<Tr> <Th> Occupation (s) </Th> <Td> Singer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1929--1974 </Td> </Tr> <P> Akhtari Bai Faizabadi, also known as Begum Akhtar (7 October 1914--30 October 1974), was a well known Indian singer of Ghazal, Dadra, and Thumri genres of Hindustani classical music . </P> <P> She received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for vocal music, and was awarded Padma Shri and later, Padma Bhushan, posthumously by Govt. of India . She was given the title of Mallika - e-Ghazal (Queen of Ghazals). </P>

Begum akhtar specialised in which form of vocal music