Bismillah Khan
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Ustad Bismillah Khan, often referred to by the title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a reeded woodwind instrument. His virtuosity made him a leading Hindustani cl
Ustad Bismillah Khan
Bismillah Khan in Concert
Ustad Bismillah Khan receiving India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, from then president K. R. Narayanan, New Delhi, 2001
Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan calls on the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on 30 September 2004
Ravi Shankar
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Pandit Ravi Shankar was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known exponent of Indian classical music in the second half of the 20th century, and influenced ma
Bismillah Khan
…country observed a national day of mourning following his death in 2006. He became the third classical musician of India after M. S. Subbalakshmi and Ravi Shankar to be awarded the Bharat Ratna. Bismillah Khan was born into a family of traditional Muslim musicians at the big town of Dumraon, India, as the second…
Shankar performing at Woodstock in 1969
Concert flier, 1967
Shankar performing with Anoushka Shankar in 2007
George Harrison and Ravi Shankar in 1967