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Ravi Shankar
Biography
Ravi Shankar
Born
April 7, 1920 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Died
February 3, 2000

Years Active:
60s | 70s | 80s | 90s | Current

 
Born on April 7, 1920, in Varanasi into an orthodox, well-off Brahmin family, Rabindra Shankar Chowdery's father, ShyÆm Shankar, was employed as a diwan (minister) by the Maharajah of Jhalawar. By the age of 13, Ravi Shankar was going along on every tour of his brother Uday Shankar's Compaigne de Danse et Musique Hindou (Company of Hindu Dance and Music). At the All-Bengali Music Conference in December 1934, he met the multi-instrumentalist Allauddin Khan. Precisely when Allauddin Khan was born is uncertain. ...
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Selected Discography:
  Album Title Released Label Price
Homage To Mahatma Gandhi



2004 DG $6.99
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