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	[[Ustad]] ''' Amjad Ali Khan''' (born 9 October 1945) is an [[Hindustani classical music\|Indian classical]] ''[[sarod]]'' player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara [[Taan (music)\|taan]]s. Khan was born into a classical musical family and has performed internationally since the 1960s. He was awarded India's second highest civilian ~~honour~~ [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2001.		[[Ustad]] ''' Amjad Ali Khan''' (born 9 October 1945) is an [[Hindustani classical music\|Indian classical]] ''[[sarod]]'' player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara [[Taan (music)\|taan]]s. Khan was born into a classical musical family and has performed internationally since the 1960s. He was awarded India's second highest civilian honor [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2001. India's Third highest civilian honor [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1991 and [[Padma Shri\|Padma Shree]] in 1975.

	==Career and recognition==		==Career and recognition==
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	[[File:Ustad amjat ali khan.JPG\|thumbnail\|Amjad Ali Khan]]		[[File:Ustad amjat ali khan.JPG\|thumbnail\|Amjad Ali Khan]]
	[[File:Amjad Ali Khan bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG 3786 December 23, 2018.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Ustad Amjad Ali Khan performing at the IGNCA, Delhi.]]		[[File:Amjad Ali Khan bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG 3786 December 23, 2018.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Ustad Amjad Ali Khan performing at the IGNCA, Delhi.]]
	Born on 9 October 1945 as Masoom Ali Khan, the youngest of seven children, to Gwalior court musician [[Hafiz Ali Khan]] and Rahat Jahan.<ref name="TOI031123">{{cite news\|last=Sawhney\|first=Anubha\|title=Amjad Ali Khan, unplugged (interview with him)\|publisher=[[Times News Network]]\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=23 November 2003\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/amjad-ali-khan-unplugged/articleshow/297188.cms\|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="RD021001">{{cite web\|last=Bhatia\|first=Shyam\|title=The sound of sarod music\|work=[[Rediff.com]]\|date=1 October 2002\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/oct/01spec.htm\|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref> His family is part of the [[Bangash]] lineage and Khan is in the sixth generation of musicians; his family claims to have invented the ''[[sarod]]''.<ref name="RD021001" /><ref name="NYT080607">{{cite news\|last=Weisman\|first=Steven R.\|title=Traditionalist Reshapes India's Ancient Sarod\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=7 June 1988\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/07/arts/traditionalist-reshapes-india-s-ancient-sarod.html\|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last=Rockwell\|first=John\|title=Review/Music; Another Indian Master, This Time of the Sarod\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=24 February 1991\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/24/arts/review-music-another-indian-master-this-time-of-the-sarod.html\|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref> His personal name was changed by a [[sadhu]] to Amjad.<ref name="TOI031123" /> Khan received [[homeschooling]] and studied music under his father.<ref name="TOI031123" /> In 1957, a cultural organization in Delhi appointed Hafiz Ali Khan as its guest and the family moved to Delhi.<ref name="TOI031123" /> Hafiz Ali Khan received training from the descendants of [[Tansen]], the magical musician, was one of the 'Nav-ratna' ( nine gems) at the court of the Mughal Emperor [[Akbar]]. Thus, Amjad belongs to the lineage of Tansen.