Ustad Rashid Khan. Celebrated Indian music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday, reported hindustantimes.com. Chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, expressed deep shock at the death of Rashid Khan. Rashid Khan was an Indian classical musician in the Hindustani music tradition. In a story told in several versions, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi once remarked that Rashid Khan was the ‘assurance for the future of Indian vocal music’.

Source: Hindustan Times January 09, 2024 13:05 UTC