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In 2001, Bismillah Khan was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, and the country observed a national day of mourning following his death in 2006. He became the third classical musician of India after M. S. Subbalakshmi and Ravi Shankar to be awarded the Bharat Ratna.
The Bharat Ratna ( Hindi pronunciation: [bʰaːɾət̪ rət̪nə]; Jewel of India) is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred in recognition of "exceptional service/performance of the highest order", without distinction of race, occupation, position or gender.
Aug 21, 2006 · Bharat Ratna – In 2001, Bismillah Khan was conferred with Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award. Padma Vibhushan – In 1980, he was honoured with the Padma Vibhusha, which is the country’s second highest civilian award.
Ustad Bismillah Khan was undoubtedly a gem of India. He has been awarded all the top civilian awards namely Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, and Padma Vibhushan; was conferred the Bharat Ratna award in 2001.
Jul 11, 2023 · Ustad Bismillah Khan was a great Indian shehnai maestro of Benares and awarded with the Bharat Ratna in the year 2001 being the third classical musician. Bharat Ratna is the uppermost national honour in India.
Bismillah Khan (born March 21, 1916, Dumraon, Bihar and Orissa province, British India—died August 21, 2006, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India) was an Indian musician who played the shehnai, a ceremonial oboelike North Indian horn, with such expressive virtuosity that he became a leading Indian classical music artist.
Ustad Bismillah Khan received the first, second, and third highest civilian honours of the country, for his extraordinary talent in playing shehnai. He received Bharat Ratna in 2001, Padma Vibhushan in 1980, and Padma Bhushan in 1968.
Mar 21, 2018 · The maestro was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 2001. Ustad Bismillah Khan's last wish, to be able to perform at the India Gate as a tribute to the martyrs,...
Aug 21, 2006 · Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan (March 21 1916 to August 21 2006) Bismillah Khan was born in the small village of Dumraon in Bihar. He spent his childhood in the holy city of Varanasi, on the banks of the Ganga, where his uncle was the official shehnai player in the famous Visvanath temple.
Bismillah Khan was born in the small village of Dumraon in Bihar. He spent his childhood in the holy city of Varanasi, on the banks of the Ganga, where his uncle was the official shehnai player in the famous Visvanath temple.
