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|name=Bahadur Khan<br />
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|father=[[Ayet Ali Khan]]<br />
|mother=Umarunnesa<br />
|children=[[Kirit Khan]], Bidyut Khan<br />
|relatives={{ubl|[[Mobarak Hossain Khan]] (brother)|[[Sheikh Sadi Khan]] (brother)|[[Abed Hossain Khan]] (brother)}}<br />
|birth_name=Bahadur Hossain Khan<br />
|birth_date={{birth date|1931|01|19|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Brahmanbaria District|Brahmanbaria]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|1989|10|03|1931|01|19|df=y}}<br />
|death_place=[[Kolkata]], India<br />
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[[Ustad]] '''Bahadur Khan''' (19 January 1931 – 3 October 1989) was an Indian [[sarod]] player and film score composer.<br />
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==Early life and family==<br />
Ustad<ref>The title [[ustad]] refers to the titular prefix ''master'' in the article and is only used at the beginning of this article.</ref> Bahadur Khan was born on 19 January 1931 to [[Ayet Ali Khan]] and Umarunnesa in Shibpur village, [[Nabinagar Upazila|Nabinagar]], [[Brahmanbaria District|Brahmanbaria]], in the then [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]. From a musical family, he was related to sitar player [[Pandit Ravi Shankar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pandit-Ravi-Shankar-was-unhappy-as-I-was-drawing-more-applause-Annapurna-Devi/articleshow/41379379.cms|title = Pandit Ravi Shankar was unhappy as I was drawing more applause: Annapurna Devi|date = 1 September 2014|website = indiatimes.com|publisher = Times of India|last = Chowdhury|first = Tathagata Ray}}</ref> Khan first learnt to play the [[sarode]] from his father and his uncle [[Ustad Alauddin Khan|Alauddin Khan]] in [[Maihar]], before he finally settled in [[Calcutta]]. He also practiced vocal music and later collaborated with his cousins [[Ustad Ali Akbar Khan|Ali Akbar Khan]] and [[Annapurna Devi]].<br />
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Khan's brothers [[Abed Hossain Khan]] and [[Mobarak Hossain Khan]] were also musicians and based in Bangladesh,<ref>Brahmanbaria, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20080307070339/http://www.thedailystar.net/starinsight/2006/12/01/cover.htm Great Ustad Ayet Ali Khan]", The Daily Star Insight, 2006, (archived, 23 November 2014)</ref> and were the recipients from the [[Government of Bangladesh]] for their contributions to classical music.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/04/27/d604271401101.htm|title = Upholding a legacy in music|date = 27 April 2006|website = thedailystar.net|publisher = The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|last = Charanji|first = Kavita|access-date = 23 November 2014|archive-date = 13 March 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140313194052/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/04/27/d604271401101.htm|url-status = dead}}</ref> <br />
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==Career==<br />
Khan was a regular performer at the [[All India Radio]], [[Radio Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh Betar]]. He composed and directed music for many films by Indian filmmaker [[Ritwik Ghatak]] and featured in the following:<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ritwik Ghatak |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f3e8ec0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924210615/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f3e8ec0 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |access-date=2026-04-29 |work=BFI |language=en}}</ref><br />
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*''[[Subarnarekha (1962 film)|Subarnarekha]] (The Golden Line)''.<ref>Listing of the film ''Subarnarekha'' (accessed 23 November 2014).</ref><br />
*''[[Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960 film)|Meghe Dhaka Tara]] (The Cloud-clapped Star)''<br />
*''[[Komal Gandhar]] (E Flat)''<br />
*''[[Jukti Takko Aar Gappo]] (Reason, Debate and A Story)''<br />
*''[[Titash Ekti Nadir Naam]] (A River Named Titash)''<br />
*''Nagarik (The Citizen)''<br />
*''Shwet Mayur (White Peacock)''<br />
*''Yekhane Dariye (Where I Am Standing)''<br />
*''Trisandhyay (Three Twilights)''<br />
*''Notun Pata (New Leaf)''<br />
*''[[Garm Hava]]'' (Hot Winds, 1973)<br />
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==Teaching==<br />
Khan taught [[Indian classical music]] as a faculty member for six months at the [[Ali Akbar College of Music]] in [[California]], United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty {{!}} Ali Akbar College of Music|url=https://aacm.org/faculty-ali-akbar-college-of-music-indian-music-school-2/ |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=Ali Akbar College of Music |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>Jan Haag, [http://janhaag.com/MUaakaa.html Ali Akbar Khan, an appreciation], 2000 (accessed 23 November 2014).</ref> His students include his son Bidyut Khan, nephew [[Shahadat Hossain Khan]], [[Tejendra Majumdar]],<ref name=vintage/> [[Kalyan Mukherjea]], Monoj Shankar and his nephew [[Khurshid Khan (musician)|Khurshid Khan]].{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}<br />
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==Personal life and death==<br />
Khan had sons [[Kirit Khan]] (d. 2006) and Bidyut Khan.<ref name=vintage>{{Cite web |title=A revival of vintage music : - Bahadur Khan |url=http://www.itcsra.org/treasures/treasure_past.asp?id=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226104416/http://www.itcsra.org/treasures/treasure_past.asp?id=10 |archive-date=2012-02-26 |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=www.itcsra.org}}</ref> <br />
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Khan died on 3 October 1989 in [[Calcutta]], India.<ref name=vintage/> Every year, a one-day music festival takes place commemorating the death anniversary of the Khan in [[Calcutta]], organized by the "Ustad Bahadur Khan Music Circle".{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} In Bangladesh, his legacy is continued through the "Ustad Ayet Ali Khan Sangeet Niketon", a music school in memory of his father [[Ayet Ali Khan]], at their native village Shibpur.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0451333}}<br />
* [http://www.kalyanmsarode.com Kalyan Mukherjee's Homepage]<br />
* [http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/04/27/d604271401101.htm Shahdat Hossain Khan's review]<br />
* [http://www.upperstall.com/films/subarnarekha.html Review of the film ''Subarnarekha'']<br />
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