Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan was born as Qamaruddin Khan on 21st march, 1916 in a traditional Muslim family of musicians in Bhirung Raut Ki Gali, Dumraon - in present-day Bihar. He was the second ...

My enduring memory of Bismillah Khan is of a sunny winter morning on the terrace outside his roof-top room in Benaras. He sat cross-legged on a charpoy soaking up the sun, with a half smile playing on ...

Shehnai maestro and 'Bharat Ratna' Bismillah Khan once again finds himself in the spotlight, but this timeits not about music. It is because he has been crying hoarse about his poverty and inability ...

For most people in the West, classical Indian raga music means one instrument, the sitar, and one player, Ravi Shankar. Quite why Shankar came to be considered the greatest modern sitar player over ...

Shehnai maestro Ustaad Bismillah Khan, born Qamaruddin Khan, was one of India’s most well known and loved musicians. He was a recipient of numerous awards, among them the Padma Vibhushan, Padma ...

Khan’s grandson was recently arrested for selling off the Ustad’s shehnai. Is his cultural legacy faring any better in his city, Varanasi? In a Shiva-fixated city, shehnai maestro, Bismillah Khan, ...

Ustad Bismillah Khan was one of India's most prolific musicians, gaining worldwide acclaim for playing the shehnai for more than eight decades. He was credited with helping the shehnai - a type of ...

Shehnai maestro Ustaad Bismillah Khan, one of India’s most beloved musicians, passed away on August 21, 2006. Born in 1916, in a family of court musicians in Bihar, Khan was so in love with his music ...

Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan was born as Qamaruddin Khan on 21st march, 1916 in a traditional Muslim family of musicians in Bhirung Raut Ki Gali, Dumraon - in present-day Bihar. He was the second ...

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