Wahid Khan was the son of Imdad Khan and belonged to the Imdadkhani gharana or Etawah gharana of classical music.
12 Facts About Wahid Khan
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Wahid Khan was born in 1895 at Etawah, Uttar Pradesh.
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Wahid Khan was still quite young when his father Imdad Khan moved to Kolkata from Etawah with his family.
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Wahid Khan specialised in the surbahar while Enayat Khan specialized in sitar.
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Wahid Khan served the Patiala court for three years as a court musician.
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Wahid Khan was the court musician of the Nizam of Hyderabad.
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Wahid Khan was a regular performer at All India Radio.
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Wahid Khan performed all over India and received numerous awards and medals from the famous institutions of Tikamgarh, Rewa, Baroda, Mysore, Dhaulpur.
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Wahid Khan appeared in filmmaker Satyajit Ray's international award-winning film Jalsaghar where he performed on the surbahar in one of the scenes.
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Wahid Khan is the paternal uncle of noted sitar player Vilayat Khan and the surbahar player Imrat Khan.
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Wahid Khan's grandson is Shahid Parvez, another noted sitar player.
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Wahid Khan's brother Enayat Khan was a noted sitar and a surbahar player.