<ref>{{cite web\|url= https://penguin.co.in/thepenguindigest/ustad-amjad-ali-khan-a-bio/\|title=Ustad Amjad Ali Khan}}</ref> Friends of Hafiz Ali Khan convinced him of the importance of formal schooling for his son; as a result, Amjad was taken to meet the Principal of [[Modern School (New Delhi)\|Modern School]] in New Delhi and admitted there as a day scholar. He attended Modern School from 1958 to 1963.<ref name="SinghHameed1995">{{Cite book\|last1=Singh\|first1=Khushwant\|author-link1=Khushwant Singh\|last2=Hameed\|first2=Syeda Saiyidain\|author2-link=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed\|title=A Dream Turns Seventy Five: The Modern School, 1920-1995\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mZNhHR1yfzAC&pg=PA156\|year=1995\|publisher=Allied Publishers\|isbn=978-81-7023-499-9\|page=156}}</ref>		[[File:Amjad Ali Khan with Naveen Pattnaik.jpg\|thumb\|Amjad Ali Khan with [[Odisha]] CM [[Naveen Patnaik\|Naveen Pattnaik]]]]
			Born on 9 October 1945 as Masoom Ali Khan, the youngest of seven children, to Gwalior court musician [[Hafiz Ali Khan]] and Rahat Jahan.<ref name="TOI031123">{{cite news\|last=Sawhney\|first=Anubha\|title=Amjad Ali Khan, unplugged (interview with him)\|publisher=[[Times News Network]]\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=23 November 2003\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/amjad-ali-khan-unplugged/articleshow/297188.cms\|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="RD021001">{{cite web\|last=Bhatia\|first=Shyam\|title=The sound of sarod music\|work=[[Rediff.com]]\|date=1 October 2002\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/oct/01spec.htm\|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref> His family is part of the [[Bangash]] lineage and Khan is in the sixth generation of musicians; his family claims to have invented the ''[[sarod]]''.<ref name="RD021001" /><ref name="NYT080607">{{cite news\|last=Weisman\|first=Steven R.\|title=Traditionalist Reshapes India's Ancient Sarod\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=7 June 1988\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/07/arts/traditionalist-reshapes-india-s-ancient-sarod.html\|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last=Rockwell\|first=John\|title=Review/Music; Another Indian Master, This Time of the Sarod\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=24 February 1991\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/24/arts/review-music-another-indian-master-this-time-of-the-sarod.html\|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref> His personal name was changed by a [[sadhu]] to Amjad.<ref name="TOI031123" /> Khan received [[homeschooling]] and studied music under his father.<ref name="TOI031123" /> In 1957, a cultural organization in Delhi appointed Hafiz Ali Khan as its guest and the family moved to Delhi.<ref name="TOI031123" /> Hafiz Ali Khan received training from the descendants of [[Tansen]], the magical musician, was one of the 'Nav-ratna' ( nine gems) at the court of the Mughal Emperor [[Akbar]]. Thus, Amjad belongs to the lineage of Tansen.<ref>{{cite web\|url= https://penguin.co.in/thepenguindigest/ustad-amjad-ali-khan-a-bio/\|title=Ustad Amjad Ali Khan\|date=20 April 2017 }}</ref> Friends of Hafiz Ali Khan convinced him of the importance of formal schooling for his son; as a result, Amjad was taken to meet the Principal of [[Modern School (New Delhi)\|Modern School]] in New Delhi and admitted there as a day scholar. He attended Modern School from 1958 to 1963.<ref name="SinghHameed1995">{{Cite book\|last1=Singh\|first1=Khushwant\|author-link1=Khushwant Singh\|last2=Hameed\|first2=Syeda Saiyidain\|author2-link=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed\|title=A Dream Turns Seventy Five: The Modern School, 1920-1995\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mZNhHR1yfzAC&pg=PA156\|year=1995\|publisher=Allied Publishers\|isbn=978-81-7023-499-9\|page=156}}</ref>

