Baha'ud'din Mohiuddin Dagar (born 1970) is the rudra veena player and son of famous

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musician Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. He plays rudra veena with the ''dagarbani'' style. He represents the 20th generation of Dagar lineage, referring to Nayak Haridas Dagar of the 16th century. However, he traces his ancestry to Baba Gopal Das, who converted to Islam, and became Baba Imam Baksh in the 18th century, making him the representative of the 8th generation.

Awards and recognition

In 2012, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest award for performing artists, conferred by the

Sangeet Natak Akademi Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in English) is the national level academy for performing arts set up by the Government of India. History It was set up by the Indian education ministry on 31 May 1952 and ...

, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.

Early life and training

Dagar started learning the veena from his father Zia Mohiuddin Dagar when he was 12 years old. After the death of his father in 1990, he continued his training under his uncle

Zia Fariddudin Dagar Zia Fariduddin Dagar (15 June 1932 – 8 May 2013) was an Indian classical vocalist belonging to the Dhrupad tradition, the oldest existing form of north Indian classical music ( Hindustani classical music). He was part of the Dagar family ...

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