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In 1935, his father, Haji Ali Mohammad, moved to Lahore and opened a barber's shop there. Finally, acknowledging his son's talent, he sent Rafi to Ustad Abdul Waheed Khan from the Kirana Gharana to be trained in classical music.
Rafi was born on Dec.24, 1924, in a conservative Punjabi Jat Muslim family in Kotla Sultan Singh village near Amritsar.
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