THE BIOGRAPHY OF USTAAD ALLAUDDIN KHAN

DEAR READERS,
ALLAUDDIN KHAN WAS SUCH A PERSONALITY,THAT FOR LRARNING THE INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC,TOOK A LOT OF PAIN IN HIS LIFE,BUT HE USED TO DONATR HIS KNOWLRDGE TO ANY OF HIS DISCIPLES WHO WERE CAPABLE TO DIGEST IT.MANY DISCIPLRS CAME TO HIM FROM THE LONG DISTANT PLACES TO LEARN MUSIC FROM HIM.HE WASN'T ONLY A GOOD SAROD PLAYER,BUT A FINE VIOLINIST,SOORBAHAARIST AND A SITAARIST.NOT ONLY THIS HE PLAYED ALL THE INSTRUMENTS PROPERLY AND TAUGHT THEM TO HIS DISCIPLES.
HE WAS BORN IN THE YEAR 1870 IN TRIPURA ,IN THE SHIVPUR VILLAGE.HIS FATHER'S NAME WAS SADHU KHAN AND HIS GRAND FATHER'S NAME WAS MADAAR KHAN.WHEN SAADHU KHAN PLAYED SITAAR,HE CAREFULLY HEARD IT.THEREFORE HE WAS INSPIRED BY HIS FATHER FOR HIS MUSICAL EDUCATION.HE WAS ADMITTED TO A SCHOOL,WHERE HE DIDN'T LIKE STUDYING AND LEFT THE SCHOOL. AFTER THIS HE WENT TO KOLKATA.HE HAD NOTHING TO FEED HIS STOMACH BUT TO SEAT AND EAT WITH THE BEGGERS THERE,FREE OF COST.HE ATE ONLY ONCE IN ADAY.
FORTUNATELY,HE MET LATE GOPAL KRISHNA BHATTACHARYA,WHO STARTED TEACHING HIM THE CLAASICAL SINGING.DURING THE SAME TIME,SIMULTANEOUSLY HE STARTED LEARNING TABLA AND PAKHAWAJ.AFTER LEARNING FOR 7 YEARS MR. GOPAL CHANDRA DIED.AFTER FEW DAYS HE MET THE BROTHER OF SWAMI VIVEKANAND'S BROTHER MR. HABBOLAL DUTT.HE TAUGHT HIM VIOLIN,CLARINETAND FLUTE.HE MET LATE AHMAD ALI KHAN,WHO WAS A FAMOUS SAROD PLAYER.HE TOOK LOT OF PAIN TO LEARN FROM HIM.HE WORKED AS A SERVANT IN HIS HOUSE.AFTER THAT HE WENT TO RAMPUR.THERE HE HAD NO SOURCE TO SURVIVE.ANY HE SLEPT IN THE CORNER OF THE MASJID AND ATE WHATEVER HE GOT.SOMRTIMES HE HAD TO SLEEP HUNGARILY.AT THAT POINT OF TIME HE GOT SO FRUSTRATED THAT HE DECIDED TO SUICIDE.HE MET A SAINT WHO ENCOURAGED HIM.HE WANTED TO MEET THE EMPEROR ,BUT WASN'T GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY.ONCE,HE STOOD INFRONT OF THE PATH OF THE NAWAAB OF RAMPUR.THE NAWAAB STOPPED.HE WAS PRESENTED INFRONT OF THE NAWAAB.HE TOLD ALL HIS STORIES TO THE NAWAAB ,AND THE NAWAAB GOT IMPRESSED.HE HELPED HIM IN SOLVING HIS BASIC NEEDS LIKE FOODING AND LODGING AND TOLD MR. WAZIR KHAN TO TEACH HIM MUSIC . MR. WAZIR KHAN TAUGHT HIM RAWAAB,SAROD,SOOR SRINGAAR,DHROOPAD,DHAMAAR ETC.IN THE FOREIGN COUNTRY HE WAS INTRODUCED BY THE NAWAAB,WHERE HE PLAYED BELA IN THE ORCHESHTRA.SLOWLY,HE STARTED BECOMING FAMOUS.HE WENT TO KOLKATA WHERE HE GAVE HIS CONCERT AND HIGHLY APPRECIATED.AFTER SOMETIMES HE GOT A JOB IN THE MAIHAR DYNASTY.DURING HIS JOB HE TRAVELLED TOCOUNTRIES LIKE ITALY,BELGIUM,FRANCE,AMERICAETC.HE TAUGHT HIS DAUGHTER MRS. ANNAPURNA TO PLAY SITAAR,SON ALI AKBAR KHAN TO PLAY SAROD AND PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR(BHARAT RATNA) TO PLAY SITAAR. AFTER SOME HEALTH PROBLEM HE DIED ON 6TH SEPTEMBER 1972.
SINCERELY,
RINKU ADARSH