Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (died 13 February 2014) was the last known master of
Kashmiri Sufiyana Music in the world. He opened a school to teach his genre of music, although it did not attract many students from Kashmir because of religious and social prejudice. He was awarded India's fourth highest civilian honour the
Padma Shri
Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...
in 2013. He was also awarded the
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998 for his contribution to Sufiana Kalam of Kashmir. He died in 2014 in
Srinagar at the age of 74.
Noted Sufi Music Maestro Ustad Saznawaz Dead
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Kashmiri people
2014 deaths
Indian Sufis
Performers of Sufi music
Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
1940 births
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