Who among the following was the guru of Pandit Ravi Shankar?

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  1. Bismillah Khan
  2. Amjad Ali Khan
  3. Ali Akbar Khan
  4. Allaudin Khan

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Option 4 : Allaudin Khan
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The correct answer is Allaudin Khan.

Key Points

  • Allauddin Khan totally reshaped Indian classical music's Maihar Gharana. 
  • He was also known as Baba Allauddin Khan.
  • He was born in Shibpur village in Brahmanbaria (in present-day Bangladesh) in 1862.
  • He was an Indian sarod player.
  • He was the guru of Pandit Ravi Shankar.

Ustad Allaudin Khan

Additional Information

  • Ravi Shankar was a Sitar Player and composer.
  • A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known exponent of North Indian classical music in the second half of the 20th century and influenced many musicians in India and throughout the world.
  • He was born on 7 April 1920 in Varanasi and died on 11 December 2012 in La JollaCaliforniaUnited States. 
  • He was awarded Bharat RatnaGrammy Lifetime Achievement Awardand more.
  • He is an Indian musicianplayer of the sitarcomposer, and founder of the National Orchestra of India.
  • Sitar, a stringed instrument of the lute family that is popular in northern IndiaPakistan, and Bangladesh.
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