 He stands with great singing icons like Mehdi Hassan and Ahmed Rushdi and left behind hundreds of classical and semi-classical songs for the public to remember him by.Amanat Ali Khan was born in Shamchaurasi, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, the grandson of Ali Baksh Jarnail, the founder of 'Patiala Gharana'.Ustad Amanat Ali died in Lahore on 18 September 1974 of a perforated appendix.