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| name = Sakar Khan<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|9 August 1938}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hamira]], [[Rajasthan]], India<br />
| death_date = 10 August 2013<br />
| death_place = Hamira, Rajasthan, India<br />
| occupation = Folk, Classical musician<br />
| children = Ghewar Khan<br/>Firoze Khan<br/>Darra Khan, Satar khan<br />
| parents = Ustad Chuhad Khan <br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br/>[[Tulsi Samman]]<br/>[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br />
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| spouse = Bubba Devi<br />
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'''Sakar Khan''' (aka '''Sakar Khan Manganiar''') (1938–2013) was an Indian musician, considered by many as the greatest exponent of the Kamayacha (''or'' Kamaicha), a [[Rajasthani music|Rajasthani]] version of the Persian musical instrument of the [[Kamancha|same name]], popular among the [[Manganiar]] community of the Indian desert state.<ref name="Amarass">{{cite web | url=http://www.amarrass.com/artists/artists/in-memoriam-padma-shri-sakar-khan-1938-2013 | title=Amarass | publisher=Amarass | date=2013 | access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Amazon">{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Sakar-Khan/e/B00DHOLTZQ/ref=ac_dtp_sa_bio/177-1258614-5416803 | title=Amazon | publisher=Amazon | date=2014 | access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Growing into Music">{{cite web | url=http://growingintomusic.co.uk/rajasthan-music-of-langa/participants-in-rajasthan/sakar-khan-manganiyar.html | title=Growing into Music | publisher=Growing into Music | date=2013 | access-date=29 November 2014 | author=Nicolas Magriel}}</ref><ref name="Mumbai Mirror">{{cite news | url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/Kamancha-maestro-Sakar-Khan-dies/articleshow/21753913.cms | title=Kamancha maestro Sakar Khan dies | newspaper=Mumbai Mirror | date=11 August 2013 | access-date=5 September 2018}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured Khan in 2012, with the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<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 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
{{quotebox|align = left|width=21em|''He was a folk artiste who reached world stage purely by way of his merit. He did not even know what publicity meant. But give him his kamyancha and the man was a rockstar, though an unknown one,'' says [[Vishwa Mohan Bhatt|Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt]], [[Grammy]] award winner}}<br />
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[[File:A court musician playing the kemanche, painting by Abul Qasim, Qajar Iran.jpg|240px|thumb|right|A woman playing kamancheh, Qazar Iran, 1800-1825.]]<br />
Sakar Khan was born on 9 August 1938 at [[Hamira]], a small village in the [[Jaisalmer district]] of the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]],<ref name="Mumbai Mirror" /> in the [[Manganiar]] community, known for their traditional music.<ref name="Amarass" /> His father, Ustad Chuhad Khan, was a renowned kamayacha (kamaicha) musician<ref name="Amazon" /> and the young Sakar started learning kamayacha (kamaicha) from an early age under the tutelage of his father<ref name="The Hindu" /> to earn a name for himself later.<ref name="Amarass" /><br />
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Khan has performed in many parts of the world, notably in Brussels, at a concert at the Cirque Royal Auditorium, organized by the International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, titled, ''From the Sitar to the Guitar'' where he played alongside such musicians as [[Yehudi Menuhin]] and [[Pandit Ravi Shankar]].<ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/requiem-for-an-unknown-musician/1153734/ | title=Indian Express | newspaper=Indian Express | date=11 August 2013 | access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref> His concerts have taken place in countries such as US, France, Japan and USSR<ref name="Amazon" /><ref name="The Hindu" /> and has performed with [[George Harrison]], [[The Beatles|the Beatle]], and [[Sultan Khan (musician)|Sultan Khan]] in London.<ref name="Mumbai Mirror" /><br />
