Kolkata: Classical vocalist Ustad Rashid Khan has dedicated his Padma Bhushan award to the people of West Bengal "for the love they have showered on me all these years".
Rashid Khan said he got the happy news from his daughters. "I could not believe it at first," said the 46-year-old Hindustani music exponent belonging to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana.
The Ustad was earlier conferred the Padma Shri and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards in 2006.
Born at Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, Rashid Khan accompanied his first guru and maternal grand-uncle Nissar Hussain Khan to Kolkata where he joined the ITC Sangeet Research Academy.
Rashid Khan said he got the happy news from his daughters. "I could not believe it at first," said the 46-year-old Hindustani music exponent belonging to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana.
The Ustad was earlier conferred the Padma Shri and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards in 2006.
Born at Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, Rashid Khan accompanied his first guru and maternal grand-uncle Nissar Hussain Khan to Kolkata where he joined the ITC Sangeet Research Academy.
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