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'''Bundu Khan''' (1880 – 1955)<ref name=SwarGanga/> was a [[sarangi]] player during the first half of the 20th century.<ref name=Sangeet/>

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==Early life and career==
Bundu Khan was born in [[Delhi]] in a family of musicians. He received his early training in [[sarangi]] from his father Ali Jan Khan starting at 8 years of age, and later from his uncle Mamman Khan, a veteran Sarangi and Sursagar Player who belonged to the [[Patiala gharana]] (House of Patiala) of classical musicians.<ref name=Sangeet/><ref name=SwarGanga/> Bundu Khan played the sarangi from [[All India Radio]], [[Delhi]] Station, when it first started broadcasting in 1935. He served the princely court of [[Indore]] for 27 years as a court-musician.<ref name=Sangeet/> He studied [[Sanskrit]] in order to have access to the classical music of ancient India. He introduced what is known as ''Meendh Soot Ki Sargam'' in which the musician, in the midst of recurring melody, shifts from one note to another. He had mastered more than 500 [[Raga]]s. "He had great mastery over Raga system, Taan-palta, various traditional compositions – especially Ragas such as ''Malkauns'', [[Malhar (raga)|Malhar]], [[Bhairav (raga)|Bhairav]]."<ref name=SwarGanga>[https://www.swarganga.org/artist_details.php?id=313 Profile of Bundu Khan on SwarGanga Music Foundation website], Retrieved 20 August 2018</ref>

"Bundu Khan's sarangi was smaller in size than the usual one, with some metal strings instead of gut strings and so it sounded much different."<ref name=SwarGanga/>

Bundu Khan was also a musical theorist or a musicologist. His book on music, ''Jauhar-i-Mausiqi'' in Urdu, known as ''Sangeet Vivek Darpan'' in Hindi, was published simultaneously in Urdu and Hindi in June 1934.<ref name=SwarGanga/>

==Death and legacy==
He migrated to Pakistan and lived in [[Karachi]] until his death on 13 January 1955. "After migrating to Pakistan after the [[independence of Pakistan]] in 1947, Khan continued to play the sarangi from all the radio stations of Pakistan till his death in 1955. Both his sons gained prominence and became immediately known to the music circles of Pakistan."<ref name=Sangeet/> His sons Umrao Bundu Khan and [[Lal Mohammad Iqbal|Bulund Iqbal Khan]] have continued his musical tradition.<ref>[http://www.the-south-asian.com/april2001/Pakistan%20Music-Classical.htm Noted sarangi player of Pakistan–Bundu Khan on the-south-asian.com website], Published April 2001, Retrieved 20 August 2018</ref> "His complete mastery over his delicate and difficult instrument not only placed him on the top rung of the subcontinent's sarangi players but also made him one of the most proficient Hindustani instrumentalists of the 20th century."<ref name=Sangeet/>

==Awards and recognition==
[[Pride of Performance]] Award by the [[President of Pakistan]] in 1985.<ref name=Sangeet>[http://www.itcsra.org/TributeMaestro.aspx?Tributeid=36 'Tribute to a Maestro' - Profile of sarangi player Bundu Khan], ITC Sangeet Research Academy website, Retrieved 20 August 2018</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.britannica.com/art/sarangi Description of Sarangi (musical instrument) on Encyclopedia Britannica]
*[http://www.itcsra.org/tribute.asp?id=14 ITC Sangeet Research Academy Tribute]
*[http://sarangi.info/bundu Ustad Bundu Khan recordings available on www.sarangi.info]

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[[Category:People from Delhi]]
[[Category:People from Karachi]]
[[Category:Muhajir people]]
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[[Category:Pakistani musicians]]

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