Ustad Bismillah Khan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ustad_Bismillah_Khan
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:musician
gptkb:person
gptkb:shehnai_player
gptkbp:activeYears 1937–2006
gptkbp:almaMater self-taught
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Bharat_Ratna
gptkb:Padma_Bhushan
gptkb:Padma_Vibhushan
gptkb:Padma_Shri
gptkb:Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1916-03-21
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Qamaruddin_Khan
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dumraon,_Bihar,_India
gptkbp:children 9
gptkbp:commemorativeStampIssued 2008 by India Post
gptkbp:deathDate 2006-08-21
gptkbp:deathPlace Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
gptkbp:featuredIn Satyajit Ray's film Jalsaghar
gptkbp:genre Indian classical music
gptkbp:influenced many Indian classical musicians
gptkbp:instrument shehnai
gptkbp:knownFor popularizing shehnai as a classical instrument
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Bismillah_Khan_Yuva_Puraskar
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Indian
gptkbp:notableWork performance at the first Independence Day of India, 1947
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:musician
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Bharat_Ratna_Ustad_Bismillah_Khan
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Fateman_burial_ground,_Varanasi
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mitthan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Varanasi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ustad Bismillah Khan