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{{Short description|Indian musician (1954–2011)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Mehmood Dhaulpuri
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| birth_date = 23 March 1954
| birth_place = [[Dhaulpur]], [[Rajasthan]], India
| death_date = 25 May 2011 (aged 57)
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India
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| occupation = Musician<br />Instrumentalist
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| known for = [[Harmonium]]
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| children = Three daughters and two sons
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''Mehmood Dhaulpuri''' (23 March 1954 – 25 May 2011) was an Indian musician of [[Hindustani music]], known as a leading exponent of [[Harmonium]], an Indian variant of the [[Pump organ]].<ref name="Statement on Mehmood Dholpuri">{{cite web | url=http://www.sahmat.org/2552011.html | title=Statement on Mehmood Dholpuri | publisher=Sahmat | date=2015 | access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref> He was an accompanist to renowned [[Hindustani music|Hindustani]] vocalists such as [[Parveen Sultana]], [[Bhimsen Joshi]], [[Jasraj]], [[Girija Devi]], [[Kishori Amonkar]] and [[Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan]]. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2006, for his contributions to Music,<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> making him the first harmonium player to receive the award.<ref name="Statement on Mehmood Dholpuri" />

== Biography ==
Mehmood Dhaulpuri was born on 23 March 1954 in [[Dhaulpur]] in the India state of [[Rajasthan]], in a family of musicians; his grandfather, Buddha Khan, was a known [[Sarangi]] player.<ref name="Mehmood Dholpuri passes away">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/mehmood-dholpuri-passes-away/article2049504.ece | title=Mehmood Dholpuri passes away | work=The Hindu | date=26 May 2011 | access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref> His early training was in Sarangi, from his family, and he started playing the instrument by the time he was eleven. It was reported that Dhaulpuri was fascinated by harmonium after seeing the 1966 [[Bollywood]] film, [[Love in Tokyo]], and trained under many gurus such as Nasir Ahmad Khan of the [[Delhi gharana]].<ref name="Unsung Artiste">{{cite web | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/unsung-artiste/816330/ | title=Unsung Artiste | publisher=Indian Express | date=12 July 2011 | access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref> Soon, he started playing as an accompanist to leading vocalists and [[Rajan and Sajan Mishra]], [[Parveen Sultana]], [[Bhimsen Joshi]], [[Jasraj]], [[Girija Devi]] and [[Kishori Amonkar]] are some of the musicians he played with.<ref name="Eminent Harmonium Player and Padma Shri Awardee Ustad Mahmood Dholpuri died">{{cite web | url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/eminent-harmonium-player-and-padma-shri-awardee-ustad-mahmood-dholpuri-died-1306411200-1 | title=Eminent Harmonium Player and Padma Shri Awardee Ustad Mahmood Dholpuri died | publisher=Jagran Josh | date=26 May 2011 | access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref> He also played with other known musicians such as [[Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande]]e, [[Shubha Mudgal]] and Meeta Pandit and performed [[jugalbandi]] with [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]], renowned [[tabla]] player.<ref name="Unsung Artiste" />

In 2006, the Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], the first time a harmonium player being awarded the Padma honours.<ref name="Mehmood Dholpuri passes away" /> Many of his performances have been brought out as audio CDs,<ref name="Harmonium Player : Mehmood Dholpuri">{{cite web | url=https://mio.to/show/Harmonium+Player/Mehmood+Dholpuri | title=Harmonium Player : Mehmood Dholpuri | publisher=Music India Online | date=2015 | access-date=15 December 2015 | archive-date=22 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222150746/http://mio.to/show/Harmonium+Player/Mehmood+Dholpuri | url-status=dead }}</ref> including an album, ''Raga Lalit'', with [[Rajan and Sajan Mishra]] duo.<ref name="Raga Lalit - Morning Ragas - Volume 1">{{cite AV media | url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001W6DK6C?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0 | title=Raga Lalit - Morning Ragas - Volume 1 | publisher=Music Today | date=1990 | people=Rajan and Sajan Mishra With Ramzan Khan, Mehmood Dholpuri | medium=Audio CD}}</ref> Dhaulpuri was working at the [[University of Delhi]] when he was admitted to the [[St Stephen's Hospital, Delhi]] due to respiratory ailments where he spent 55 days before succumbing to organ failure on 25 May 2011. He was survived by his wife, three daughters and two sons.<ref name="Unsung Artiste" />

== See also ==
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* [[Harmonium]]
* [[Parveen Sultana]]
* [[Bhimsen Joshi]]
* [[Jasraj]]
* [[Girija Devi]]
* [[Kishori Amonkar]]
* [[Rajan and Sajan Mishra]]
* [[Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande]]
* [[Shubha Mudgal]]
* [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]]
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{{portal|India|Music}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isP5deAs-TU | title=Ustad Mahmood Dholpuri Part-1 | publisher=My Way Services | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=5 March 2009 | access-date=14 December 2015}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ictyDlMh0g | title=Ustad Mahmood Dholpuri Part-2 | publisher=My Way Services | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=5 March 2009 | access-date=14 December 2015}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2pDrlQFLwI | title=Ms. Rekha Kumari - Vocal with Dr. Rishitosh - Tabla, Padmashree Ut. Mehmood Dholpuri - Harmonium | publisher=Percussion | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=25 December 2013 | access-date=14 December 2015}}

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[[Category:People from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Indian male classical musicians]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian male classical singers]]

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