Lutfullah Khan was a collector, archivist, hobbyist and an author from Pakistan.
16 Facts About Lutfullah Khan
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Lutfullah Khan was best known for his rare collection of voice recordings of renowned artists, poets, writers and other eminent individuals from Pakistan and South Asia.
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Lutfullah Khan was born in Madras, now called Chennai in on 25 November 1916.
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Lutfullah Khan's father worked for the South Indian Railway Company.
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Lutfullah Khan migrated to Pakistan on 17 October 1947, after the independence of Pakistan, and settled in Karachi where he joined the advertising business and remained in this profession for more than 50 years.
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Lutfullah Khan was passionate about music and singing from his childhood.
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Lutfullah Khan signed an agreement in 1933 for classical singing with the Indian Broadcasting Service.
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Lutfullah Khan performed publicly at the age of 19 in 1935, when he performed in a two-hour radio concert in Madras and played Karnatic music.
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Lutfullah Khan performed his first sound recording, which was the voice of his mother, on 29 July 1951.
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Lutfullah Khan went on collecting voices of notable personalities, especially speeches of political leaders and politicians, and narrations of authors' own works.
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Lutfullah Khan maintained a minutely detailed catalogue for all the tapes on different subjects.
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Lutfullah Khan created albums of the city's old buildings and new build-ups that were taking shape to absorb the new country Pakistan and its administration.
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Lutfullah Khan made an album about Business on footpath covering portable shops on Karachi's footpaths, right from small businesses to snake charmers, palmists, lizard show, ear cleaner.
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Lutfullah Khan has transcribed all the Urdu Ghazals of Mirza Ghalib into Latin script.
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Lutfullah Khan died on 3 March 2012 in Karachi at the age of 95.
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Lutfullah Khan is survived by a wife, two sons and three daughters.