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  1. Pratima Barua Pandey (3 October 1934 – 27 December 2002) was an Indian folk singer from the royal family of Gauripur in Western Assam's Dhubri district.

  2. Dec 27, 2002 · Pratima Barua Pandey was a folk singer from Assam, India. Born on October 3, 1935, in Kolkata, Pratima Barua Pandey popularised the Goalpariya folk songs (Goalpariya lokageet) and took them to the world platform.

  3. Pratima Pandey or Pratima Barua Pandey was a popular folk singer from the royal family of Gauripur in Western Assam's Dhubri district. She was one of the greatest folk artists that Assam has ever produced, is an interesting phenomenon.

  4. She died in Guwahati in 2002. Today, the statue of Padma Shri Pratima Pandey Barua stands at Shaheed Udyan in Chandmari, witnessing massive changes to its cultural milieu and the threat of the appropriation of folk music.

  5. Pratima Barua Pandey was a popular folk singer from the royal family of Gauripur in Western Assam's Dhubri district. She was one of the greatest folk artists that Assam has ever produced, is an interesting phenomenon.

  6. Pratima Pandey Barua is one of the prominent singers of Goalporiya Lokgeet, who has taken the folk music to a different level and made it popular not only in India but all over the globe. She completed her primary education from Gokhale Memorial School in Kolkata and later moved to Gauripur in Assam.

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  8. Pratima Barua Pandey was born on October 3, 1935 in Kolkata. She studied at Gokhale memorial school in Kolkata. She came to Assam and studied at the Girl’s High School, Gauripur. Barua had learned Rabindra Sangeet at school. However, she never took training in music.