biography on bismillah Khan...... plz it is very urgent tomorrow is my test..
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Born: 21 March 1916, Dumraon
Died: 21 August 2006, Heritage Hospitals Ltd, Varanasi
Instruments: Shehnai
Awards: Bharat Ratna, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, more
Movies: Jalsaghar, Meeting a Milestone: Ustad Bismillah Khan, more
Children: Soma Ghosh, Nazim Hussain, Nayyar Hussain, Zamin Hussain, Mehtab Hussain
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.[4][5] His father was a court musician employed in the court of Maharaja Keshav Prasad Singh of Dumraon Estate in Bihar. His grandfather Ustad Salar Hussain Khan and grandfather Rasool Baksh Khan were also musicians in the Dumraon palace.[4] He was named Qamruddin at birth, to rhyme with his elder brother's name Shamsuddin. Upon seeing the new born, his grandfather Rasool Baksh Khan, also a shehnai player, is said to have exclaimed "Bismillah", or "In the name of Allah", and thereafter he came to be known by this name.[1][5]
At the age of six he moved to Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh,[2] to be apprenticed to his maternal uncle, Ali Baksh 'Vilayatu' Khan, a shehnai player attached to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple.[6]
In 1932, at the age of 16, he entered into an arranged marriage with a cousin.[1]