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| birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]]<br />
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| genre = [[Benaras Gharana]]<br />
| occupation = Musician<br />
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'''Pandit Nandan Mehta''' (26 February 1942 – 26 March 2010) was an Indian [[tabla]] player and music teacher from [[Ahmedabad]] who belonged to the [[Benaras Gharana]] of [[Hindustani classical music]].<ref name="dna 2012">{{cite web | title=Pt Nandan Mehta's legacy relived in Ahmedabad | website=dna | date=23 September 2012 | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-pt-nandan-mehta-s-legacy-relived-in-ahmedabad-1744187 | accessdate=4 April 2016}}</ref> He established [[Saptak School of Music]] and started [[Saptak Annual Festival of Music]] in 1980.<ref name="toik2010">{{cite web | title=Saptak at 31: Music gods return to city | website=epaper.timesofindia.com | date=24 December 2010 | url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOI&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIA/2010/12/24&ID=Ar00200 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414024750/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOI&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIA/2010/12/24&ID=Ar00200 | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 April 2016 | accessdate=4 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="dnax">{{cite web | title=Music icon Nandan Mehta hands Saptak legacy to GenNext heirs | website=dna| url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/article/DNAHM27091 | accessdate=4 April 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Pandit Nandan Mehta was born on 26 February 1942 to Yashodhar Mehta, a writer and lawyer, and Vasumati, a painter and daughter of [[Sir Chinubhai Baronet]]. His grandfather [[Narmadashankar Mehta|Narmadashanker Mehta]] was a reputed [[Vedanta]] scholar.<br />
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He was trained under [[Kishan Maharaj]] and was a [[tabla]] exponent of the [[Banaras Gharana]]. He introduced Banaras Gharana to Gujarat.<ref name="dna 2012"/><br />
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==Musical career==<br />
He was a Senior A Grade artist of [[All India Radio]] and [[Doordarshan]]. His performances won him acclaim. He performed extensively across the country and participated in the AIR National Programmes as well as the Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan. He also served to AIR on their Staff Selection Committee, Ahmedabad and also served on their Music Audition Board.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}<br />
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He established [[Saptak School of Music]] and started [[Saptak Annual Festival of Music]] in 1980.<ref name="toik2010"/><br />
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==Death==<br />
Nandan Mehta succumbed to oral cancer on 26 March 2010. His wife, [[Manju Mehta]] is a sitar player and his two daughters, Poorvi Mehta, a sitar player and Hetal Mehta, a tabla player.<ref name="dna 2012"/><br />
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The gallery dedicated to his life and the [[Saptak Annual Festival of Music]] was opened in Ahmedabad in 2012.<ref name="dna 2012"/><br />
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==Recognition==<br />
He was honoured by [[Pandit Jasraj]] twice (1997 and 2002) on behalf of the Mewati Gharana and was conferred the title of 'Tal Rasik Var'. "Sankalp" central body at Kurukshetra conferred on him the title of 'Sangeet Rushi' in the year 1996. Kumar Club Shastriya Group Ahmedabad also honoured him for rendering outstanding services to the field of classical music. He has been awarded the prestigious 'Gaurav Puraskar' by the Gujarat Sangeet Natak Academy for his outstanding contribution in the field of music in the year 1988. He was also honoured on 'Vishwa Rang – Bhoomi day' for his contribution in the field of music in [[Vadodara]], and by the Medical Association in Ahmedabad. Swar Sadhana Samiti, Mumbai, awarded him 'Swar Sadhana Ratna' in the year 2004. He was also honoured by 'Kala Gurjari' Bhavnagar, Sangeet Kala Niketan, Jaipur. He was also honored by Madhuvan, Bhopal for his contribution in the field of music in the year 2005. He was conferred the title 'Shreshth kala Acharya'. Dr.H.L.Trivedi, Director, Kidney Institute has also honoured him for rendering outstanding services in the field of Classical music and conferred the title 'Bhagwan Mahavir Karuna Sewa Sanman' in 2007. He was awarded "Sangeet Ratna Chudamani" by Divya Jivan Sangh Shivanand Ashram Ahmedabad in 2008 by Naval Kishore Sharma, Governor of Gujarat.<br />
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He was awarded [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 2007.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.saptak.org Saptak]<br />
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