ON 31ST JULY 1980,WHEN DEATH LAID TO CRUEL HANDS ON MOHAMMAD RAFI ,A GREAT SINGER SON OF INDIA.THE ENTIRE WORLD MOURNED HIS DEATH.THE FILM INDUSTRY DID NOT TRY TO TAKE ANY STEP TO MAINTAIN THE GLORY AND EVER LASTING MEMORY OF LATE RAFI SAHIB.AFTER THE GAP OF TWO YEARS OF HIS DEATH LATE RANA JASPAL SINGH AND HIS FRIENDS OF AMRITSAR ESTABLISHED MOHD,RAFI MEMORIAL SOCIETY IN 1982. SINCE THEN THE SOCI
ETY IS CONTINUOUSLY CELEBRATING RAFI SAHIB'S DEATH ANNIVERSARY AS*RAFI AWARD NITE*.THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY SOCIETY IN INDIA TO GIVE*RAFI AWARD*IN MEMORY OF SAINT SINGER MOHD.RAFI.THE SOCIETY HAS GIVEN ABOUT 275 AWARDS TO PROMINENT ARTISTS.THE RAFI AWARD NITE IS TOTALLY BASED ON DONATION AND SUBSCRIPTION. SH KRISHAN LAL BHATIA FINANCIAL SECY.AND THEIR TEAM TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN MOST EFFECTIVE MANNER.THE SOCIETY ALSO FEEL HIS SINCERE GRATITUDE TO SH. LAVINDER SHARMA *DIRECTOR OF THE SOCIETY*,S. NIRMAL SINGH DHIR,DR. RAJ KUMAR AND S. GURDIAL SINGH SEKHON PATRONS OF THE SOCIETY,THE GREAT PERSONALITIES WHO MADE ALL EFFORTS TO CELEBRATE THE* RAFI AWARD NITE*REGULARLY. THEY LOOK AFTER THE COMFIRTS OF THE SOCIETY'SMEMBER
