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      • Pandit Ravi Shankar was an Indian musician and composer, best known for popularizing the Indian classical instrument Sitar all over the world. Shankar grew up studying music and toured as a member of his brother's dance troupe. After serving as the director of All-India Radio, he began to tour India and the United States.
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    Ravi Shankar (Bengali pronunciation: [ˈrobi ˈʃɔŋkor]; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, [2] sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; [3] 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer.

  3. Sep 12, 2024 · Ravi Shankar (born April 7, 1920, Benares [now Varanasi], India—died December 11, 2012, San Diego, California, U.S.) was an Indian musician, player of the sitar, composer, and founder of the National Orchestra of India, who was influential in stimulating Western appreciation of Indian music.

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  4. Dec 11, 2012 · Pandit Ravi Shankar was an Indian musician and composer, best known for popularizing the Indian classical instrument Sitar all over the world. Shankar grew up studying music and toured as a member of his brother's dance troupe. After serving as the director of All-India Radio, he began to tour India and the United States.

  5. Ravi Shankar was one of the greatest music maestros from India who familiarized the West with the Indian classical music. Read the biography to know all about his profile, childhood, life and timeline.

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  6. Apr 7, 2016 · Listed here are some facts you must know about the Sitar maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar: Ravi Shankar was born as Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury; He started his career as a dancer in his brother, Uday Shankar's dance group; The song, 'Sare Jahan Se Achha', although written by Muhammad Iqbal in the year 1904 was revived after it was was tuned by Ravi ...

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  7. Apr 2, 2014 · Ravi Shankar was an Indian musician and composer best known for his success in popularizing the sitar. Shankar grew up studying music and toured as a member of his brother's dance troupe.

  8. Dec 12, 2012 · Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, has died. He was 92.