Kuldip Manak at Professor Mohan Singh Mela 1992

Manak was born as Latif Mohammed on 15 November 1951 to Nikka Khan,
in the village of Jalal in Bathinda district of Indian Punjab. Manak's father,
Nikka Khan was a singer himself. Kuldeep Manak's ancestors were
the Hazoori Raagis (designated cantors) of Kirtan for Maharaja Hira
Singh of Nabha.
Kuldeep Manak completed his education at Jalal Government High School, where he was a keen hockey player. He had an inclination towards singing from a young age. Sardar Partap Singh Kairon (then Chief Minister of Punjab) gave the name, Kuldip Manak, after being amazed by the quality of his voice at a school prize giving. Manak learned music under Ustad Khushi Muhammad Qawwal in village Bhuttiwala at Muktsar. He left Bathinda and went to Ludhiana to pursue his career as a singer and started singing with the duo Harcharan Grewal and Seema.
He was constantly persuaded by his ustad to graft in his raagas and perform
on stage. In his early career, he became the baadshah of kaliyan. He had
lyrics written by famous writers such as Debi Maksoospuri, Dev
Threekewala and Jandu Litranwala. His most known tracks were gadeya
millade sohne yaar, tere tille ton and dulleya ve tokra.
He was married to Sarabjeet Kaur with whom he had two children, a boy
named Yudhvir Manak and a girl named Shakti Manak.Yudhvir is following
in his father's footsteps as a singer.
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