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TODAY IS LIVING LEGEND NARENDRA SINGH NEGI! SOCIAL MEDIA AFLOAT WITH GREETINGS
Today is Garh Gaurav, the living legend of Uttarakhand Narendra Singh Negi’s 70th birth anniversary. Adored and revered by millions of his fans and admirers all over the country and different parts of the globe where the inhabitants of Uttarakhand have their sizeable population, septuagenerian Narendra Singh Negi is a most popular singing, literally and intellectual legend of the 18 year old state of Uttarakhand.
Having come out of the critical cardiac arrest a year and a half ago after having been operated for the critical cardilogical ailment at Max Hospital, Dehradun, Narendra Singh Negi has so far sung hundreds of thousands of songs in Garhwali and Kumaoni dialects and written lyrics mesmerising one and all globally with his melodious voice and magnificient music. How popular, adored and respected is he, in his community of Uttarakhand globally can be gauged from the fact that when Negi was in a critical condition addmitted in Max hospital, Dehradun billions of his fans across spectrum searched him in the google exceeding the popularity chart of even prime minister Narendra Modi as revealed in various newspapers of Uttarakhand.
Originally hailing from Pauri Gaon, in Pauri Garhwal district iconic figure Negi has written and sung songs with his self composed music of various subjects of socio cultural, educational and political relevence on issues like environment, education to the poor, development, water scarcity, romance, prevailing corruption and for the promotion and preservance of local dialet, languages and culture. Heart throb of millions, Garh Ratn Narendra singh Negi’s songs are heard in each and every house, marriage and other social functions day in and day out.
His one of the most popular songs’ that got prime coverage in the prestigious India Today magazine titled ‘” NAUCHAMI NARENA,” against the then Congress government led by veteran Congressman N. D. Tiwari did a record sales in billions which also led to the dethroning of Tiwari from power in Uttarakhand about more than a decade’s ago. Grand father of a grandson Negi has during his entire singing career has so far made thousands of CDs and visual’s of Pahari songs having been sold in millions and heard nationally amongst the Utarakhand community. He jas also contributed tremendously in preserving and promoting the Uttarakhandi culture, ethos, languages n dialets. Hats off to him. Wishing him all thevery best in all his futute endeavours.