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	Bismillah Khan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The legendary Indian shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahib is the third classical musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna (in 2001), the highest civilian honour in India.
		Bismillah Khan is perhaps single handedly responsible for making the shehnai, a famous classical instrument.
		It was Khan Sahib who poured his heart out into Raga Kafi from the Red Fort on the eve of India’s first Republic Day ceremony.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bismillah_Khan (264 words)

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		Bismillah Khan is a musician extraordinaire, nonpareil in his handling and treatment of the swara.
		Bismillah Khan, who is part of this alam ka juloos stands at the entrance to the tomb, holding aloft the alam (Hussain's standard) in the memory of the slain grandson of Prophet Mohammed.
		Until Bismillah Khan burst upon the centre-stage of Indian music with his strange little instrument at the All-India Music Conference in Calcutta in 1937 at the age of 20, the shehnai was considered an instrument reserved for wedding processions or Hindu religious rituals.
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	KHAN, Ali Akbar : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Khan began learning music at the age of three and learned it like a child learns language; his older sister Jehanara instructed him in singing, being more advanced, and they learned together before he took instruction alone.
		From '38 Ravi Shankar studied under Allauddin Khan in Maihar, and married Annapurna '41, whose reputation on the surbahar (a deeper-voiced, heftier relative of the sitar) is unrivalled (but she has rarely played in public since the '40s- -early '50s when she played jugalbandis or duets in Bombay and Delhi with her then-husband).
		Khan contributed to the soundtrack of Satyajit Ray's film Devi '60, one of the first non-Western directors to breach the international film barrier; during that decade Khan was second only to Shankar in Indian fame on the international circuit.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/k/K42.HTM (781 words)

	Passing on the Tradition: A Tribute to Ustad Vilayat Khan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Shujaat Husain Khan, son and disciple of the late Ustad Vilayat Khan, is regarded as one of the finest North Indian classical musicians of his generation.
		He belongs to the Imdad Khan gharana (school) of the sitar and is the seventh in an unbroken line in a family that has produced many musical masters, including his father, Ustad Vilayat Khan; his grandfather, Ustad Inayat Khan; his great-grandfather Ustad Imdad Khan; and his great-great-grandfather, Ustad Sahebdad Khan—all leading artists of their generation.
		Hidayat Khan, son and disciple of the late Ustad Vilayat Khan, was born in 1975 and is seventh in an unbroken line of sitar players.
	www.carnegiehall.org /article/box_office/events/evt_3916_pf.html (2892 words)

	MusicalNirvana - Ustad Bismillah Khan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ustad Bismillah Khan is the third classical musician after Pt Ravi Shankar and Smt M S Subbulakshmi to be awarded Bharath Rathna, the highest civilian honour in India.
		The gentle genius of Bismillah Khan is perhaps single handedly responsible for making Shehnai a famous classical instrument.
		Bismillah Khan is now one of the most respected musicians and well sought after.
	www.musicalnirvana.com /hindustani/bismillah_khan.html (179 words)

	South Asian Women's forum
		Bismillah Khan was the star attraction at the Edinburgh festival that year.
		Bismillah Khan also dropped in at the time of the meeting which was held on a Thursday.
		Khan Saheb therefore agreed to do the recording from 8.30 in the morning so that he would be able to attend the Jumma after the recording.
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	Tribute To Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ::
		At the age of three, Bismillah went to his maternal uncle’s house in Benaras to celebrate Id. His uncles were traditional shehnai players like his father and forefathers.
		Bismillah often wondered why his Mamu went to the room in the Balaji temple to practise while he could practise at home without being disturbed.
		When Bismillah was 14 years old, his Ustad, his mamu, had to leave for the Allahabad Music Conference in 1930, with Bismillah in tears.
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	Music Today
		With his artistic virtuosity, Bismillah Khan brought out the instrument of shehnai from the confines of wedding music to elevate its status as an instrument of concert.
		Bismillah Khan was born on 21 March, 1916 in a family whose ancestors were court musicians of the princely state of Dumrao in Bihar.
		Bismillah Khan always performs along with two accompanists, one of them being the main complimentary support.
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	Ustad Bismillah Khan - Ustad Bismillah Khan Shehnai - Ustad Bismillah Khan Classical musician
		The legendary Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan is only one of the three Classical musicians to have received Bharat Ratna-the highest civilian honour of the country.
		Bismillah Khan was born on 21 March 1916 in a small village of Bihar.
		Bismillah Khan has honoured with the "Sangeet Natak Academi Award", the "Tansen Award" of the Madhya Pradesh government and also the prestigious "Padma Vibhushan".
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	Encyclopedia: Bismillah Khan
		Khan Sahab’s performances, both in India and abroad, have always forged links between men, temples and rivers, a bond whose depth few can comprehend.
		Khan Sahab also rejected offers to compose music for films, occasionally obliging his friends, late Vijay Bhatt and Shanker Bhatt for the film Goonj Uthi Shehnai, and another ardent fan Vikram Srinivas, a film producer from Madras, by performing in his film Sanadhi Apanna.
		Khan Sahab considered it a special privilege to perform on the occasion of country’s 50 years of Independence, on August 15, 1997, at Diwan-E-Aam Red Fort, sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bismillah-Khan (941 words)

