Ustad Bismillah Khan Passes away

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RonnieK

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Posted: 20 August 2006 at 5:32pm | IP Logged

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Originally posted by RonnieK

but this article says he is improving Confused

Bismillah Khan's health improving

Varanasi, Aug 20. (PTI): The condition of ailing Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan improved further today and his vital parameters like pulse, respiration rate and blood pressure were normal, doctors attending on him said.

A three-member medical team, which examined him at the Intensive Care Unit of Heritage Hospital here expressed satisfaction with his progress, hospital superintendent P S R Ayer said.

The 91-year-old appeared happy and sang a couple of songs for the attending doctors, he said.

Doctors D K Sinha, A K Pandey and Shamsher conducted a CT scan of his stomach and brain and found no anomalies, Ayer added.

The Bharat Ratna awardee was given solid food after he expressed a desire to eat home-cooked 'halwa' and is expected to regain his health soon.

President A P J Abdul Kalam, in a faxed message, expressed concern over the ill-health of the nonagenarian and wished him speedy recovery.

Human Resource Develpment Minister Arjun Singh and BHU vice chancellor Panjab Singh visited hospital and enquired after Khan's health.

The Minister discussed about Khan's desire to perform at the India Gate, to which the artiste said it was his last wish and would be fulfilled if God willed so.

Senior BSP leader and MP S C Mishra has also wished him a full and speedy recovery.

link:
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200608202010.htm

There was a breaking news at NDTV that he passed away.

ahhhhh man
just when everyone thought he was improving he passed away Ouch

thanks for clarifying

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I am very sad to read this. Great loss to the nation and for music lovers, but he will always be with us in the form of his contribution to music.

Bhagwann unki aatma ko shanti de va unke parivaar walon ko is dukhad ghatna ko sehan karne ka sahas pradaan kare.

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Posted: 20 August 2006 at 7:11pm | IP Logged

What a sad news to get in the morning!!!!! Ouch

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Posted: 20 August 2006 at 7:14pm | IP Logged

I have just heard this news .Its very sad Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry .

may God bless peace to his soul!

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Ustad Bismillah Khan passes away

HindustanTimes.com

New Delhi, August 21, 2006

Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan passed away due to a heart attack in Varanasi early morning on Monday. He was 91.

Khan, who was hospitalised and put on intravenous drip after a brief illness, breathed his last at 3.30 in the morning.

He had been admitted to the Heritage Hospital in the city on Thursday after his health reportedly started deteriorating following illness.

Born on March 21, 1916, Khan was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2001.

He was also honoured with the Sangeet Natak Academi Award, the Tansen Award and the prestigious Padma Vibhushan.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1773662,0008.htm

Edited by Rajeev Ki Heer - 20 August 2006 at 7:20pm

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Bismillah Khan

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The legendary Indian shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahib (born 21 March 1916) is the third classical musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna (in 2001), the highest civilian honour in India. The term "Ustad" or "Pandit" in relation to Indian classical music implies Master or Guru. Bismillah Khan is perhaps single handedly responsible for making the shehnai a famous classical instrument.

His ancestors were court musicians in the princely state of Dumraon in Bihar and he trained under his uncle, the late Ali Bux 'Vilayatu', a shehnai player attached to Benares's Vishwanath Temple. He brought the shehnai to the center stage of Indian music with his concert in the Calcutta All India Music Conference in 1937. 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.

Khan has honorary doctorates from the Banaras Hindu University and Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan. He has been awarded the Sangeet Natak Academi Award, the Tansen Award of the Madhya Pradesh government and also the prestigious Padma Vibhushan.

Despite his fame, Khan's lifestyle retains its old world Benares charm. His chief mode of transport is still the cycle rickshaw. A man of tenderness, he believes in remaining private, and that musicians are supposed to be heard and not seen. He is a pious Shia Muslim and also, like many Indian musicians regardless of creed, a devotee of Mother Saraswati.

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sad news

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Posted: 20 August 2006 at 7:23pm | IP Logged

Originally posted by soulsoup

What a sad news to get in the morning!!!!! Ouch

right... im totally shatterred... the most saddest part is his last wish couldnot be fulfilled Ouch

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Posted: 20 August 2006 at 7:44pm | IP Logged

Originally posted by Abhilash D

My sincere condolences. He was a true Bharat Ratna. Unarguably the greatest of all the classical musicians in India living and dead. His musical knowledge was such that other greats would blush in front of him. His shehnai emnated such power that would be the envy of every single musician worldwide.

But looking at his condition and living circumstances in the past decade, death was, I think, better for him. He won't suffer anymore at the hand of our petty government and public which pays the same enumeration for Abhijeet Sawant and Pt. Jasraj.

Rest in peace, Khan Sahib. Entertain the celestials wherever you are. Our pithy world doesn't deserve your divine symphonies.

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What more can one add to that? Exactly how I feel.

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