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]

Meera Rana
Born24 September 1951
Occupation(s)singer

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.[8]

References
  1. "Nepal Almanac: A Book of Facts". Y.R.S. Karki. 12 June 1983 – via Google Books.
  2. Nepal Yearbook. Institute for Integrated Development Studies. 12 June 2019. ISBN 9789994698264 – via Google Books.
  3. "Singer Meera Rana makes a comeback". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. Reed, David (12 June 2019). The Rough Guide to Nepal. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781858288994 – via Google Books.
  5. Nepal, Music. "Meera Rana". Music Nepal.
  6. Melancholy CD Audio & Booklet (24 pages), released on 2 September 2017.
  7. "Mira Rana". Ujyaalo Online. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  8. News24 Nepal (4 December 2016). "गायिकाद्धय मीरा राणा र ज्ञानु राणालाई नारायणगोपाल स्मृति सम्मान - NEWS24 TV" – via YouTube.


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