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Sakar Khan, who is credited with getting the Rajasthani kamancha noticed at the world stage,<ref name="Mumbai Mirror" /><ref name="Indian Express" /> is reported to have made innovations to the instrument, originally a [[Rebab|rabab]] look alike<ref name="The Hindu" /> stringed instrument composed of a goat skin covered body and three or four main and fourteen sympathetic strings<ref name="Amazon" /><ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/kamaicha-maestro-sakar-khan-dead/article5013990.ece | title= Kamaicha maestro Sakar Khan dead | newspaper=The Hindu | date=12 August 2013 | access-date=5 September 2018}}</ref> by adding to the number of sympathetic strings to enhance the emotional appeal of the instrument.<ref name="Growing into Music" /> His renditions of [[Bhairavi (raga)|Bhairavi raga]] and [[Kalyani (raga)|Kalyani raga]] have been stored in the [[ethnomusicology]] archives of [[Smithsonian Folkways]], the record label of the [[Smithsonian Institution]].<ref name="The Hindu" /> His performance at ''The Manganiyar Seduction'',<ref name="a">{{cite web | url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/pVDJ9E9TOJVjGFgocNRjrL/From-Marwar-a-unique-ensemble-of-equals.html | title=Manganiar Seduction | publisher=Live Mint | date=1 February 2013 | access-date=29 November 2014 | author=Aakar Patel}}</ref> was as a guest of honour at the [[Purana Qila]] in Delhi<ref name="The Hindu" /> in November 2010, following which the organisers, Amarrass Records, made analogue field recordings of the maestro at his home in Hamira, Rajasthan, released as ''At Home: Sakar Khan'' (Amarrass Records) in September 2012.<ref name="Amazon" /><ref name="The Hindu" /> This remains the only album released by Sakar Khan.<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XbEaAgAAQBAJ&q=Sakar+Khan+Amarrass&pg=PA73|title=Creative Economy Report 2013: Widening Local Development Pathways|last1=UNESCO|last2=UNDP|date=2013-11-14|publisher=UNESCO|isbn=9789230012113|language=en}}</ref> His last public performance was at the Amarrass Desert Music Festival 2012 in December in New Delhi, India.<br />
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Sakar Khan died on 10 August 2013<ref name="Amarass" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sakar-khan-musician-who-worked-with-shankar-menuhin-and-harrison-8810142.html|title=Sakar Khan: Musician who worked with Shankar, Menuhin and Harrison|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-12-01|language=en-GB}}</ref> due to respiratory illnesses<ref name="The Hindu" /> and is survived by his wife, Bubba Devi, their four sons and two daughters.<ref name="Indian Express" /> Four of his sons, Ghewar Khan, Feroze Khan and Darra Khan, Satar<ref name="Darra Khan">{{cite web | url=https://www.wishberry.in/campaign/mame-khans-debut-album/ | title=Darra Khan | publisher=Wishberry | date=2014 | access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref> are known kamayacha (kamaicha) musicians and accompany their father on concerts.<ref name="Amarass" /><ref name="Amazon" /><ref name="Mumbai Mirror" /><ref name="The Hindu" /><br />
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==Awards and recognitions==<br />
The Government of Madhya Pradesh awarded Sakar Khan the [[Tulsi Samman]] in 1990.<ref name="Amarass" /><ref name="Amazon" /><ref name="Mumbai Mirror" /><ref name="The Hindu" /> The next year, in 1991, he received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<ref name="Amarass" /><ref name="Amazon" /><ref name="Mumbai Mirror" /><ref name="The Hindu" /> from the [[Government of India]] which, twenty one years later, followed it up with the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]], in 2012.<ref name="Amazon" /><ref name="Mumbai Mirror" /><ref name="The Hindu" /><ref name="Indian Express" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Kamancha]]<br />
* [[Rajasthani music]]<br />
* [[Manganiar]]<br />
* [[Yehudi Menuhin]]<br />
* [[Ravi Shankar]]<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite journal | url=http://riffdiaries.com/in-memoriam-backstage-with-the-manganiyar/ | title=In Memoriam – Backstage with the Manganiyar | author=Meryl Mary Sebastian | journal=Riff Diaries | year=2013}}<br />
* {{cite journal | url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/04/14/145522789/indian-record-label-hits-the-road-to-save-traditional-music | title=Indian Record Label Hits The Road To Save Traditional Music | author=Michael Sullivan | journal=The Record |date=April 2012 }}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZrMepZgBKs | title=Call of the Kamaicha – Sakar Khan and GFD | publisher=Amarrass | date=16 February 2013 | access-date=29 November 2014}}<br />
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyop8Hbjsk4 | title=Sakar Khan and Darra Khan play the kamancha (kamaicha) | publisher=Amarrass | date=26 January 2012 | access-date=29 November 2014}}<br />
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uUxfGFqrJs | title=Lele (the bird song) – Sakar Khan and Darra Khan | publisher=Amarass | date=7 April 2012 | access-date=29 November 2014}}<br />
* {{cite web | url=http://www.stafaband.info/download/mp3/lagu_padma_shree_sakar_khan_manganiyar_mehrangarh_jodhpur/ | title=Sakar Khan concerts | publisher=Stafa | date=2014 | access-date=29 November 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204202727/http://www.stafaband.info/download/mp3/lagu_padma_shree_sakar_khan_manganiyar_mehrangarh_jodhpur/ | archive-date=4 December 2014 }}<br />
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