	As a young bachelor, Amjad had an affair with an older woman, who was a divorcée and a mother. The affair lasted eight years (1967–75), but the lady did not wish to marry him. Amjad's family disapproved of the relationship from the very beginning, and in the early 1970s, as his father's health deteriorated, they convinced him to let go of this relationship and marry a girl chosen by them. Amjad finally agreed to their wishes around the time of his father's death in 1972. However, although his wife came from similar background and was the same age as he, Amjad did not bond with her. On the other hand, he kept in touch with his previous lover and maintained a platonic friendship with her, which was not acceptable to his wife. Hardly a year after their wedding, Amjad and his wife had a daughter. However, the marriage broke down completely around the time of the birth of the child. The process of separation and divorce was painful for the couple and to their families. An unexpected outcome of the divorce was that, Amjad overcame his attachment to the divorced woman, due to differences in their thinking and mindset and this gave him a clearer understanding of his cultural moorings and priorities. He came out of the relationship with the divorced woman in 1975, and divorced his wife the same year. The daughter born of his first marriage was raised by Amjad's brother, Rehmat Ali Khan, who was childless.		On 25 September 1976, Khan got married a second time. His bride was [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer Subhalakshmi Barooah, hailing from [[Assam]] in north-eastern India.<ref name="RD021001" /><ref name="TOI031123" /><ref>{{cite news\|title=Zakir Hussain and Bangash brothers' ode to heritage \|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]] \|date=13 December 2003 \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031214/ncr1.htm#3 \|access-date=26 January 2018 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625132844/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031214/ncr1.htm \|archive-date=25 June 2009}}</ref> They have two sons, [[Amaan Ali Khan\|Amaan]] and [[Ayaan Ali Khan\|Ayaan]], both of whom are performing artists trained in music by their father.<ref name="TOI031123" /><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Narayanan\|first=Lavanya\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/ustad-amjad-ali-khan-on-his-memories-of-rukmini-devi/article30930487.ece\|title=Ustad Amjad Ali khan on his memories of Rukmini Devi\|date=2020-02-27\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2020-03-01\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	~~The following year, on~~ 25 September 1976, Khan got married a second time. His bride was [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer Subhalakshmi Barooah, hailing from [[Assam]] in north-eastern India.<ref name="~~TOI031123~~" /><ref name="~~RD021001~~" /><ref>{{cite news\|title=Zakir Hussain and Bangash brothers' ode to heritage \|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]] \|date=13 December 2003 \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031214/ncr1.htm#3 \|access-date=26 January 2018 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625132844/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031214/ncr1.htm \|archive-date=25 June 2009}}</ref> They have two sons, [[Amaan Ali Khan\|Amaan]] and [[Ayaan Ali Khan\|Ayaan]], both of whom are performing artists trained in music by their father.<ref name="TOI031123" /><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Narayanan\|first=Lavanya\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/ustad-amjad-ali-khan-on-his-memories-of-rukmini-devi/article30930487.ece\|title=Ustad Amjad Ali khan on his memories of Rukmini Devi\|date=2020-02-27\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2020-03-01\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	Khan cared for his [[Diabetes mellitus\|diabetic]] father until he died in 1972.<ref name="TOI031123" /> Their family home in Gwalior was made into a musical center and they live in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news\|last=Ramnarayan\|first=Gowri\|title=Commitment to tradition\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=8 January 2006\|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/01/08/stories/2006010800010100.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110202510/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/01/08/stories/2006010800010100.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=10 January 2006\|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref>		Khan cared for his [[Diabetes mellitus\|diabetic]] father until he died in 1972.<ref name="TOI031123" /> Their family home in Gwalior was made into a musical center and they live in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news\|last=Ramnarayan\|first=Gowri\|title=Commitment to tradition\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=8 January 2006\|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/01/08/stories/2006010800010100.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110202510/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/01/08/stories/2006010800010100.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=10 January 2006\|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref>
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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Commons category\|Amjad Ali Khan}}~~
	*{{cite web\|url=http://sarod.com/\|title=Sarod.com\|publisher=Official website}}		*{{cite web\|url=http://sarod.com/\|title=Sarod.com\|publisher=Official website}}
	*{{Allmusic\|class=artist\|id=p42984\|label=Amjad Ali Khan}}		*{{Allmusic\|class=artist\|id=p42984\|label=Amjad Ali Khan}}
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	{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1990–99}}		{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1990–99}}
	{{Padma Vibhushan Awards}}		{{Padma Vibhushan Awards}}
			{{Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship}}
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	As a young bachelor, Amjad had an affair with an older woman, who was a divorcée and a mother. The affair lasted eight years (1967–75), but the lady did not wish to marry him. Amjad's family disapproved of the relationship from the very beginning, and in the early 1970s, as his father's health deteriorated, they convinced him to let go of this relationship and marry a girl chosen by them. Amjad finally agreed to their wishes around the time of his father's death in 1972. However, although his wife came from similar background and was the same age as he, Amjad did not bond with her. On the other hand, he kept in touch with his previous lover and maintained a platonic friendship with her, which was not acceptable to his wife. Hardly a year after their wedding, Amjad and his wife had a daughter. However, the marriage broke down completely around the time of the birth of the child. The process of separation and divorce was painful for the couple and to their families. An unexpected outcome of the divorce was that, Amjad overcame his attachment to the divorced woman, due to differences in their thinking and mindset and this gave him a clearer understanding of his cultural moorings and priorities. He came out of the relationship with the divorced woman in 1975, and divorced his wife the same year. The daughter born of his first marriage was raised by Amjad's brother, Rehmat Ali Khan, who was childless.		As a young bachelor, Amjad had an affair with an older woman, who was a divorcée and a mother. The affair lasted eight years (1967–75), but the lady did not wish to marry him. Amjad's family disapproved of the relationship from the very beginning, and in the early 1970s, as his father's health deteriorated, they convinced him to let go of this relationship and marry a girl chosen by them. Amjad finally agreed to their wishes around the time of his father's death in 1972. However, although his wife came from similar background and was the same age as he, Amjad did not bond with her. On the other hand, he kept in touch with his previous lover and maintained a platonic friendship with her, which was not acceptable to his wife. Hardly a year after their wedding, Amjad and his wife had a daughter. However, the marriage broke down completely around the time of the birth of the child. The process of separation and divorce was painful for the couple and to their families. An unexpected outcome of the divorce was that, Amjad overcame his attachment to the divorced woman, due to differences in their thinking and mindset and this gave him a clearer understanding of his cultural moorings and priorities. He came out of the relationship with the divorced woman in 1975, and divorced his wife the same year. The daughter born of his first marriage was raised by Amjad's brother, Rehmat Ali Khan, who was childless.

