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{{short description|Pakistani singer}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Ghulam Hassan Shaggan
|image =
|caption =
|image_size = Ghulam Hassan
|birth_name =
|birth_date = 1928
|birth_place = [[Amritsar]], India
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2015|2|3|1928}}
|death_place = [[Lahore]], Pakistan
|occupation = [[Pakistani classical music]] singer
|years_active = 
|awards =[[Sitara-e-Imtiaz]] (Star of Distinction) by the [[President of Pakistan]] in 2000<br/>[[Pride of Performance]] Award by the [[Government of Pakistan]] in 1988
}}
'''Ghulam Hassan Shaggan''' (1928, in [[Amritsar]] – 3 February 2015) was a Pakistani classical music singer of the [[Gwalior]] [[Gharana]] from the Hindustani classical music genre. Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan was the recipient of numerous awards including the [[Pride of Performance]] (1988) and [[Sitara-e-Imtiaz]] (2000) (Star of Excellence) from the [[Government of Pakistan]].<ref name=sarangi/>

==Personal life and early years==
His father's name was [[Bhai Lal Mohammad]] (died 1962), who belonged to the Gwalior-[[Kapurthala]] Gharana. Ghulam Hassan Shaggan, along with his father and family, moved to [[Pakistan]] in 1947 and settled in [[Lahore]].<ref name=sarangi/>

Ghulam Hassan Shaggan lived in [[Iqbal Town, Lahore]] with his sons Qadir Shaggan (vocalist and music director) and Mazhar Shaggan ([[Rebab|rabab]] and [[mandolin]] player).<ref name=sarangi/>

==Career==
Ghulam Hassan Shaggan's father Bhai Lal Mohammad was appointed music supervisor at [[Radio Pakistan]]. His son, Ghulam Hassan Shaggan, had opportunities to perform at the radio station. Over a period of 12 years, as Shaggan gained recognition, he started performing more frequently at [[Radio Pakistan]], The [[All Pakistan Music Conference]], and other events in Pakistan and abroad.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI89M6HhH8A Ghulam Hassan Shaggan sings raga on YouTube] Uploaded 18 December 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2019</ref>

===International tours===
In the 1990s, Ghulam Hassan Shaggan had received recognition in Europe as an outstanding representative of the [[North Indian classical music]] tradition. His talent was first recognized by French [[musicologist]]s Gerard Kurgijian and Martina Catella. They invited him to perform in France, Sweden, Spain, [[Switzerland]], Germany and the UK.<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=sarangi/>

Ghulam Hassan Shaggan also collaborated with the alternative/[[trance (music)|trance]] band [[Fun-Da-Mental]]. This band used an arrangement of his original bandish in [[Bhopali|Raag Bhopali]] in the band's 2001 album, ''There Shall be Love!''<ref name=sarangi>[https://sarangi.info/vocal/shaggan/ Ghulam Hassan Shaggan's profile and recordings on sarangi.info website (scroll down for his Profile)] Retrieved 13 August 2019</ref>

===Final years===
Even in his final years before his death in 2015, he continued to perform in public with youthful enthusiasm with the characteristic vigor of the [[Gwalior]] [[gayaki]].<ref name=sarangi/>

== Awards and recognition ==
*'''Sangeet Samrat Award''' at the music conference in [[Calcutta]] in 1962<ref name=sarangi/><ref name=Dawn/>
* [[Pride of Performance]] Award by the [[President of Pakistan]] in 1988<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=sarangi/>
* [[Sitara-e-Imtiaz]] (Star of Excellence) in 2000 from the [[Government of Pakistan]]<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=sarangi/>

He received countless awards and titles during his 1962 tour of [[India]]. He was conferred with the titles of Sangeet Rattan, Sangeet Alankar, Sangeet Samrat, Sindh Sangeet Mandalam and King of Music from the Sindh Sangeet Mandal in [[Mumbai]]. During the same 1962 tour of India, he was presented with a certificate of recognition by [[sarod]] maestro [[Hafiz Ali Khan]] of [[India]].<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=sarangi/>

In 2014, Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan was honoured with the first ''Lifetime Achievement Award'' of the [[Lahore music forum]].

==Death and legacy==
Ghulam Hassan Shaggan died on Tuesday, 3 February 2015 in [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]] at age 86.<ref name=Dawn/> His son, Qadir Shaggan, reportedly said that his father had been suffering from heart disease. When his condition suddenly deteriorated, he was taken to [[Punjab Institute of Cardiology]], where he was pronounced dead.<ref name=Dawn>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1161419/sangeet-samrat-ustad-shaggan-goes-silent |title=Sangeet Samrat Ustad Shaggan goes silent|author=Shoaib Ahmed|newspaper=Dawn|location=Pakistan|date=4 February 2015|access-date=13 August 2019}}</ref> Among his survivors are two sons, Qadir Shaggan who is also a classical music vocalist and a music director. The other son, Mazhar Shaggan, is a [[Rabāb|rabab]] and [[mandolin]] player.<ref name=Dawn/>

==References==
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>Wprlh at 21:30, 13 May 2021