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THE LOST LEGACY OF BHENDI BAZAAR GHARANA

This is the lesser-known story of three brothers and their adopted city – of how they made music in the narrow lanes of a big city, and made history by giving Hindustani classical music a home in Bombay. It is inconceivable then, at that point, that Bombay, an undisputedly cosmopolitan city with determinedly metropolitan roots, got home to a gharana of Hindustani traditional music. While there was no deficiency of popular entertainment, Bombay likewise willingly volunteered to belittle traditional music. As the British extended their compass for an area and benefit, a few self-governing imperial courts disintegrated, and their entertainers lost their support. Performers started to visit the city of Bombay, and some remained to make it home. Along these lines, around the year 1870, three siblings of impeccable family – Nazim, Chajju and Khadim Hussain Ali Khan, the children of Ustad Dilawar Hussain Khan – chose to move to Bombay from Bijnaur close to Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh. ...