| Name(s) |
NIKHIL Ranjan
BANNERJEE |
| Date of
Birth |
October 14, 1931 |
| Date of
Death |
January 27, 1986 |
|
Identity |
Indian classical
sitarist of the Maihar Gharana. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1941: At the age of 9
years, he had won an All-India sitar competition and became
the youngest musician employed by All India Radio.
- 1968: He was decorated with
the Padma Shri Award by the Govt of India.
- 1974: He received the
prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
- 1986: At the time of his
death in 1986, he was a faculty member at the Ali Akbar
College of Music in Calcutta.
- 1986: He was posthumously
awarded the Padma Bhushan title by the
Government of India in 1986.
|
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- Allauddin Khan, the great Sarod player, was Banerjee's
main teacher.
- Later, he also learned from Ali Akbar Khan, the son of
Allaudin Khan, for many years.
- He is commonly regarded as being on a level with the
other two Sitar masters Ravi Shankar and Vilayat Khan.
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