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Rāmtanu Pandey (c. 1493 – 26 April 1589), popularly referred to as Mian Tānsen (lit. 'the Learned One'), or Sangeet Samrāt (lit. 'Monarch of Hindustani Music'), was a Hindustani classical musician. Born into a Hindu Gaur Brahmin family in Gwalior, he learnt and perfected his art in the northwest region of modern Madhya Pradesh. He got his first break as musician and composer in the court of Raja Man Singh Tomar of Gwalior and spent most of his adult life in the court and patronage of the Hindu king of Rewa, Raja Ramchandra Singh (r. 1555–1592), where Tānsen's musical abilities and studies gained widespread fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tansen is the 282nd most popular musician (up from 458th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from India (up from 248th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tansen ranks 282 out of 3,175. Before him are Louis Vierne, Farid al-Atrash, Snoop Dogg, Burt Bacharach, Peter Tosh, and Roy Harper. After him are Paul Stanley, András Schiff, Henryk Szeryng, Lars Ulrich, Jaco Pastorius, and Émile Waldteufel.

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Among people born in 1493, Tansen ranks 7. Before him are Paracelsus, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Maximilian Sforza, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Anne de Montmorency, and Sten Sture the Younger. After him are Olaus Petri, Clarice de' Medici, Nicolaus Olahus, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, George I, Duke of Pomerania, and Yamamoto Kansuke. Among people deceased in 1493, Tansen ranks 4. Before him are Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, Topa Inca Yupanqui, and Martín Alonso Pinzón. After him is Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara.

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In India

Among people born in India, Tansen ranks 190 out of 1,861. Before him are Mahesh Bhatt (1948), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Choudhry Rahmat Ali (1895), Ajay Devgn (1969), Rajaram I (1670), and Pranab Mukherjee (1935). After him are Kareena Kapoor (1980), Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904), Gangubai Kothewali (1939), Prithviraj Chauhan (1159), Chandragupta II (400), and Mahavatar Babaji (1900).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Tansen ranks 7. Before him are Amir Khusrow (1253), Ram Narayan (1927), A. R. Rahman (1966), Pete Best (1941), Ravi Shankar (1920), and Cliff Richard (1940). After him are Ilaiyaraaja (1943), Naushad (1919), Bismillah Khan (1916), Christian Zacharias (1950), Barry Hay (1948), and M. M. Keeravani (1961).

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