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Allauddin Khan

1881 - 1972

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Ustad Allauddin Khan (8 October 1862 – 6 September 1972), was a Bengali sarod player and multi-instrumentalist, composer and one of the most notable music teachers of the 20th century in Indian classical music. For a generation many of his students, across different instruments like sitar and violin, dominated Hindustani classical music and became one of the most famous exponents of the form ever, including his son Ali Akbar Khan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Allauddin Khan is the 2,069th most popular musician (down from 1,405th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 45th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bangladeshi Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Allauddin Khan ranks 2,069 out of 3,175. Before him are Boris Berezovsky, Jack Casady, Chris Thomas, Igor Presnyakov, Christian Lindberg, and George Adams. After him are Constant Lambert, Mia Zapata, Sverre Kjelsberg, Stefan Olsdal, Pierre Pincemaille, and George Lynch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Allauddin Khan ranks 230. Before him are Alice Wilson, Augusto Barcía Trelles, Noble Johnson, Julius Frey, Désiré Beaurain, and Bruno Söderström. After him are James Cecil Parke, Lascelles Abercrombie, Margaret Wycherly, Louis Baillon, Éamonn Ceannt, and Padraic Colum. Among people deceased in 1972, Allauddin Khan ranks 248. Before him are Caesar ten Cate, Frank Tashlin, Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez, Walter Winchell, George Campbell, and Mór Kóczán. After him are Jaap Mol, John Litel, Marilyn Maxwell, Isabel Jewell, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and Tor Lund.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Allauddin Khan ranks 59 out of 74. Before him are Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem (1916), Utpal Dutt (1929), Moudud Ahmed (1940), Mohammad Mohammadullah (1921), Irene Khan (1956), and Sarat Chandra Das (1849). After him are Vilayat Khan (1928), A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury (1915), Runa Laila (1952), Bimal Roy (1909), Geeta Dutt (1930), and Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (1966).

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Among MUSICIANS In Bangladesh

Among musicians born in Bangladesh, Allauddin Khan ranks 2. Before him are S. D. Burman (1906). After him are Vilayat Khan (1928).

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