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Legendary classical artiste Bade Ghulam Ali Khan began learning sarangi and vocal from his paternal uncle Kale Khan and his father Ali Baksh Khan at the age seven. When he was 21, he moved to Benaras where he accompanied a courtesan named Hirabai on the Sarangi and started to perform in public. Khan was also a disciple of both Ustad Akhtar Hussain Khan and Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan. After the partition of India in 1947, Khan went to his home in Pakistan, but returned to India later to reside permanently. He was against the partition, stating: “If in every home one child was taught Hindustani classical music this country would never have been partitioned.”
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