	Bismillah Khan - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		In the Hindustani realm, the santoor is closely associated with Shivkumar Sharma and the rudra vina with Zia Mohiuddin Khan, but historically, perhaps the closest and most intimate association has been with Bismillah Khan and the shehnai.
		Bismillah Khan has recorded extensively and like many Indian classical artists most of his early work was released by EMI India or its overseas partners.
		It was a further indication of the esteem in which Bismillah Khan was held.
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		Born in Bihar at Dumraon in 1916, Bismillah Khan settled in Benares, because his uncle and tutor Ali Baksh was attached to the Kashi Vishwanath temple located in Benares.
		To date, Bismillah Khan continues to be attached to the temple.
		Bismillah Khan has won several awards like the Bharat Ratna (in the year 2001), Sangeet Natak Academy Award as early as in 1956, Padmashree in 1961, the Shehnai Chakravorty Award and the Padmabhshan in 1968 and finally the Padma Bibhushan in 1980.
	www.sudeepaudio.com /lessons/shehnai02.htm (398 words)

	India - Entertainment - Bismillah Khan: The Man And His Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The young bismillah was so taken aback that he ran to tell his uncle of this strange visitation and blessing he had received but his uncle slapped him and told him never to speak of such things.
		Today Bismillah Khan lives in the famous [made famous by him] lane in Banaras Beniya Baug with 100 members of his family.
		Bismillah Khan's generosity to all and sundry is legendary-particularly during Moharram and Ramzan.
	www3.estart.com /india/entertainment/bismillah (951 words)

	The Hindu : Entertainment Chennai / Tribute : Tansen of our time
		Bismillah Khan was born in village Dumraon in Bihar on March 21, 1916.
		Bismillah Khan learnt to play the shehnai under Ali Bux of Ahmad Hussain of Varanasi.
		Bismillah Khan (Khan Saheb) became a close friend of my father's in 1950 when my father started the National Cultural Organisation in New Delhi, which was opened by Jawaharlal Nehru.
	www.hindu.com /fr/2005/03/18/stories/2005031801940300.htm (724 words)

	Ustad Bismillah Khan
		It was Khan Sahib who poured his heart out into Raga Kafi from Red Fort on the eve of India.
		Bismillah Khan has been bequeathed with the Sangeet Natak Academi Award, the Tansen Award of the Madhya Pradesh government and also the prestigious Padma Vibhushan.
		Bismillah Khan, the most outstanding and world-famous shehnai player, has attained astonishing mastery over the instrument.
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	Excelsior... Nation
		Bismillah Khan had stopped playing and Amjad Ali Khan had then walked out, only to return for a solo performance before a sell-out audience.
		Stating that he respected Ustad Bismillah Khan as a "musician" and "such artist will never be born again", the sarod maestro said that Kolkata incident was a "history, a bad dream for me".
		Amjad Ali Khan said that he would be beginning the new year from Mumbai this year when his "Swaranjali" would be organising a three day music festival from January 2.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/04jan01/national.htm (6100 words)

	CyberSangeet: News
		NEW DELHI Jan 26, 2001: Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan and melody queen Lata Mangeshkar were awarded the Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian honour, on Thursday night.
		Khan, 86, said music was a gift and gifts were not easily given.
		Sitar maestro Vilayet Khan, who refused to accept the Padma Vibhushan this year, says he will also refuse the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of India, if offered, "because I do not want to be insulted again".
	www.cybersangeet.com /cybersangeet_news.htm (1325 words)

	I never performed for money: Bismillah Khan- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		VARANASI: Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan, in the news recently for his poor financial situation, on Sunday said he never performed for money and that his main aim was to popularise Indian classical music.
		Khan, who is in his late 80s now, said he loves India, its people and its music and not money.
		It is my desire that I should serve classical music with shehnai till the end of my life," said Khan, who recently received a financial help of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund as well as Rs 1 lakh each from President A P J Abdul Kalam and the Congress.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-62718,prtpage-1.cms (208 words)

