Amanat Ali Khan
Amanat Ali Khan استاد امانت علی خان | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ustad Amanat Ali Khan |
| Born | 1922 Hoshiarpur, Punjab, British India (now in India) |
| Died | 18 September 1974 (aged 52) Lahore, Pakistan |
| Genres | Ghazal |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, music composer |
Ustad Amanat Ali Khan (Template:Lang-ur; ( 1922–1974) was a Pakistani classical and ghazal singer, from the Patiala gharana. He was honoured with the 'Pride of Performance' award by the President of Pakistan in 2009. He stands with great singing icons like Mehdi Hassan and Ahmed Rushdi and left behind hundreds of classical and semi-classical songs for the public to remember him by.[1][2]
Early life
Amanat Ali Khan was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, the grandson of Ali Baksh Jarnail, the founder of 'Patiala Gharana'. [3]
Personal life
Ustad Amanat Ali died in Lahore on September 18, 1974 of an appendix breakage (Perforated Appendix/Peritonitis). His son, Ustad Asad Amanat Ali Khan, after a long music career on Pakistan Television as a performer, died due to a heart attack on April 8, 2007, in London.
He was the first tutor to the legendary vocalist Lata Mangeshkar, when the latter moved to Mumbai in 1945 & started learning Hindustani classical music. After the India-Pakistan partition, Ustad Amanat Ali migrated to Pakistan with his family.[4]
See also
- Asad Amanat Ali Khan ( an accomplished singer and a son of Amanat Ali Khan )
- Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan ( an accomplished singer and the youngest son of Amanat Ali Khan )
- Hamid Ali Khan ( a big name in classical music in Pakistan and youngest brother of Amanat Ali Khan )
References
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1roLYDDUAw, 'Best of Amanat Ali Khan' on YouTube, Retrieved 5 March 2016
- ^ https://sarangi.info/vocal/amanat-fateh/, Music of Amanat Ali Khan and Fateh Ali Khan on sarangi.info website, Retrieved 5 March 2016
- ^ [1], "Classical music has healing effect on listeners", Dawn Karachi newspaper, 3 May 2008, Retrieved 18 September 2015
- ^ http://www.thefridaytimes.com/25022011/page28.shtml, Biography of Amanat Ali Khan on The Friday Times newspaper, published 25 Feb 2011, Retrieved 5 March 2016
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