Gharanas & musical lineages

A second major sarod line, distinct from the Bangash family, with a strong Bengali branch and a right-hand technique of its own.

Type

gharana

Where it grew

Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and Bengal

Voice or instrument

Sarod

Earliest documented figures

Niyamatullah Khan

Founded by Niyamatullah Khan, a rabab and sarod player; carried on by his sons and, unusually, by non-family students in Bengal.

• Niyamatullah Khan19th centurySarod and rababNo page yet

  Founder of the Shahjahanpur sarod line.

  No teaching relationship was proposed for this musician, so no relationship check was run; biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Radhika Mohan Maitra — Wikipedia · Shahjahanpur Gharana

• Karamatullah Khan1848–1933SarodNo page yet

  Son of the founder and teacher of the Bengal branch.

  Relationship checking is complete against the source text read for this musician; wider biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Radhika Mohan Maitra — Wikipedia · Lucknow-Shajehanpur sarod gharana connecting Calcutta ... · Shahjahanpur Gharana

• Radhika Mohan Maitra1917–1981SarodNo page yet

  A scholarly sarod player who made the Shahjahanpur style central in Bengal.

  Relationship checking is complete against the source text read for this musician; wider biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Radhika Mohan Maitra — Wikipedia · Pandit Radhika Mohan Maitra · Radhika Mohan Maitra — Sarod Maestro & Hindustani ...

• Buddhadev Das Gupta1933–2018SarodNo page yet

  The tradition's best known twentieth-century player and a widely loved teacher.

  Taught by Radhika Mohan Maitra

  Relationship checking is complete against the source text read for this musician; wider biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Buddhadev Das Gupta — Wikipedia · Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta · Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta · Buddhadev Dasgupta was a famous instrumentalist of ...

• Tejendra Narayan Majumdarborn 1961SarodNo page yet

  Plays with training from more than one sarod line.

  Taught by Bahadur Khan, Ali Akbar Khan

  Relationship checking is complete against the source text read for this musician; wider biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Tejendra Majumdar — Wikipedia · Pandit Tejendra Majumdar