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Ram Narayan

1927 - 2024

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Ram Narayan (IPA: [raːm naːˈɾaːjəɳ]; 25 December 1927 – 9 November 2024), often referred to with the title Pandit, was an Indian musician who popularised the bowed instrument sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music and became the first internationally successful sarangi player. Narayan was born near Udaipur and learned to play the sarangi at an early age. He studied under sarangi players and singers and, as a teenager, worked as a music teacher and travelling musician. All India Radio in Lahore hired Narayan as an accompanist for vocalists in 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ram Narayan is the 62nd most popular musician (up from 350th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from India (up from 204th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ram Narayan ranks 62 out of 3,175. Before him are Martha Argerich, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Nick Drake, and Mstislav Rostropovich. After him are Brian Jones, Victor Borge, Robert Fripp, Dschinghis Khan, J. J. Cale, and Chuck Berry.

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Among people born in 1927, Ram Narayan ranks 18. Before him are Samuel P. Huntington, Kim Young-sam, Robert Shaw, Vladimir Komarov, Turgut Özal, and Mstislav Rostropovich. After him are Sidney Poitier, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Angelo Sodano, László Kubala, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, and Maurice Béjart. Among people deceased in 2024, Ram Narayan ranks 20. Before him are Peter Higgs, Maria Branyas, Daniel Kahneman, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Anouk Aimée, and Arno Allan Penzias. After him are Hassan Nasrallah, Akira Toriyama, Françoise Hardy, Louis Gossett Jr., Arnold Rüütel, and Sven-Göran Eriksson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ram Narayan ranks 64 out of 1,861. Before him are Alauddin Khalji (1266), Ronald Ross (1857), C. V. Raman (1888), P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), Salman Khan (1965), and Iskander Mirza (1899). After him are Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886), Aurangzeb (1618), Ghalib (1797), Bhāskara II (1114), Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542), and Guru Gobind Singh (1666).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Ram Narayan ranks 2. Before him are Amir Khusrow (1253). After him are A. R. Rahman (1966), Pete Best (1941), Ravi Shankar (1920), Cliff Richard (1940), Tansen (1493), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), Naushad (1919), Bismillah Khan (1916), Christian Zacharias (1950), and Barry Hay (1948).

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