This is a list of notable Hindi songs released between 1945 and 1948 (with GEMs highlighted).  Note that the list is sortable by each column. (Multiple levels of sorting are possible by sorting more than one column in succession, from lowest to highest.)

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Year Movie Song GEM! Singer(s) Music Director(s) Lyrics Audio link More info
1945 Pehli Nazar Dil jalta hai to jalne de gem.png Mukesh Anil Biswas Safdar Aah Sitapuri
1946 Anmol Ghadi Aaja meri barbaad mohabbat ke Noor Jehan Naushad Tanveer Naqvi
1946 Anmol Ghadi Aawaaz de kahaan hai Noor Jehan, Surendra Naushad Tanveer Naqvi
1946 Anmol Ghadi Jawaan hai mohabbat gem.png Noor Jehan Naushad Tanveer Naqvi
1946 Anmol Ghadi Mere bachpan ke saathi Noor Jehan Naushad Tanveer Naqvi
1946 Shahjehan Jab dil hi toot gaya K L Saigal Naushad Majrooh Sultanpuri
1946 Shahjehan Mere sapnon ki raani roohi roohi K L Saigal, Rafi Naushad Majrooh Sultanpuri
1947 Dard Afsaana likh rahi hoon gem.png Uma Devi (Tun Tun) Naushad Shakeel Badayuni
1947 Do Bhai Mera sundar sapna beet gaya Geeta Dutt S D Burman Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
1947 Do Bhai Yaad karoge yaad karoge Geeta Dutt S D Burman Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
1947 Jugnu Yahaan badla wafa ka Rafi, Noor Jehan Firoz Nazimi Shakeel Badayuni
1948 Aag Dekh chaand ki or musafir Shailesh Mukherjee, Shamshad Begum Ram Ganguly S. Kumar Deepak
1948 Aag Zinda hoon is tarah Mukesh Ram Ganguly Behzad Lucknavi
1948 Anokha Pyaar Yaad rakhna chaand taaron (1) Lata Anil Biswas Zia Sarhadi
1948 Anokha Pyaar Yaad rakhna chaand taaron (2) Mukesh, Lata Anil Biswas Zia Sarhadi
1948 Anokha Pyaar Yaad rakhna chaand taaron (3) Meena Kapoor Anil Biswas Zia Sarhadi
1948 Mela Gaaye ja geet milan ke gem.png Mukesh Naushad Shakeel Badayuni
1948 Mela Yeh zindagi ke mele Rafi Naushad Shakeel Badayuni
1948 Pyar Ki Jeet Tere nainon ne chori kiya Suraiya Husnlal Bhagatram Dina Nath Madhok
1948 Shaheed Watan ki raah mein watan ke Rafi, Khan Mastana Ghulam Haider Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
1948 Ziddi Chanda re ja re ja re Lata Khemchand Prakash Prem Dhawan
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