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'''Devendra Murdeshwar''' (19 September 1923 – 29 January 2000) was an Indian [[bansuri]] flutist.<ref name="d">{{Cite web|url=https://davidphilipson.com/music/devendra/|title=Pt. Devendra Murdeshwar - bansuri}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Murdeshwar was born in 1923 in a Brahmin family in Masur in the [[Mysore State]] in Karnataka. His father played the violin, tabla and the bansuri flute as a hobby. Devendra first also learned flute and [[tabla]] before shifting to the flute.<br />
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==Career==<br />
He had an early interest in music. In 1941 he went to Bombay to study under [[Pannalal Ghosh]].{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} He was a staff artist at All India Radio Delhi. Through his work he came in contact with musicians such as [[Allauddin Khan]], [[Omkarnath Thakur]], [[Mallikarjun Mansur]] and [[Bade Ghulam Ali Khan]]. Along with Pannalal Ghosh he was one of India's leading flutists in the 20th century.<br />
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==Death==<br />
Murdeshwar died on 29 January 2000 from a heart attack aged 77.<ref name ="d" /><br />
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