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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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 ...

Eleven years after his shehnai fell silent, the family of Ustad Bismillah Khan found to their horror that the Padma Vibhushan certificate awarded to the musician had partially been eaten up by ...

Patna: The Bihar government plans to set up its first music university, named after shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan, in Muzaffarpur district, Minister of Art and Culture Binay Bihari said Monday.

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, ...

NEW DELHI, Aug 21: Shehnai wizard Bismillah Khan, who introduced the humble north Indian reed pipe to the concert stage, died in his home city of Benaras on Monday, highly decorated but always on the ...

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 ...