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Salma & Sabina

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Salma & Sabina were Salma (born 25th October 1956) [1] and Sabina Agha, both Indian sisters born in Pakistan who spent their early years living between India and the UK, traveling with their businessman father, Liaqat Gul Tajik, an Indian Muslim, based in Amritsar, India, who had bases in numerous countries. [2][3] A noted importer of antiques, stones and fur, he was so esteemed that Iranian authorities bestowed upon him the title Agha, a knighthood of sorts, and the family adopted it as their surname. Their mother Zarina was a classical singer who descended from the Raj Kapoor dynasty—Bollywood royalty.  During their time in the UK the sisters produced and sang an album of ABBA covers in the Hindi language called "Agha: Sing The Hits of ABBA in Hindi". This was their only collaboration musically and later on life, Salma became an actress, who married Pakistani squash coach Rehmat Khan, who in his previous marriage had fathered Bat For Lashes' Natasha Khan. Salma has since remarried to someone else and lives with her children in Mumbai, whereas her sister Sabina, did not pursue a career in showbusiness, due to her husband not approving of her being a singer.

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Peel discovered their album in 1987 and revealed on his 03 November 1987 show that he received it in the afternoon in John Walters office. The album was originally released in 1981 and was quite rare with not many copies released. "My copy never leaves the house" he claimed on 17 July 2003. Peel played many of the songs from the album on his show, although interestingly he never played any of the original ABBA songs.

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1987
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Salma & Sabina - Pehli Pehli Preet (Super Trooper)

1988
1993
2001
2003
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