- Born
- Died
- Birth nameNirupama Hazarika
- Nickname
- Queenie Hazarika
- Nirupa Hazarika was born on August 8, 1934 in Guwahati, Assam Province, British India. Nirupa died on July 3, 2023 in Guwahati, Assam, India.
- Her elder brother was the Assamese musician Bhupen Hazarika. Her younger brother Jayanta Hazarika was also a musician.
- In a career spanning over seven decades, she recorded songs in a variety of genres across Assamese music spanning both classical and modern including Borgeet, Kamrupi Lokgeet, and Goalpariya Lokogeet. She also popularized Jyoti Sangeet, songs written by Assamese writer and lyricist Jyoti Prasad Agarwala and also Rabindra Sangeet.
- She married composer and musician Dilip Sarma in 1954. She changed her name from Nirupama Hazarika to Sudakshina Sarma after her wedding.
- She received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2002 for her contributions to Assamese music. An award that she shared with her husband, for her contributions to Assamese music and Jyoti Sangeet.
- She was an Indian Assamese language singer and musician.
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