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Vilayat Khan

ولايت خان

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Indian sitar maestro (1928–2004) of the Imdadkhani (Etawah) gharana, born at Gouripur in Bengal, son and heir of Enayat Khan and grandson of Imdad Khan; famed for the gayaki ang, a singing style on the sitar, he composed for Satyajit Ray's Jalsaghar (1958) and repeatedly refused India's Padma honours.

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South Asia
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    • Vilayat Khan — English Wikipedia
    • Vilayat Khan — Urdu Wikipedia
    • Vilayat Khan — Wikidata
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    islam.museum contributors. “Vilayat Khan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/vilayat-khan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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    Enayet Khan

    Indian sitar and surbahar player (1894–1938), born in the North-Western Provinces to a family of musicians, son of Imdad Khan, founder of the Imdadkhani (Etawah) gharana. Settled at Calcutta, he developed the gayaki ang in sitar playing, standardised the instrument's dimensions and added the upper resonator gourd; he died at 43, and his sons Vilayat Khan and Imrat Khan became leading players of their generation.