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Kolkata

كلكتا

Capital city of West Bengal, India.

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South Asia
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Place of death of
Enayet Khan· Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain· Wajid Ali Shah
Birthplace of
Gita Gopinath· Kamal Hossain· Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah

People and things also explored

Vilayat Khan· Dhaka· Etawah· Karachi· Lucknow· Rangpur District· Uttar Pradesh· Enayet Khan

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Vilayat Khan

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.