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'''Ashutosh Bhattacharya''' (17 March 1917 – 8 February 2004) was a noted [[Indian classical music|Indian classical]] musician of [[Hindustani classical music]] from [[Varanasi]], who was [[Tabla]] player and music educator, besides a practicing [[Ayurvedic]] doctor.<br />
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In 1966, he was awarded the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] the highest honour conferred by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm |title=SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi ''Ratna Puraskar''winners (Akademi Fellows) |publisher=SNA Official website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023617/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref><br />
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==Early life and background==<br />
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Born in a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] family in [[Varanasi]] (Benaras), Uttar Pradesh,<ref name="Singh1986">{{cite book|author=Ram Dular Singh|title=Bengal and Varanasi: a study of cultural synthesis & national integration : Bengal's contribution to Varanasi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SWluAAAAMAAJ|page=x|year=1986|publisher=Bibliographical Society of India}}</ref> Bhattacharya grew up in the family of [[Ayurvedic]] doctors, where both his father and grandfather practiced Ayurvedic medicine. However, at a young age he showed musical inclination and at age 8 started learning ''[[pakhawaj]]'' from Pandit Ram Nath Mishra.<ref name=eth>{{cite web |title=Pandit Kaviraj Ashutosh Bhattacharya |url=http://ethnosuperlounge.com/ashubabu/ |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref> After a few years of training, he switched to learning tabla from Pandit Kanthe Maharaj, noted tabla player of the [[Benares gharana]], and uncle of [[Kishan Maharaj]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography of Kanthe Maharaj |url=http://www.varanasi.org.in/kanthe-maharaj |publisher=varanasi.org |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Misra1990">{{cite book|author=Susheela Misra|title=Some immortals of Hindustani music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcYGAQAAMAAJ|page=127|year=1990|publisher=Harman Pub. House|isbn=978-81-85151-14-4}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He started performing at the age of 21, when in 1937, he accompanied [[sarod]] maestro [[Allauddin Khan]] at the music concert in [[Allahabad]].<ref name="Bhattacharya1979">{{cite book|author=Jotin Bhattacharya|title=Ustad Allauddin Khan and His Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7rIiAAAAMAAJ|page=58|year=1979|publisher=B. S. Shah Prakashan}}</ref> In the coming years, he accompanied leading musicians like, Pt. [[Ravi Shankar]],<ref>{{cite web |title= the genius of Pandit Ravi Shankar|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/twitterati-mourn-the-genius-of-pandit-ravi-shankar/1/237346.html |date=12 December 2012|publisher=India Today |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref> Ustad [[Ali Akbar Khan]] and Ustad [[Vilayat Khan]].<ref name=eth/><br />
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Besides his musical career, he also practiced Ayurvedic medicine at his clinic in Varanasi, and taught students.<ref name=eth/> He died on 9 February 2004 in Varanasi, after a brief illness, at the age of 86. His son, Debabrata Bhattacharya, is a tabla player.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Anokhelal Mishra]]<br />
*[[Kishan Maharaj]]<br />
*[[Samta Prasad]]<br />
*[[Chandra Nath Shastri]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{cite book|author=Sudhish Chandra Banerjee|title=Tabla and the world of Indian rhythms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r8IIAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA216|year=2006|publisher=Shubhi Publications}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://ethnosuperlounge.com/ashubabu/tablaschool.htm Ashu Babu Memorial School]<br />
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[[Category:Hindustani instrumentalists]]<br />
[[Category:Tabla players]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male classical musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians from Varanasi]]<br />
[[Category:Indian music educators]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]]<br />
[[Category:Ayurvedacharyas]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian musicians]]<br />
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