	The following year, on 25 September 1976, Khan got married a second time. His bride was [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer Subhalakshmi Barooah, hailing from [[Assam]] in north-eastern India.<ref name="~~RD021001~~" /><ref name="~~TOI031123~~" /><ref>{{cite news\|title=Zakir Hussain and Bangash brothers' ode to heritage \|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]] \|date=13 December 2003 \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031214/ncr1.htm#3 \|access-date=26 January 2018 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625132844/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031214/ncr1.htm \|archive-date=25 June 2009}}</ref> They have two sons, [[Amaan Ali Khan\|Amaan]] and [[Ayaan Ali Khan\|Ayaan]], both of whom are performing artists trained in music by their father.<ref name="TOI031123" /><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Narayanan\|first=Lavanya\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/ustad-amjad-ali-khan-on-his-memories-of-rukmini-devi/article30930487.ece\|title=Ustad Amjad Ali khan on his memories of Rukmini Devi\|date=2020-02-27\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2020-03-01\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		The following year, on 25 September 1976, Khan got married a second time. His bride was [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer Subhalakshmi Barooah, hailing from [[Assam]] in north-eastern India.<ref name="TOI031123" /><ref name="RD021001" /><ref>{{cite news\|title=Zakir Hussain and Bangash brothers' ode to heritage \|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]] \|date=13 December 2003 \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031214/ncr1.htm#3 \|access-date=26 January 2018 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625132844/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031214/ncr1.htm \|archive-date=25 June 2009}}</ref> They have two sons, [[Amaan Ali Khan\|Amaan]] and [[Ayaan Ali Khan\|Ayaan]], both of whom are performing artists trained in music by their father.<ref name="TOI031123" /><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Narayanan\|first=Lavanya\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/ustad-amjad-ali-khan-on-his-memories-of-rukmini-devi/article30930487.ece\|title=Ustad Amjad Ali khan on his memories of Rukmini Devi\|date=2020-02-27\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2020-03-01\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	Khan cared for his [[Diabetes mellitus\|diabetic]] father until he died in 1972.<ref name="TOI031123" /> Their family home in Gwalior was made into a musical center and they live in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news\|last=Ramnarayan\|first=Gowri\|title=Commitment to tradition\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=8 January 2006\|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/01/08/stories/2006010800010100.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110202510/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/01/08/stories/2006010800010100.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=10 January 2006\|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref>		Khan cared for his [[Diabetes mellitus\|diabetic]] father until he died in 1972.<ref name="TOI031123" /> Their family home in Gwalior was made into a musical center and they live in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news\|last=Ramnarayan\|first=Gowri\|title=Commitment to tradition\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=8 January 2006\|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/01/08/stories/2006010800010100.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110202510/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/01/08/stories/2006010800010100.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=10 January 2006\|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref>

