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  • Ustad Alla Rakha's 95th birthday Special

    Today the greatest tabla player in Indian musical history Ustad Alla Rakha's 95th Birthday. Google pays homage the doodle dedicated on his 95th birthday, shows the two ‘O’s as a tabla, and Ustad Alla Rakha is seen playing them with his trademark smile.

    Alla Rakha was born in Paghwal, Jammu, British India. His mother tongue was Dogri. He became fascinated with the sound and rhythm of the tabla at the age of 12, while staying with his uncle in Gurdaspur. Finding little chances for grooming and appreciation, the determined young lad ran away from home, became a disciple of and began studying tabla with Mian Kader Baksh of the Punjab gharana.He was married to Bavi Begum, and had three sons, Zakir Hussain, Fazal Qureshi and Taufiq Qureshi, a daughter Khurshid Aulia née Qureshi, and nine grandchildren. Alla Rakha had another daughter, Razia, whose death preceded his by less than 24 hours. He also married to a lady belonging to Faisalabad, Pakistan. It was a love marriage. Rohi Bano, a popular TV actress in 1980s, She is still alive. He had another brother called Sabir who practised tabla in Lahore.

    Alla Rakha died on 3 February 2000 at his Simla House residence on Nepean Sea Road following a heart attack, which he suffered on learning of the death of his daughter, Razia, the previous evening.

    Last edited by Parveen Komal; 04-29-2014, 12:26 PM.
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