Raj Mohan (born 28 August 1964), is a Dutch singer and songwriter, who sings in

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. In 2011 he released his first pop album with Sarnami-Bhojpuri lyrics together with Hindi songs and poems which he all wrote and composed himself. It is the first time in Surinamese history that Surinam Bhojpuri is utilized in this contemporary form. Raj Mohan invented the Sarnámi-Bhojpuri Geet in the Geet & Ghazal style which was appreciated worldwide with his album ‘Kantráki’ (2005).

Early life and career

Raj is a 5th generation Bihari - Indian in Suriname, his ancestors were taken to Suriname as indentured labourers by the British. He was raised in

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Nethe ...

, Netherlands and displayed musical talent at an early age. At the age of 12, Mohan moved to the Netherlands from

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

with his parents.

References

Living people 1964 births Bhojpuri playback singers Dutch pop singers Dutch singer-songwriters People from Paramaribo {{Dutch-singer-stub