kairana gharana

Abdul Karim Khan Ustad Abdul Karim Khan was born on November 11,1882 in Kirana, a village in Uttar Pradesh. His original ancestors were Hindu musicians. They later embraced Islam. Kale Khan was an outstanding Khayal singer and Abdul Karim Khan was his eldest son. Abdul Karim Khan received training in music from his father, Kale Khan. After his father's untimely death, he continued his music lessons with his uncle, Abdulla Khan and also from Haider Khan. He was influenced by Ustad Rahamat Khan of Gwalior Gharana. He blended some features of Carnatic music with Hindustani style. He borrowed Raga Abhogi from Carnatic music and popularised it in North India. He evolved a new system of music notation. He served the Royal Court of Baroda State. Some of his outstanding disciples were Savai Gandharva, Suresh Babu Mane, Hirabai Barodekar. Ustad Abdul Karim Khan passed away in the year 1937.

Gharana	Prominent Singers
Agra (Dhrupad School)	Ghulam Abbas Khan; Fayyaz Khan (1886-1950); Nathan Khan (1806-1962); Mahboob Khan; Asad Ali Khan; Latafat Hussein Khan; Kundan Lal Sehgal; Deepali Nag: Sohan Singh.
Banaras	Sidheshwari Devi (1903-77); Rasoolan Bai.
Bhindi Bazar	Chajju Khan; Nazir Khan (d. 1919); Aman Ali Khan (1884-1953).
Delhi	Tan Ras Khan (1770-1872); Chand Khan; Bundu Khan (1886-1955); Ramzan Khan; Umrao Bundu Khan; Sardar Khan.
Gwalior	Bade Mohammad Khan; Haddu Khan; Hassu Khan; V. D. Paluskar (1872-1931); Omkar Nath Thakur (1887-1967).
Indore	Amir Khan (1912-74); Pandit Amarnath.
Jaipur-Atrauli	Allahdiye Khan (1855-1946); Munjhi Khan (1883-1937); Burji Khan (1890-1950); Kesar Bai (1892-1977); Kishori Amonkar. Malikarjun Mansur (b. 1910)
Kasur	Ali Bakhsh Khan; Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan; Munawwar Ali Khan; Badruzzam-Qamaruzzaman; Ghulam Haider Khan.
Kairana	Behre Abdul Waheed Khan (1871-1949); Abdul Karim Khan (1872-1937); Roshan Ara Begum; Bhimsen Joshi (b. 1922); Feroz Nizami (1910-75); Hirabai Barodkar (b. 1905); Bhai Lal Mohammad, Ghulam Hussein Shaggan.
Maihar	Allauddin Khan (1872-1972); Ali Akbar Khan; Ravi Shankar; Panalal Ghosh; Nikhil Bannergi
Patiala	Bare Ghulam Ali Khan (1903-68); Kaley Khan; Umeed Ali Khan; Barkat Ali Khan; Ali Bakhsh; Fateh Ali Patialvi; Ashiq Ali Khan; Akhtar Hussain Khan; Amanat Ali Khan; Fateh Ali Khan; Munawwar Ali Khan; Malika Pukhraj; Farida Khanum; Zahida Parveen; Hamid Ali Khan.
Rampur Sehsawan	Mushtaq Hussein Khan (1880-1963), Hafiz Ali Khan (1888-1972); Amjad Ali Khan.
Sham Chaurasi	Chand Khan-Suraj Khan (Akbar’s reign); Mian Karim Bakhsh; Vilayat Ali Khan; Ghulam Shabbir Khan; Ghulam Jafar Khan; Niaz Hussain Shami; Nazakat Ali Khan; Salamat Ali Khan.
Talwandi	Naik Bakhshu; Maula Bakhsh; Mehar Ali Khan (d. 1976)

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