All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. Saying ...

This Saturday, Dumraon will come alive with the Ustad Bismillah Khan Mahotsav, a vibrant tribute to the legendary shehnai ...

Murmurs of Bismillah's big-hitting potential first did the rounds in 2009 when he made his First-Class debut for the Quetta ...

Qamruddin Khan (Bismillah Khan), shehnai player: born Dumraon, India 21 March 1916; married (five sons, three daughters); died Varanasi, India 21 August 2006. It is given to very few musicians that ...

BIHAR: Shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan’s birth place in Bihar is crumbling despite politicians making promises of renovation over the years. Nine years have gone by since his death and local residents ...

New Delhi: Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan was born as Qamaruddin Khan on 21st march, 1916 in a traditional Muslim family of musicians in Bhirung Raut Ki Gali, Dumraon - in present-day Bihar. He was ...

Ustad Bismillah Khan was born on 21 March 1916 in Dumaron, Bihar. At the very young age he had learned to play shehnai and became the Ustad or master of it. He is a recipient of Bharat Ratna (2001), ...

In a Shiva-fixated city, shehnai maestro, Bismillah Khan, then 12 years old, first caught a glimpse of the boss. Little Bismillah was practising on the stone balcony of the Balaji temple when Shiva – ...