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Download Solution PDFWho is a well known tabla maestro of the Punjab Gharana?
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Download Solution PDFCorrect Answer Alla Rakha.Key Points
- Ustad Allah Rakha was a renowned tabla player.
- Ustad Allah Rakha studied voice and Raag Vidya under Ashiq Ali Khan of the Patiala Gharana.
- He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1977 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1982.
- He was also featured in a Google doodle on 29 April 2014 on the occasion of his 95th birthday.
- Zakir Hussain is the eldest son of Ustad Allah Rakha.
Additional Information
| Instrument | Musicians |
| Tabla | Zakir Hussain, Anindo Chatterjee, Alla Rakha, Bikram Ghosh, Kishan Maharaj, Shankar Ghosh, etc. |
| Flute | Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pravin Godkhindi, Pannalal Ghosh, Shashank Subramanyam, etc. |
| Shehnai | Bismillah Khan, Krishna Ram Choudhary, Ali Ahmad Hussain, etc. |
| Sitar | Pt Ravi Shankar, Shahid Parvez Khan, Budhaditya Mukherjee, Anushka Shankar, Hara Shankar Bhattacharya, Nikhil Banerjee, Vilayat Khan, Mushtaq Ali Khan |
| Sarod | Allauddin Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Amjad Ali Khan, Buddhadev Dasgupta, Bahadur Khan, Sharan Rani, etc. |
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