Hira Devi Waiba was an Indian folk singer from Darjeeling, India and is hailed as the pioneer of Nepali folk songs.
Her song 'Chura ta Hoina Astura' (Nepali: ???? ? ???? ???????) is said to be the first Tamang Selo ever recorded.
Hira Devi Waiba is the only Nepali folk singer to have cut albums (in 1974 and 1978) with HMV, Kolkata.
She was the sole Grade A Nepali Folk Singer with All India Radio.