Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
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Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (August 15, 1928 - January 4, 2017) was an Indian sitar player. Khan received the national awards Padma Shri (1970) and Padma Bhushan (2006) and was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1987). Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan is regarded as one of the 'Sitar Trinity' of India along with Ravi Shankar and Vilayat Khan and is the youngest of them. He was born in 1928, in Jawra, Madhya Pradesh as the son of Jaffer Khan, a versatile vocalist, sitarist and beenkar. <a href="h
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1929–2017
- Nationality
- IN
- Role / Field
- Sitar players, Sitar music
- Language
- hin
- Gender
- Male
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Abdul Halim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Madhya Pradesh
- Place of death
- Mumbai
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- sitar
- Image
- Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan 01.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1929-01-01
- date of death
- 2017-01-04
- Commons category
- Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
- cause of death
- cardiac arrest
- manner of death
- natural causes
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