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Annapurna Devi (17 April 1927 – 13 October 2018) was an Indian surbahar player of Hindustani classical music. She was given the name 'Annapurna' by Maharaja Brijnath Singh of the former Maihar Estate (M.P.), and it was by this name that she was popularly known.
Annpurna Devi Yadav (born 2 February 1970) is an Indian politician who serving as 5th Minister of Women and Child Development since 2024. She is also a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) from Kodarma, Jharkhand in which she won the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Annapurna, Annapurneshwari, Annada or Annapoorna ( Sanskrit: अन्नपूर्णा, IAST: Annapūrṇa, lit. filled with or possessed of food) [1] is a manifestation of Parvati and is known as the Hindu goddess of food and nourishment.
Annapurna Devi was the daughter of the legendary musician and revered Guru of Hindustani classical music, Acharya Baba Allauddin Khan sahib and Madan Manjari. She was the sister of the great sarod maestro, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. She was married to Pt. Ravi Shankar and later to Prof. Rooshikumar Pandya. She was the mother of Shubhendra Shankar.
Jun 10, 2024 · Annapurna Devi, a former RJD member, joined BJP in 2019 and became a Union Minister in PM Modi's Cabinet. (FB) Annapurna Devi foray into politics in 1998 was not a decision she had much control over. It happened after the death of her husband Ramesh Yadav who was with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
Oct 23, 2018 · As a surbahar (bass sitar) player, Annapurna Devi was hailed in the 1940s and 1950s as a virtuoso, in possession of a nearly singular musical sensitivity.
Jun 12, 2024 · Premium Annapurna Devi being congratulated after she took charge as the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (PIB) Read Full Story.
Oct 24, 2018 · Annapurna Devi, a noted Indian musician and teacher whose decision to stop performing relatively early in her career made her something of an enigma, died on Oct. 13 in Mumbai. She was 91....
Jul 17, 2021 · Annapurna Devi is a reclusive Surbahar (bass Sitar) maestro of Indian Classical Music. Annapurna Devi represents a family of the great tradition of Indian classical music. She...
This is Devi’s second term as MP. In 2019 when she defeated former CM Babulal Marandi of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) by 4.55 lakh votes while contesting on the BJP's ticket.. In ...
