Bismillah Khan at Concert in 1964 |Birth name||Qamaruddin Khan|
|Born||March 21, 1913| |Died||August 21, 2006(aged 93)|
|Genres||Indian classical music| Bismillah Khan (Urdu: استاد بسم
اللہ خان صاحب; March 21, 1913 – August 21, 2006), often referred
to by the honorific title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited
with popularising the shehnai, a subcontinental wind instrument
of the oboe class. While the shehnai had long held importance as
a folk instrument played primarily during traditional
ceremonies, Khan is credited with elevating its status and
bringing it to the concert stage. Early life  Bismillah Khan was
born on 21 March 1913 in Dumraon, Bihar in northern India. He
was the second son of Paigambar Khan and Mitthan. His parents
had initially named him Qamaruddin to rhyme with their first-
born son Shamshuddin. However, his grandfather, Rasool Bux Khan,
the shehnai master of the court of Bhojpur, exclaimed
"Bismillah!" ("In the name of Allah!") at the sight of him and
thereafter he came to be known by t