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		Ustad Bismillah Khan is credited with introducing the Shehnai, earlier a non-classical instrument, into the fold of Hindustani Classical Music.
		With his doctorate from the Banaras Hindu University and Shantiniketan, Ustad Bismillah Khan has been bequeathed with the Sangeet Natak Academi Award, the Tansen Award of the Madhya Pradesh government, and also the prestigious Padma Vibhushan.
		Recently, Bismillah Khan has been awarded with the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, and his greatness lies with the fact that in spite of being glorified in this manner, he remains as modest as ever, with gratitude for all his fans worldwide.
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		Soon Bismillah started accompanying his Uncle Ali Bux to the Vishnu temple of Varanasi where Bux was employed to play the shehnai.
		The tonal dynamics and pitch of the instrument are controlled by the movements of the lips and by the pressure used in blowing.
		Bismillah Khan is also the first Indian who was invited to perform at prestigious Lincoln Center Hall in the USA.
	www.india4world.com /indian-personality/Bismillah-Khan.shtml (639 words)

	Allyahoo.com - Personalities- Bismillah Sahib (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ustad Bismillah Khan is a legendary shehnai maestro, a man of tenderness, a man who believes in remaining private and who believes that musicians are supposed to be heard and not seen.
		The ancestors of Bismillah Khan were court musicians in the princely state of Dumraon in Bihar and he was trained under his uncle, the late Ali Bux 'Vilayatu’.
		Bismillah Khan sees only a divine unity between his music and his religion.
	www.allyahoo.com /bismillah.htm (311 words)

	Bismillah Khan enthralls distinguished audience
		When Bharat Ratna Bismillah Khan's shehnai echoed in Parliament House, it helped a very distinguished audience forget politics and the heat of the day in the temple of democracy.
		After lighting of a lamp to inaugurate the evening, Khan was felicitated by President A P J Abdul Kalam and other dignitaries.
		Bismilla's music could cool the tensed minds and hearts,if at all,of all the leaders present for the program.Our wish is that the activities of the...
	in.rediff.com /news/2003/aug/07khan.htm (253 words)

	'Vedantic mind in Islamic body': A living example (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bismillah Khan, the shehnai maestro, told a reporter recently that he would like to be the first to play at Ayodhya, but he does not want the police to be there while he plays.
		It is Varanasi and the Vishwanath temple that has made Bismillah Khan what he is today nd he knows it.
		And it is this soul that brings them to India, to Varanasi and Puri, to Dwarka and Haridwar, to Nasik and Kanyakumari, though their bodies may hover the Potomac in Washington, the Thames in London, or the desert sands in Dubai.
	www.hindunet.org /alt_hindu_home/1994/msg00117.html (1035 words)

	Buddhadev Das Gupta interview
		Dabir Khan is the grandson of Wazir Khan of Rampur.
		Either Barsat Khan or Zaffar Khan, he played rabab, and because the rabab drum has got a hide on it-and is a very big drum-during the rainy season the hide got damp and the vibrations were shorter lived.
		Keramatullah Khan's son was Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan, a very good sarodiya who died in his prime at the age of 46 or 47; he was attached to All-India Radio.
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	Bismillah Khan's progeny gets medical seat
		After giving Rs 200,000 from the chief minister's relief fund to Ustad Bismillah Khan, Karnataka's S M Krishna has accepted the ailing artist's request for a free medical seat in a college for his granddaughter.
		The chief minister's secretariat in Bangalore said on Friday that Manisha Raza, granddaughter of the Ustad, and her father Zaffer Raza came to the city on August 31.
		Its a fact that Ustad Bismillah Khan is our nation's pride and has done well in his field.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/aug/08khan.htm (267 words)

	Culturopedia.com - Famous Personalities of India ~ Instrumental Music
		Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (b.1945) is one of the greatest exponents of Sarod.
		Ustad Bismillah Khan’s specialisation lies in his ability to produce intricate sound patterns on the Shehnai which was hitherto, considered impossible on this instrument.
		Bundu Khan (1880-1955) is the legendary Sarangi Nawaz belonging to the Delhi Gharana.
	www.culturopedia.com /Music/gm_instrumentalmusic.html (3922 words)

	Omaid Weekly -- Afghan Newspaper -- Issue #439, 18 September 2000
		Commander Bismillah Khan, chief officer of United Front forces in Parwan province, said the Taliban are using new tactics against national resistance forces in the Shamali region.
		Bismillah Khan commented that the Afghan nation has outright rejected the Taliban militia.
		Unity among the national resistance force is at an all time high, as the UF now benefits from a strong central and unified command, Cmdr. Bismillah Khan added.
	www.omaid.com /english_section/back_issues_archive/439.htm (2213 words)

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