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{{Infobox person
| name = Vinay Chandra Maudgalya
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| birth_date = 2 April 1918
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| death_date = 1995
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| occupation = Classical musician<br>Vocalist
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| known for = [[Indian classical music]]
| spouse = Padma Devi
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| children = [[Madhup Mudgal]]<br>[[Mukul Mudgal]]<br>[[Madhavi Mudgal]]
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''Vinay Chandra Maudgalya'''(1918 - 1995) was an Indian classical musician, vocalist and the founder of [[Gandharva Mahavidyalaya]], a music and dance academy for the promotion of [[Hindustani music]] and Indian classical dances.<ref name="The applause, not for showmanship">{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/the-applause-not-for-showmanship/article28042683.ece | title=The applause, not for showmanship | date=10 September 2010 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref> He was a follower of [[Gwalior gharana]].<ref name="Swarganga profile">{{cite web | url=https://www.swarganga.org/artist_details.php?id=163 | title=Swarganga profile | publisher=Swarganga | date=2015 | access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1984.<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=18 June 2015}}</ref>

==Biography==

Vinay Chandra Maudgalya was born on 2 April 1918. He received his early training in [[Hindustani classical music]] at [[Vishnu Digambar Paluskar]]'s academy in [[Lahore]]. Later, he trained under [[Vinayakrao Patwardhan]] in [[Pune]]. He arrived in Delhi in 1939, as a "lanky, strikingly handsome" 21-year old, with a mandate to set up a school for classical music in Delhi.<ref name="nairscroll">{{cite web |last1=Nair |first1=Malini |title=Delhi was a cultural wasteland before this man took classical music to its middle classes |url=https://scroll.in/magazine/874384/delhi-was-a-cultural-wasteland-before-this-man-took-classical-music-to-its-middle-classes |website=scroll.in |access-date=5 September 2019}}</ref>

[[Gandharva Mahavidyalaya]] was established in 1939. It was initially located in a rented flat near the now-closed Regal cinema in Connaught Place.<ref name="nairscroll" /> In the early years, there were few students, and Maudgalya would go around on his bicycle trying to persuade families to send their children to his academy.<ref name="khuranaindianexpress">{{cite news |last1=Khurana |first1=Suanshu |title=Classical in the city |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/classical-in-the-city/ |access-date=3 October 2019 |work=The Indian Express |date=5 April 2009}}</ref>

Maudgalya was awarded the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1984.<ref>Vinay Chandra Maudgalya.cite note-Padma Awards-3</ref> He was married to Padma Devi and the couple had two sons, [[Madhup Mudgal]], a renowned musician and the incumbent principal of [[Gandharva Mahavidyalaya]], [[Mukul Mudgal]], the retired Chief Justice of the [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] who headed the [[Mudgal Committee]], comprising [[Additional Solicitor General]] of India [[L Nageswara Rao]] and senior advocate and former cricket umpire Nilay Dutta, appointed by the [[Supreme Court]] to conduct an independent inquiry into the allegation of corruption, betting and spot-fixing in 2013 Indian Premier League <ref>Vinay Chandra Maudgalya</ref> and a daughter, [[Madhavi Mudgal]], an [[Odissi]] exponent.<ref>Vinay Chandra Maudgalya&hl=en-IN#a.cite note-The applause, not for showmanship-1</ref> Both Mudhup and Madhavi are also recipients of Padma Shri. <ref>Vinay Chandra Maudgalya&hl=en-IN#a.cite note-Padma Awards-3</ref> Mudgalya's music pursuit is one of the main features of the 2002 documentary film, ''Pratidhwani - Echoes'', made by Basheer Ali which focuses on other renowned musicians such as Mohan Nadkarni, [[Naushad]], Vasant Paluskar and [[Ravi Shankar]] as well.<ref>Vinay Chandra Maudgalya&hl=en-IN#a</ref>

Maudgalya died in 1995.<ref>Vinay Chandra Maudgalya&hl=en-IN#a.cite note-GMV, New Delhi and its founder Vinay Chandra Maudgalya-5</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Gandharva Mahavidyalaya]]
* [[Madhup Mudgal]]
* [[Madhavi Mudgal]]
* [[Vishnu Digambar Paluskar]]
* [[Vinayakrao Patwardhan]]
* [[Mudgal]]
* [[Gwalior gharana]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite AV media | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2647622/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_1 | title=Pratidhwani-Echoes | date=1982 | people=Basheer Ali (director), Basheer Ali, Chandrasekhar Shastri (writers) | medium=Documentary}}
* {{IMDb name|5484029}}

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