Popular Khasi singer Rana Kharkongor of Meghalaya died at the age of 69 at NEIGRIHMS Shillong on Friday, he was admitted to the Super Specialty Hospital on Sunday after testing positive for Covid-19.
Popular Khasi singer Rana Kharkongor of Meghalaya died at the age of 69 at NEIGRIHMS Shillong on Friday, he was admitted to the Super Specialty Hospital on Sunday after testing positive for Covid-19.
He was laid to rest at the cemetery of Church of Christ, Mawlai Mawroh on Friday evening.
Kharkongor Khasi was a songwriter and singer as well as a screenwriter, filmmaker and director. He was awarded the Meghalaya Day award in 2006, State Award, You Tirot Sing Siem Prize and Mondon Bareh Award in 2003.
He started singing in 1973 at the studios of All India Radio, Shillong and later earned ‘Grade A’ by A.I.R.
Later in life, late Kharkongor ventured into other art forms Including music direction, script and screenplay writer, film direction and production. The hills are alive with the sound of his music, “Bah Rana” as he is popularly known is a household name in the Khasi hills. He also featured in POP TIME Programme in National DD Metro with Usha Uthup in the year 1986.
State Information and Public Relations Minister James Sangma has mourned the death of Kharkongor. Sangma expressed his deepest condolences to his family and said that he was saddened to learn about the demise of Rana Kharkongor, a pioneer of Khasi music. Meghalaya has lost a symbol in the field of art. We are proud of the legacy he left behind.
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