Question

Which Fellowship is given by Government of M.P. in the field of Music?
1. Shrikant Verma
2. Allauddin Khan
3. Chakradhar Singh
4. Amrita Shergil

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Allauddin Khan

The correct answer is Allauddin Khan.

• The fellowship provided by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in the field of music is in the name of Allauddin Khan.
• Allauddin Khan, popularly known as Baba Allauddin Khan was an Indian sarod player and multi-instrumentalist, composer and one of the most renowned music teachers of the 20th century in Indian classical music.
• Khan was born in Shibpur village in Brahmanbaria which is in present-day Bangladesh.
• His father, Sardar Hossain Khan, was also a musician.

• Khan took his first music teaching from his elder brother, Fakir Aftabuddin Khan.
• At age ten, Khan ran away from home to join a Jatra party where he was shown up to a variety of folk genres: jari, sari, baul, bhatiyali, kirtan, and Panchali.
• Khan went to Kolkata, where he met a physician named Kedarnath, who aided him to become a disciple of Gopal Krishna Bhattacharya, a notable musician of Kolkata in 1877.