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{{Short description|Indian musician}}
{{about||the Indian classical vocalist of Kirana Gharana|Amjad Ali Khan (Indian vocalist)|Pakistani politician|Amjad Ali Khan (politician)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
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| name = Amjad Ali Khan
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| birth_name = Masoom Ali Khan
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|10|09|df=yes}}<ref name="TOI031123"/>
| birth_place = [[Gwalior]], [[Gwalior State]], [[British Raj|British India]]
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| genre = [[Hindustani classical music]]
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| associated_acts = [[Hafiz Ali Khan]], [[Amaan Ali Khan]], [[Ayaan Ali Khan]], [[Gurdev Singh (musician)|Gurdev Singh]]
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}}

[[Ustad]] ''' Amjad Ali Khan''' (born 9 October 1945) is an [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical]] ''[[sarod]]'' player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara [[Taan (music)|taan]]s. Khan was born into a classical musical family and has performed internationally since the 1960s. He was awarded India's second highest civilian honour [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2001.

==Career and recognition==

Khan first performed in the [[United States]] in 1963 and continued into the 2000s, with his sons.<ref name="TOI031123" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Ratliff|first=Ben|title=From India, a Sarod Dynasty Represented by Father and Sons|newspaper=The New York Times|date=30 October 2006|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/30/arts/music/30khan.html|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref> He has experimented with modifications to his instrument throughout his career.<ref name="NYT080607" /> Khan played with the [[Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra]] and worked as a visiting professor at the [[University of New Mexico]].<ref name="RD021001" /> In 2011, he performed on [[Carrie Newcomer]]'s album ''Everything is Everywhere''. In 2014, along with his two sons, Ayaan Ali Khan and Amaan Ali Khan, he performed<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/amjad-ali-khan-sons-perform-raga-for-peace-at-nobel-concert/|title=Amjad Ali Khan, sons perform 'Raga For Peace' at Nobel concert|date=2014-12-10|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> 'Raga For Peace' in 2014 [[Nobel Peace Prize Concert]].

