Ustad Rashid Khan dies at the age of 55 in Kolkata

Ustad Rashid Khan dies at the age of 55 in Kolkata.
The music maestro passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer.
He was born in Uttar Pradesh’s Badayun.
He was from the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana. He is the great-grandson of gharana founder Inayat Hussain Khan.
He is also the nephew of Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.
He received his initial training from his maternal grand-uncle Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan.
He delivered his debut concert at the age of eleven.
He was awarded the Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2006. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2022.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi once remarked that Rashid Khan was the “assurance for the future of Indian vocal music”.