Ayet Ali Khan was a Bengali classical musician.

Early life

Khan was born in

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, Brahmanbaria,

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in 1884. He trained under his brothers

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and Ustad Alauddin Khan. He trained in Rampur under Ustad Wazir Khan for 30 years.

Career

Khan took residence in the Maihir State as court musician. He formed an indigenous instrumental orchestra with his brother. In 1935 he joined

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as the head of the Music department after

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invited him. he left the post over health reasons. He invented two musical instruments, Manohara and Mandrand and developed the surbahar and the sarod. He invented a number of Ragas including Aol-Basanta, Omar-Sohag, Varis, and Hemantika. He established the Allauddin Music College in 1948 in Comilla and in 1954 in Brahmanbaria. From 1961 to 1965 he worked at Radio Pakistan. He was awarded Tamgha-i-Imtiaz in 1961 and in 1966 the

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Death and legacy

Khan died in 1967. He was posthumously awarded the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award in 1976 and the Independence Day Award in 1984.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Ayet Ali Bengali musicians 1884 births 1967 deaths Musicians from British India