Khan was awarded 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna Award. Khan received [[Padma Shri]] in 1975, [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1991, and [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2001, and was awarded the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for 1989 and the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] for 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees – Instrumental – Sarod|publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm#InstrumentalSarod|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727234019/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm|archive-date=27 July 2011|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards |publisher=[[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]] |url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php?start=0&award_year=&state=&field=3&p_name=Amjad&award=All |access-date=26 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625212736/http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php?start=0&award_year=&state=&field=3&p_name=Amjad&award=All |archive-date=25 June 2009}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amjad Ali Khan – The 15th Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes 2004|publisher=Asian Month|year=2009|url=http://asianmonth.com/prize/english/winner/|access-date=21 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707174051/http://asianmonth.com/prize/english/winner/|archive-date=7 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The U.S. state [[Massachusetts]] proclaimed 20 April as Amjad Ali Khan Day in 1984.<ref name="TOI070411">{{cite news|title=Amjad Ali Khan honoured in the US|agency=Press Trust of India|date=11 April 2007|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-04-11/us/27876291_1_amjad-ali-khan-day-sarod-maestro-tulsa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024010039/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-04-11/us/27876291_1_amjad-ali-khan-day-sarod-maestro-tulsa|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref> Khan was made an honorary citizen of [[Houston]], [[Texas]], and [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], in 1997, and of [[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], in 2007.<ref name="TOI070411" /> He received the [[Banga-Vibhushan]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=State honours nine with Banga-Vibhushan |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-26/kolkata/29815979_1_manna-dey-mamata-banerjee-award |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105234331/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-26/kolkata/29815979_1_manna-dey-mamata-banerjee-award |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 November 2012 |agency=[[Times News Network]] |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=26 July 2012 |access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref>

''Ustad Amjad Ali Khan'' (1990), a [[Gulzar]] directed Indian documentary film on Amjad Ali Khan won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Documentary]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216329/|title= Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (1990) - a documentary film by Gulzar|publisher= IMDb website|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Ustad amjat ali khan.JPG|thumbnail|Amjad Ali Khan]]
[[File:Amjad Ali Khan bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG 3786 December 23, 2018.jpg|left|thumb|Ustad Amjad Ali Khan performing at the IGNCA, Delhi.]]
Born on 9 October 1945 as Masoom Ali Khan, the youngest of seven children, to Gwalior court musician [[Hafiz Ali Khan]] and Rahat Jahan.<ref name="TOI031123">{{cite news|last=Sawhney|first=Anubha|title=Amjad Ali Khan, unplugged (interview with him)|publisher=[[Times News Network]]|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=23 November 2003|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/amjad-ali-khan-unplugged/articleshow/297188.cms|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="RD021001">{{cite web|last=Bhatia|first=Shyam|title=The sound of sarod music|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=1 October 2002|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/oct/01spec.htm|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref> His family is part of the [[Bangash]] lineage and Khan is in the sixth generation of musicians; his family claims to have invented the ''[[sarod]]''.<ref name="RD021001" /><ref name="NYT080607">{{cite news|last=Weisman|first=Steven R.|title=Traditionalist Reshapes India's Ancient Sarod|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=7 June 1988|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/07/arts/traditionalist-reshapes-india-s-ancient-sarod.html|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rockwell|first=John|title=Review/Music; Another Indian Master, This Time of the Sarod|newspaper=The New York Times|date=24 February 1991|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/24/arts/review-music-another-indian-master-this-time-of-the-sarod.html|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref> His personal name was changed by a [[sadhu]] to Amjad.<ref name="TOI031123" /> Khan received [[homeschooling]] and studied music under his father.<ref name="TOI031123" /> In 1957, a cultural organization in Delhi appointed Hafiz Ali Khan as its guest and the family moved to Delhi.<ref name="TOI031123" /> Hafiz Ali Khan received training from the descendants of [[Tansen]], the magical musician, was one of the 'Nav-ratna' ( nine gems) at the court of the Mughal Emperor [[Akbar]]. Thus, Amjad belongs to the lineage of Tansen.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://penguin.co.in/thepenguindigest/ustad-amjad-ali-khan-a-bio/|title=Ustad Amjad Ali Khan}}</ref> Friends of Hafiz Ali Khan convinced him of the importance of formal schooling for his son; as a result, Amjad was taken to meet the Principal of [[Modern School (New Delhi)|Modern School]] in New Delhi and admitted there as a day scholar. He attended Modern School from 1958 to 1963.<ref name="SinghHameed1995">{{Cite book|last1=Singh|first1=Khushwant|author-link1=Khushwant Singh|last2=Hameed|first2=Syeda Saiyidain|author2-link=Syeda Saiyidain Hameed|title=A Dream Turns Seventy Five: The Modern School, 1920-1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mZNhHR1yfzAC&pg=PA156|year=1995|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7023-499-9|page=156}}</ref>

