Bismillah Khan

About Bismillah Khan

Birth Day: March 21, 1916
Birth Place: Dumraon, Bihar, Indian
Birth name: Qamaruddin Khan
Origin: India
Genres: Indian classical music
Occupation(s): Musician
Instruments: Shehnai
Website: http://ustadbismillahkhan.com/
Members: Afaq Haider, Savita Anand
Past members: Zamin Hussain Khan

Bismillah Khan

Bismillah Khan was born on March 21, 1916 in Dumraon, Bihar, Indian. Ustad Bismillah Khan was a great Shehnai player from India. His name was and will forever be associated with shehnai, the musical instrument that he made famous with his talent and deliberation in the post independent India. Khan belonged to a family of traditional musicians of Bihar who used to play in the courts of the princely states, which is why playing shehnai came very natural to him. He was brilliant at what he did - the reason why he had always played at the important national events for national audience like the first Indian Independence Day and first Republic Day. Khan with his simplicity, love for music and straightforwardness did not only become a national favorite but also gained a lot of popularity and love from the west. For his creativity and mastery in his art, Khan was bestowed with the title of ‘Ustad’ and earned many accolades like the Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, honorary doctorates from Banaras Hindu University and Viswa Bharati University.
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As per our current Database, Bismillah Khan has been died on 21 August 2006(2006-08-21) (aged 90)\nVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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When Bismillah Khan die, Bismillah Khan was 90 years old.

Popular As Bismillah Khan
Occupation Musicians
Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born March 21, 1916 (Dumraon, Bihar, Indian)
Birthday March 21
Town/City Dumraon, Bihar, Indian
Nationality Indian

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Biography/Timeline

1916

Khan was born on 21 March 1916 into a family of traditional Muslim Musicians in Bhirung Raut Ki Gali, Dumraon, in what is now the eastern Indian state of Bihar, as the second son of Paigambar Baksh Khan and Mitthan. While named Qamruddin at birth, his grandfather Rasool Baksh Khan, also a shehnai player, exclaimed "Bismillah" upon seeing the new born. Thereafter he came to be known by this name. His father was a court musician employed by the Raja of Dumraon. His great grandfather Ustad Salar Hussain Khan and grandfather Rasool Baksh Khan were also Musicians in the Dumraon palace.

1937

Khan was perhaps single-handedly responsible for making the shehnai a famous classical instrument. He brought the Shehnai to the center stage of Indian music with his concert in the Calcutta, now known as Kolkata in All India Music Conference in the year 1937. He was credited with having the almost monopoly over the instrument as he and the shehnai are almost synonyms.

1950

Khan had the rare honour of performing at Delhi's Red Fort on the eve of India's Independence in 1947. He also performed raga Kafi from the Red Fort on the eve of India's first Republic Day ceremony, on 26 January 1950. His recital had become a cultural part of India's Independence Day celebrations, telecast on Doordarshan every year on 15 August. After the prime minister's speech from Lal Qila (the Red Fort) in Old Delhi, Doordarshan would broadcast a live performance by the shehnai Maestro. This tradition dated from the days of Jawaharlal Nehru.

1959

Khan had a brief association with movies. He played the shehnai for super star Rajkumar's role of Appanna in the Kannada movie Sanaadi Appanna which became a blockbuster. He acted in Jalsaghar, a movie by Satyajit Ray and provided sound of shehnai in Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959). Noted Director Goutam Ghose directed Sange Meel Se Mulaqat, a documentary about the life of Khan. In the 1967 film The Graduate, there is a poster advertising "Bismillah Khan and the seven musicians" on a busy street of Berkeley, California. The most recent use of his shehnai music in a Hindi film was in Rockstar (2011).

2001

He was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 2001, becoming the third classical musician after M. S. Subbulakshmi and Ravi Shankar to be accorded this distinction. On his 102nd birthday, Google honored Bismillah Khan with a Google doodle.

2006

On 17 August 2006, Bismillah Khan's health deteriorated and he was admitted to the Heritage Hospital, Varanasi for treatment. Ustad's last wish - to perform at India Gate, could not be fulfilled. He wanted to pay tributes to the martyrs. He waited in vain till his last rites He died after four days on 21 August 2006 because of a cardiac arrest. He is survived by five daughters, three sons and a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and his adopted daughter Soma Ghosh (a Hindustani Shastriya Sangeet exponent).

2007

Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, instituted the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in 2007, in his honour. It is given to young artists in the field of music, theatre and dance.

2018

Bismillah Khan was commemorated on his 102nd birth anniversary by Search Engine Google which showed a special doodle on its Indian home page for him on 21 March 2018.

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