Meena Rana

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Meena Rana was born in a Garhwali Family in Delhi. After completing her middle school from Delhi, she went to her sister, Umas home in Mussoorie, where she completed her schooling from Mussoorie Girls Inter College.At the age of 16, she started performing at the Akashvani Club in Mussoorie. The first song that she sang was Nainon Me Badra Chhaye by Lata Mangeshkar. The club was owned by Mukesh Lal Kumola (a relative) and Ram Lal Kumola, her elder sisters husband.The folk singers, Mani Bharti and Puran Singh Rawat spotted her at the club and contacted her through Ram Lal Kumola (her sisters husband). They offered her to sing in their upcoming Garhwali film Nauni Pichhadi Nauni (1992). She accepted the offer and went to Delhi in 1991 to record songs for the film. Therefore, making her debut with the songs Ni Biwanu Shairu Ma, Baith Dola Laadi, and Jando Ni Chhaun Mi..In an interview, she confessed that before making her singing debut, she had not take any formal training in music. It was after a few years of her debut that she started to learn music.She has sung in many popular Uttarakhandi albums such as Chand Taro Maa, Meri Khati Mitthi, Darbar Nirala Sai Ka, Utrakhandi Garhwali Teri Meri Maya, Meru Uttarakhand, Chilbilat, Mohana, Chandra, and Lalita Chi Hum.She has also collaborated with many popular Uttarakhandi singers including Narendra Singh Negi, Pritam Bharatwan, Fauji Lalit Mohan Joshi, Anil Bisht, Gajendra Rana, and Manglesh Dangwal.Meena has sung in many languages including Garhwali, Kumaoni, Jaunsari, Jaunpuri, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Kargali, Balti, Hindi, and has recorded more than 500 songs in Ladakhi.Her Husband, Sanjay Kumola is the owner of the recording studio Surbhi Multi-Track Sound Studio. The name of the studio was kept after her daughter, Surbhi.Meenas Husband is also her sisters brother-in-law. They both used to sing together at Akashvani club in Mussoorie. Meenas sister, Uma thought that they both are a perfect match for each other, and arranged their marriage.In an interview, she revealed that initially, she wanted to become a nurse.