Lal chand yamla jatt biography of mahatma

Indian singer

Musical artist

Lal Chand Yamla Jatt (28 March – 20 December ) was a noted Indian folk singer in the Punjabi-language. His trademark was his soft strumming of the tumbi and his turban tying style known traditionally as "Turla".

Many consider him to be the pinnacle of the Punjabi music and an artist who arguably laid the foundation of contemporary Punjabi music in India.^[1]

Early life

He was born to Khera Ram and Harnam Kaur. His birthplace was Chak No. in Lyallpur District now Faisalabad, PunjabPakistan and after partition of India in , he relocated to the Jawahar Nagar area, Ludhiana in India.

He was from Punjabi Batwal family.

Early life of Lal Chand Yamla Jatt - IndiaNetzone.com

He started his musical career with his younger brother, Jas Ballagan. Together they were known as the tota brothers and toured all across Punjab. He was trained in vocal singing by Pandit Dyall and Chaudhry Majid and his writing skills were honed by Sundar Das Aasi. He was married to Ram Rakhi in , with