gharana · Sarod
Shahjahanpur gharana (sarod)
Also written Shahjahanpur-Lucknow sarod lineage
A second major sarod line, distinct from the Bangash family, with a strong Bengali branch and a right-hand technique of its own.
At a glance
- Type
- gharana
- Voice or instrument
- Sarod
- Where it grew
- Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Later centres of activity
- Bengal
- Earliest documented figures
- Niyamatullah Khan
- Musicians documented
- 5
Origins and development
Founded by Niyamatullah Khan, a rabab and sarod player; carried on by his sons and, unusually, by non-family students in Bengal.
Musicians across generations
Ordered oldest first, so the list reads down the generations: the earliest documented musicians of the tradition, then the players who carried it on, then those active today. The second view shows only the teacher-to-student links the archive can source.
- 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
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Sources
Researched entry · 5 musicians documented · Last reviewed 14 September 2026
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