Chirag Pehchan

Chirag Pehchan was a 1980s Bhangra band in the UK, formed by and Mangal Singh by merging the two Punjabi bhangra groups Chirag and Pehchan, best remembered for the 1987 classic album , composed by Kuljit Bhamra. Their song Rail Gaddi was sung by Mangal Singh and became a popular party piece at the end of Indian weddings, synonymous with Do The Conga, where wedding guests form lines, pretending to be a train, dancing around the wedding hall.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ Harris, Craig. "Biography: Chirag Pehchan". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
^ Daboo, Jerri (2017). Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra in British Theatre. Routledge. ISBN 9781317196112.
^ "Mangal Singh - Asian Entertainments". www.asianentertainmentsuk.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "Chirag Pehchan Group, Rail Gaddi, by Chirag Pehchan - Cassette Sleeve - SALIDAA - VADS: the online resource for visual arts". vads.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "10 Popular UK Bhangra Bands from the 1980s". DESIblitz. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

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External links[]

June 2019 Mangal Singh - Rail Gaddi (Official) - Chirag Pehchan 1987

[1] Harris, Craig. "Biography: Chirag Pehchan". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 May 2010.

[Culture-2] Daboo, Jerri (2017). Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra in British Theatre. Routledge. ISBN 9781317196112.

[asian-3] "Mangal Singh - Asian Entertainments". www.asianentertainmentsuk.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[vads-4] "Chirag Pehchan Group, Rail Gaddi, by Chirag Pehchan - Cassette Sleeve - SALIDAA - VADS: the online resource for visual arts". vads.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[Desiblitz-5] "10 Popular UK Bhangra Bands from the 1980s". DESIblitz. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

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