His death left Shamshad very distraught, because her husband had been the focus of her life and they had both been extremely devoted to each other. The couple had but one child, a daughter named Usha, who in due course married a Hindu gentleman, Lieutenant Colonel Yogesh Ratra, an officer in the Indian Army. In 1934, despite strenuous opposition from both their families due to religious differences, 15-year-old Shamshad married Ganpat Lal Batto. In those days, marriages were performed while the bride and groom were very young, and Shamshads parents were already looking out for a suitable alliance for her. Her father, Mian Hussain Baksh Maan, worked as a mechanic, and her mother, Ghulam Fatima, was a pious lady of conservative disposition, a devoted wife and mother who raised her children with traditional family values. She was one of eight children, five sons and three daughters, born to a conservative Muslim family of limited means. Her songs from the 1940s to the early 1970s remain popular and continue to be remixed.
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