Munawar Ali Khan (15 August 1930 – 13 October 1989) was an
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classical and light classical vocalist of
Kasur Patiala Gharana
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Lahore
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,
British India
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Barkat Ali Khan
Ustad Barkat Ali Khan (1908 – 19 June 1963) was a Pakistani classical singer, younger brother of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and elder brother of Mubarak Ali Khan, and belonged to the Patiala gharana of music.
Early life and career
Barkat Ali Khan ...
. He accompanied his father Bade Ghulam Ali Khan to all his concerts and became an integral part of his father's recital after his father had a paralytic attack in early 1961.Knowing the Ustad ( Munawar Ali Khan) ''
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'', Published 16 March 2018, Retrieved 19 October 2020Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, the only one who could be Tansen's voice for Mughal-e-Azam Cinestaan.com website, Published 24 April 2018, Retrieved 19 October 2020
Munawar Ali Khan had a full-throated voice with open aakar and his style differed from his father's quicksilver style. After his father's death in 1968, he started giving solo concerts.
Munawar Ali Khan was a top-grade artist at
All India Radio
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. He also joined
Bharatiya Kala Kendra
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in
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as a music teacher. He performed in major music festivals in India and abroad. He toured extensively in
Germany
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,
Switzerland
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,
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,
France
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and represented India in
Afghanistan
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in 1986 and in
Pakistan
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in 1984. He has several discs to his credit both in India and abroad, released by Audiorec, HMV, EMI Music and Sony Nad. With Sandhya Mukherjee he also sang for a Bengali film "Jaijawanti" (1971).
Munawar Ali Khan created many
khyal
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and
thumri
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bandishes as well as geet and
ghazal
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bandishes. He sang ragas which were not very popular in his gharana, such as Shuddh Kalyan, Bairagi Bhairav, Abhogi Kanada, Suha Kanada, Devgiri Bilawal, and Ahir Bhairav, and he created a new raga named Malini Basant.
Munawar Ali Khan taught many students including his son
Raza Ali Khan
Raza Ali Khan (born on 8 August 1962) is an Indian classical vocalist of the Patiala gharana.
He was formerly married to Indian film and television actress Neelima Azeem.
Early years
Raza Ali Khan was born in Bombay to Hindustani classical v ...
; his nephews Mazhar Ali Khan, Jawaad Ali Khan, and Naqi Ali Khan;
Ajoy Chakraborty
Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty (born 25 December 1952) is an Hindustani classical vocalist, composer, lyricist and an exponent of the Patiala-Kasur gharana. He was given Padma Bhushan Award, the third highest civilian award in India in 2020.
Early li ...
, Indira Misra, Primila Puri,
Sanjukta Ghosh
Sanjukta Ghosh is an Indian vocalist in Hindustani classical music from the Patiala Gharana.
Early life
Initially, she was under the guidance of Prasun Banerjee and later, for almost two decades, from Munawar Ali Khan.
Career
She performed for ...
, Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay,
Sajjad Ali
Sajjad Ali (born 1962) is a Pakistani semi-classical, pop and rock singer, poet, actor, film director as well as a film producer from Karachi, Pakistan.Profile of Munawar Ali Khan The Hindu (newspaper), Updated 21 June 2013, Retrieved 19 October 2020
Death
Munawar Ali Khan died at the age of 59 in
Kolkata
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