Dipali Barthakur (30 January 1941 – 21 December 2018) was an Indian singer from Assam. Her songs were sung mainly in theAssamese language.[1] She received the fourth-highest civilian award ofIndia, the Padma Shri, in the year 1998.[2]
Barthakur started her career as a singer early. When she was studying in class nine, in 1958, she sang the song "Mor Bopai Lahori" onAll India Radio, Guwahati,[4] and the song "Joubone Amoni Kore Chenaidhon" for the filmLachit Borphukan (1959).[6]
Barthakur sang her last song "Luito nejabi boi" in 1969.[4] After that she began suffering from a severemotor neuron disease which hindered her singing and forced her to use awheelchair. In 1976 she married Neel Pawan Barua, an eminent Indian artist and painter from Assam and son of renownedAssamese writerBinanda Chandra Barua.[1][7]
Barthakur died on 21 December 2018 at Nemcare Hospital, Guwahati, after a prolonged illness.[8] She was known as "Nightingale of Assam".[9]
