What is Rais Khan?
{{Infobox musical artist |name = Rais Khan (sitar player) |background = non_vocal_instrumentalist |image = Ustad Rais Khan.jpg |birth_name = |alias = |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1939|11|25}} |death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|5|6|1939|11|25|df=yes}}<br />[[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]] |origin = [[Indore]], Madhya Pradesh, British India |genre = [[Hindustani classical music]] |years_active = 1948 – 2017 |label = |website = }} [[Ustad]] '''Rais Khan''' (25 November 1939{{spaced ndash}}6 May 2017) was a Pakistani [[sitarist]] from [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2012/jan/100112-Family-feud-turns-into-cross-border-musical-war.htm|title=Family feud turns into cross-border musical war}}, mid-day.com newspaper website, Retrieved 24 January 2016</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/10/29/stories/2005102900260200.htm|title='Today, music is about cloning'|date=29 October 2005|work=The Hindu newspaper|access-date=24 January 2016|archive-date=27 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927222816/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/10/29/stories/2005102900260200.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rais Khan was awarded the [[Pride of Performance]] Award by the [[President of Pakistan]] in 2005.<ref>http://www.tehzeebfoundation.org/artist.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506220939/http://tehzeebfoundation.org/artist.html |date=2017-05-06 }}, Rais Khan awarded Pride of Performance award in 2005, Tehzeeb Foundation website, Retrieved 24 January 2016</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Rais}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:People from Karachi]] [[Category:Musicians]] {{bio-stub}}