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Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar dies at 92 -Hindustan Times Page 1 of 1 -Hindustan Times Page 1 of 1
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
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New Delhi, December 12, 2012

First Published: 09:26 IST(12/12/2012)
Last Updated: 09:32 IST(12/12/2012)

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar dies at 92

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, 92, died in a hospital in United States on Tuesday. He was
hospitalised on Thursday after he complained of breathing problem.

Ravi Shankar, who was born on 7 April 1920, often referred to by the title 'Pandit', was an Indian
musician and composer who played the plucked string instrument sitar. He had been described as
the most known contemporary Indian musician.

In 1956, he began to tour Europe and America playing Indian classical music and increased its
popularity there in the 1960s through teaching, performance, and his association with violinist
Yehudi Menuhin and rock artist George Harrison of The Beatles.

From 1986 to 1992 he served as a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha of the Parliament of
India. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999, and
received three Grammy Awards.

He continued to perform in the 2000s, often with his daughter Anoushka.

Shankar studied Indian classical music as Allauddin Khan's pupil, living with his family in the
traditional gurukul system.

Shankar won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury at the 1957 Berlin International Film
Festival for composing the music for the movie Kabuliwala.