caption death_place death_date article_title background birth_date origin name occupation
studio picture ludhiana 17 august 2014 barkat sidhu
 solo_singer 18 september 1946 kaniya india village near shahkot , jalandhar , punjab , barkat sidhu singer
barkat sidhu

barkat sidhu -lrb- 18 september 1946 -- 17 august 2014 -rrb- was a sufi singer from moga district , punjab , india , and a fine exponent of the patiala gharana .
barkat was born at kaniya village near shahkot in jalandhar district in 1946 .
he is a cousin of puran shah koti .
