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‘Shahenshah-e-Ghazal’ Mehdi Hassan passes away

Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan passed away Born -July 18, 1927, Luna village Rajasthan Belonged to a family of traditional musicians He migrated to Pakistan at the time of...

June 16, 2012

Janet Baker wins Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award

British singer Janet Baker won Gramophone magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award recently. Baker was an acclaimed master of both opera and lieder for more than 30 years. Janet Baker...

December 28, 2011

Lata Mangeshkar honoured with the First Hridaynath Award

Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary playback singerwas honoured with the first Hridaynath award for her contribution to Indian music . The award was presented to her on September 28,...

December 7, 2011

Ustad Fahimuddin Dagar

Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Khan Dagar passed away on 27 July 2011. He was exponent of Dhrupad one of the most pristine and richest form of Indian Classical Music....

October 30, 2011

Current Affairs : August 23, 2011

World’s longest periscope A 10 m long indigenously developed periscope for a nuclear reactor at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Researc (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam near Chennai was...

August 23, 2011

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Passes Away

Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi, the legendary vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition, was born into a Kannada family in Gadag, Karnataka, on February 4, 1922. He was trained under...

February 1, 2011

Current Affairs Current Affairs : Awards September October 2009

October 9, 2009: Jamnalal Bajaj Awards 2009:The Jamnalal Bajaj awards which are given by Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation every year, were declared recently.Read Here October 2, 2009: Dhoni declared...

October 8, 2009

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