As a young bachelor, Amjad had an affair with an older woman, who was a divorcée and a mother. The affair lasted eight years (1967–75), but the lady did not wish to marry him. Amjad's family disapproved of the relationship from the very beginning, and in the early 1970s, as his father's health deteriorated, they convinced him to let go of this relationship and marry a girl chosen by them. Amjad finally agreed to their wishes around the time of his father's death in 1972. However, although his wife came from similar background and was the same age as he, Amjad did not bond with her. On the other hand, he kept in touch with his previous lover and maintained a platonic friendship with her, which was not acceptable to his wife. Hardly a year after their wedding, Amjad and his wife had a daughter. However, the marriage broke down completely around the time of the birth of the child. The process of separation and divorce was painful for the couple and to their families. An unexpected outcome of the divorce was that, Amjad overcame his attachment to the divorced woman, due to differences in their thinking and mindset and this gave him a clearer understanding of his cultural moorings and priorities. He came out of the relationship with the divorced woman in 1975, and divorced his wife the same year. The daughter born of his first marriage was raised by Amjad's brother, Rehmat Ali Khan, who was childless.

The following year, on 25 September 1976, Khan got married a second time. His bride was [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer Subhalakshmi Barooah, hailing from [[Assam]] in north-eastern India.<ref name="RD021001" /><ref name="TOI031123" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Zakir Hussain and Bangash brothers' ode to heritage |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=13 December 2003 |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031214/ncr1.htm#3 |access-date=26 January 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625132844/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031214/ncr1.htm |archive-date=25 June 2009}}</ref> They have two sons, [[Amaan Ali Khan|Amaan]] and [[Ayaan Ali Khan|Ayaan]], both of whom are performing artists trained in music by their father.<ref name="TOI031123" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Narayanan|first=Lavanya|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/ustad-amjad-ali-khan-on-his-memories-of-rukmini-devi/article30930487.ece|title=Ustad Amjad Ali khan on his memories of Rukmini Devi|date=2020-02-27|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-03-01|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Khan cared for his [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetic]] father until he died in 1972.<ref name="TOI031123" /> Their family home in Gwalior was made into a musical center and they live in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Ramnarayan|first=Gowri|title=Commitment to tradition|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=8 January 2006|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/01/08/stories/2006010800010100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110202510/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/01/08/stories/2006010800010100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2006|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref>

==Discography==
* ''The Maestro's Musings'' (LP) (1986, CBS)
* ''Swar Sameer'' (1991, Super Cassettes Industries Ltd., T-Series)
* ''Serene Strings'' (1994, EMI, RPG Enterprises)
* ''North India: Instrumental Music of Medieval India'' (1994, [[Ocora]])
* ''Ragas Bilaskhani Todi & Brindabani Sarang'' (1994, Navras Records)
* ''[[The Rough Guide to the Music of India and Pakistan]]'' (1996, [[World Music Network]]) (contributing artist)
* ''Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan with sons Amaan Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash'' (2001, Chhanda Dhara)
* ''Music from the 13th Century'' (2005, Navras Records)
* ''[[Moksha]]'' (2005, [[Real World Records]])
* ''[[Confluence]]'' (2005, Navras Records) (jugalbandi with singer [[Girija Devi]])
* ''My Inspirations'' (2006, Navras Records)
* ''Romancing The Rains'' (2007, Navras Records)
* ''Samaagam'' (2011, [[Harmonia Mundi|World Village]]) (with the [[Scottish Chamber Orchestra]])
* ''Masterworks From The NCPA Archives'' (2012, Navras Records)
* ''Raga Bahar'' (2015, Sony music)

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{cite web|url=http://sarod.com/|title=Sarod.com|publisher=Official website}}
*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p42984|label=Amjad Ali Khan}}

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