay tributes to him. His son claimed at this event that Master Muhammad Ibrahim was one of the singers that sang the first national anthem ever recorded in Pakistan.

Awards and recognition

He was awarded ''Shah Latif Award'' posthumously in 2007 (30 years after his death).

References

1920 births 1977 deaths Sindhi-language singers Pakistani people of Gujarati descent 20th-century Pakistani male singers 20th-century Pakistani singers Recipients of Latif Award Pakistani folk singers {{Pakistan-bio-stub