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Detailed explanation-1: -She sang ghazals and other light classical pieces, in her inimitable style. She has nearly four hundred songs to her credit. She was a regular performer on All India Radio. She usually composed her own ghazals and most of her compositions were raag based.

Detailed explanation-2: -Akhtari Bai Faizabadi is also known as Begum Akhtar, was an Indian singer and actress. Dubbed “Mallika-e-Ghazal” (Queen of Ghazals), she is regarded as one of the greatest singers of ghazal, Dadra, and thumri genres of Hindustani classical music.

Detailed explanation-3: -She gave birth to a girl, Shamima. Mushtari, determined that her daughter would not face the world as an unwed mother, pretended the baby was her own and Shamima became Akhtar’s sister. The singer stood by this story until her death.