His paternal great-great-grandfather, General Ahmed Jan, was from Afghanistan and a military advisor to king Abdur Rahman Khan. Adnan's father served as a Pakistan Air Force pilot, before becoming a senior bureaucrat and serving as Pakistan's ambassador to 14 countries. His father, Arshad Sami Khan, was a Pakistani Pashtun while his mother Naureen Khan was an Indian from Jammu. He was raised and educated in the United Kingdom. Sami was born in London, England on 15 August 1971. He was awarded the Padma Shri on 26 January 2020. The Times of India has called him the "Sultan of Music". He was born to Arshad Sami Khan, a Pakistani Air Force veteran and diplomat of Pashtun origin, and Naureen, who was originally from the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. He was raised and educated in the United Kingdom and spent his life in Canada. A review in the US-based Keyboard magazine described him as the fastest keyboard player in the world and called him the keyboard discovery of the nineties. He has been credited as "the first musician to have played the santoor and Indian classical music on the piano". His most notable instrument is the piano. He has been awarded with Padma Shri (India's fourth highest civilian award) for his remarkable contribution in music. He performs Indian and Western music, including for Hindi movies. India also granted citizenship to Pakistani British singer Adnan Sami in January.Adnan Sami Khan (born 15 August 1971) is an Indian singer, musician, music composer, and pianist. Agha’s mother Nasreen was also the heroine of the 1946 film Shahjehan, opposite K L Saigal.Īgha had requested the Indian government to take her Indian roots into consideration in granting her an OCI card. Mehra’s wife famous singer Anwari Begum was Salma Agha’s grandmother. But no Pakistani or Bangladeshi whose parents, grandparents or great grandparents were or are Indian citizen is eligible for an OCI card.Īgha has been granted the OCI card because her maternal grandfather was noted Indian actor Jugal Kishore Mehra. The OCI card is given to anyone who is a child, grandchild or a great grandchild of Indian citizen. The 59-year-old Agha has sung for many Bollywood films and won Filmfare best female playback award in 1982 for her song ‘Dil Ke armaan aansuon me beh gaye’ in the film ‘Nikaah’. This entitles her to Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card. Singer actress Salma Agha, who was born in Pakistan and is now a British citizen, has been Indian oversees citizenship by the Indian government. Salma Agha is maternal granddaughter of noted Indian actor Jugal Kishore Mehra and her mother Nasreen was the heroine of the 1946 film Shahjehan, opposite K L Saigal
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