Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (February 15, 1927 – January 4, 2017) was an Indian sitar player and composer. Khan was born in Madhya Pradesh, India. He won the national awards Padma Shri (1970) and Padma Bhushan (2006) and was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1987.[1][2] He composed musical movie scores for Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959), Kohinoor (1960) and Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1971).
Khan died on January 4, 2017 at his home in Mumbai, India from cardiac arrest, aged 89.[3]
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Media
Sitarist Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan at the Halim Academy of Sitar with Chief guest, Sarodist Amjad Ali Khan, and philanthropist and Chair of Dr. Sushilarani-Baburao Patel Trust, Neela Shinde
References
- ↑ "Padma Awards". Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ↑ "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees – Instrumental – Sitar". Sangeet Natak Akademi. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ↑ Bella Jaisinghani (January 4, 2016). "Sitar maestro Ustad Abdul Halim dead". Times of India. Retrieved January 5, 2017.