Meera Rana

Meera Rana, also Mira Rana (born 24 September 1951), is a Nepali singer^[1][2] who has sung over 1,600 songs in her 55-year musical career.^[3] She is considered a part of "Nepal's first wave of recording stars", recording folk, classical and even pop songs, during the first wave of country's modernisation after the fall of the Rana regime.^[4] She has collaborated with artists like Narayan Gopal, Gopal Yonjan, Kumar Basnet, Udit Narayan Jha and Ram Thapa.^[5] She was one of the 365 singers who contributed to the song Melancholy, which holds the Guinness world record for "Most Vocal Solos (365) in a Song Recording".^[6] She has also joined Nepali politics.^[7][8]

Early life[]

Meera was born to Nirmala and her husband Shambhu Prasad Mishra, a tabala player, in Kathmandu on 24 September 1951. She studied music academically.^[7]

Career[]

She was Chief Music Manager at Radio Nepal for over 35 years. She recorded more than 1,700 songs in a musical career spanning almost six decades. In 2009, she joined national politics as a member of Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal. In 2013, she contested for parliament from Kathmandu-3 constituency.^[7] In recognition of her contribution to Nepali music, she was awarded the Narayan Gopal memorial prize in 2016, shared with Gyanu Rana.^[9]

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