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His father, Shyam Shankar Chowdhury, was a Middle Temple barrister and scholar who originally from Jessore district, East Bengal (now Bangladesh). A respected statesman, lawyer and politician, he served for several years as dewan (Prime Minister) of Jhalawar , Rajasthan , and used the Sanskrit spelling of the family name and removed its last part.
Dec 11, 2012 · Birth Name: Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury. Date of Death: 11 December 2012. Place of Death: San Diego, California. Profession: Sitar player, composer, singer. Spouses: Annapurna Devi, Sukanya Rajan. Children: Shubhendra Shankar, Anoushka Shankar. Father: Shyam Shankar Chowdhury. Mother: Hemangini Devi
Indian Celebrities Born In April. Died At Age: 92. Family: Spouse/Ex-: Annapurna Devi (m. 1941–1961), Sukanya Rajan (m. 1989–2012) father: Shyam Shankar. mother: Hemangini Devi. siblings: Uday Shankar. children: Anoushka Shankar, Norah Jones, Shubhendra Shankar. Musicians Indian Men. Died on: December 11, 2012.
His father, Shyam Shankar Chowdhury, was a statesman, lawyer, philosopher, writer and amateur musician. He served as Diwan (chief minister) to Maharaja of Jhalawar. Hemangini, his mother...
Apr 7, 2022 · His father, Shyam Shankar Chowdhury was a respected statesman, lawyer and politician, and his mother Hemangini Devi hailed from a small village where her father was a prosperous landlord. Shyam later worked as a lawyer in London, England, and there he married a second time while Devi raised Shankar in Varanasi.
Dec 11, 2012 · Life. Ravi Shankar was born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury [1] on April 7, 1920 in Varanasi, India to a Bengali Brahmin family, the highest caste in Hindu tradition. He was the youngest of seven brothers. [1] [2] [3] His father, Shyam Shankar, was a Middle Temple barrister and scholar who served as dewan of Jhalawar; his mother was Hemangini Devi.
Ravi Shankar was born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury on April 7, 1920 in Varanasi, India. His father, Shyam Shankar, was a scholar and employed as a diwan (minister) by the Maharajah of Jahlawar, but worked during most of Ravi’s childhood as a lawyer in London.