Ustad Bismillah Khan Biography Facts and Contribution to Shehnai Music
Ustad Bismillah Khan (the master of Shehnai) was an awesome Shehnai player from India. His name was and will always be related to Shehnai, the melodic instrument that he made noted with his ability and consideration in the post autonomous India. Ustad Bismillah Khan belonged to a Bihari Muslim family, which were traditional customary performers of Bihar who used to play in the courts of the regal states, which is the reason playing Shehnai came extremely normal to him. He was splendid at what he did – the cause behind why he had constantly played at the vital national occasions for the national group of onlookers like the primary Indian Independence Day and first Republic Day. Khan with his effortlessness, cherish for music and straightforwardness did turn into a national most loved as well as picked up a considerable measure of fame and love from the west. Khan has received the worldwide fame for performing the Shehnai more than eight decades.
For his imagination and dominance in his specialty, Ustad Bismillah Khan was presented with the title of 'Ustad' and earned numerous awards like the Bharat Ratna, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, privileged doctorates from Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal and Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. The Government of India has announced his demise day, a day of national grief. His body was covered together with his begum, Shehnai at the Fatemain cemetery in the Varanasi underneath the neem tree. His body was buried with the 21-firearm salute from the Indian Army.
Personal Information of Ustad Bismillah Khan
• Birth Name- Qamaruddin Khan
• Real Name- Ustad Bismillah Khan
• Date of Birth- 21 March, 1916
• Place of Birth- Dumraon, Buxar, Bihar
• Date of Death- 21 August, 2006
• Place of Death- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
• Profession- Musician
• Nationality- Indian
• Sun Sign- Aries
• Father- Paigambar Khan
• Mother- Mitthan
• Children- Nayyar Hussain, Zamin Hussain, Mehtab Hussain, Nazim Hussain, Kazim Hussain, Soma Ghosh (adopted daughter)
Awards and Achievements
• Bharat Ratna (2001)
• Talar Mausique from Republic of Iran (1992)
• Best Performer in All India Music Conference, Allahabad (1930)
• Three medals in All India Music Conference, Kolkata (1937)
• Padma Shri (1961)
• Padma Bhushan (1968)
• Padma Vibhushan (1980)
• Fellow of Sangeet Natak Akademi (1994)
• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1956)
• Tansen Award by Govt. of Madhya Pradesh