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April 10 declared Asha Bhosle day in US

Democratic Congressman Gary l Ackerman has issued a ''proclamation,'' declaring April 10 as ''Asha Bhosle day'' for the entire Indian-American community to recognise the playback singer as an ''impeccable cultural ambassador promoting better US-India relations.

She had a concert at the Kennedy centre, Washington, on that day for the benefit of a charitable hospital in India.

Ackerman, co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans, said he was honouring Bhosle as one of the most-recorded playback singer in several languages and a musical bridge between several generations of Indians and Indian-Americans.

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