Patiala Gharana
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The Patiala Gharana is one of the most prominent gharana of vocal Hindustani classical music. It was initially sponsored by rulers of the Patiala state of Punjab, which was famous for ghazal, thumri, and khayal.
This school of music has had a number of famous musicians, many of whom came to be partronised by royal family of Patiala after the disintegration of the Mughal Empire at Delhi in the 18th century. At the turn of the century, Ustad Ali Bux was the most renowned exponent of this Gharana. Later his sons, Ustad Akhtar Hussain Khan and Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan achieved world wide fame and brought glory to the Patiala Gharana. This school of music continues to get the patronage of the State though the North Zone Culture Centre (NZCC) established at Patiala.
[edit] Leading representatives
- Akhtar Hussain
- Ali Baksh
- Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
- Ajoy Chakraborty
- Ustad Amanat Ali Khan and Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
- Begum Akhtar
- Ghulam Ali
- Ustad Mohammad Hussain Sarahang
- Dilshad Khan
- Lakshmi Shankar
- Mazhar Ali Khan & Jawaad Ali Khan Grandsons of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and current day torchbearers of the Patiala Kasur Gharana
- Munawar Ali Khan
- Naina Devi (singer)
- Nirmala Devi
- Parveen Sultana
- Raza Ali Khan
- Vasantrao Deshpande
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