Ustad bismillah khan

A PRESENTATION ON USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN
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1. USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN BIOGRAPHY VANSHIKA TOMAR | 9F | ENGLISH | APSDC

2. CONTENTS CHILDHOOD UPBRINGING EDUCATION MAJOR WORKS AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS Personal Life & Legacy TRIVIA

3. CHILDHOOD BISMILLAH KHAN was born on 21 March 1916 into a family of traditional  Muslim  musicians at the town of  Dumraon , in  Shahabad district  of  Bihar and Orissa Province  in  British India , as the second son of Paigambar Bux Khan and Mitthanbai. His father was a court musician employed in the court of Maharaja Keshav Prasad Singh of  Dumraon Estate  in Bihar. His grandfather Ustad Salar Hussain Khan and grandfather Rasool Bux Khan were also musicians in the Dumraon palace. He was named Qamruddin at birth, to rhyme with his elder brother's name Shamsuddin. Upon seeing the new born, his grandfather Rasool Baksh Khan , also a shehnai player, is said to have exclaimed " Bismillah ", or " In the name of Allah ", and thereafter he came to be known by this name. 3

4. UPBRINGING At the age of six, he moved to Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh , to be apprenticed to his maternal uncle, Ali Bux ' Vilayatu ' Khan, a shehnai player attached to the  Kashi Vishwanath Temple . At the age of 14 Bismillah accompanied his uncle to the Allahabad music conference . Though he was a muslim , he still went to temple. In 1932, at the age of 16, he entered into an arranged marriage with a cousin. 4

5. EDUCATION 5

6. MAJOR WORKS Khan’s whole life was devoted to playing shehnai with all his passion - a tradition he helped in keeping alive in the post independent India. If it was not for him, shehnai would have been redundant in the newly independent India. He made shehnai one of the most popular musical instruments from Asia. 6

7. Awards & Achievements Khan was bestowed with the title of ‘ Ustad’. He earned many accolades like Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri , Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. He also got honorary doctorates from Banaras Hindu University and Viswa Bharati University, etc. 7

8. 8 Personal Life & Legacy Khan was survived by his five daughters, three sons and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He also adopted a daughter named Dr Soma Ghosh. She is a famous Hindustani shastriya sangeet exponent. He died in 2006 due to cardiac arrest. He was buried in a national ceremony along with his shehnai at Fatemain burial ground, Varanasi.

9. 9 TRIVIA His burial ceremony received the national pride of 21 gun salute from the indian army. Khan did not generally take students under him and the only people that he associated with in that capacity were S. Ballesh and his own sons - Nazim H ussain and N ayyar Hussain.

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