Master Madan

Master Madan (Gurmukhi: ਮਾਸਟਰ ਮਦਨ; 28 December 1927 – 5 June 1942) was a talented Ghazal and geet singer of India of pre-independence era. During his life, he only recorded eight songs, and these are now commonly available. He was born on 28 December 1927, in Khan Khana, a village in District Jalandhar District (now Nawanshahar) of the Punjab.^[1] This village was founded by reputed courtier of Akbar, Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana, who was a prolific writer. He died on 5 June 1942,^[1] reportedly due to mercury poisoning of his milk while at Shimla.

His eight songs are:

• Bagaan wich peengan paiyaan (Punjabi)
• Raavi de parle kandey (Punjabi)
• Yun naa reh reh kar hamein tarsaaiye (Urdu Ghazal)
• Heyrat se tak rahaay hain jahane wafaa mujhe (Urdu Ghazal)
• Goree goree baiyaan (Thumri)
• Mori bintee mano kanha re (Thumri)
• Man ki man hi mahi rahi (Gurbani)
• Chetnaa hei to chet le (Gurbani)