The 17th death anniversary of Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan was observed at his mausoleum on Fatman Road here on Monday. The state president of Congress Party Ajay Rai and other personalities from music and other fields reached the mausoleum to pay their tributes to the shehnai maestro.
The family members of Ustad Bismillah Khan including his eldest daughter Jarina Begum and grandson Ashfaq Hyder Khan were present there. Aafaq presented nauha ‘Mara gaya hai teer se bachha rabab’, which Khan Saheb liked the most.
The state president of the Congress Party Ajay Rai and others from music and other fields reached the mausoleum to pay their tributes to the shehnai maestro. Paying his tribute to the legend shehnai player Rai said that the personality like Khan Saheb takes birth in thousands of years who was also a saint with the maestro of shehnai.
The convener of the programme organised to pay tribute to Khan Saheb Shaqil Ahmed Jadugar urged the government at Centre to run a train in the name of Ustad Bismillah Khan. The mutawalli of mausoleum Abbas Murtaza Shamsi, Shailendra Singh, Pramod Verma and others were present on the occasion.