Amanat Ali Khan

Ustad Amanat Ali Khan (Urdu: اُستاد امانت علی خان ‎), (1922 – 18 September 1974) was a Pakistani classical and ghazal singer, from the Patiala gharana. Singing duo of both brothers Amanat Ali Khan and Bade Fateh Ali Khan were together honoured with the 'Pride of Performance' award by the President of Pakistan back in 1969.[1] He stands with great singing icons like Mehdi Hassan and Ahmed Rushdi and left behind hundreds of classical and semi-classical songs for the public to remember him by.[2][3]

Amanat Ali Khan امانت علی خان
استاد امانت علی خان
Background information
Birth nameUstad Amanat Ali Khan
Born1922
Patiala, East Punjab, British India (now in India)
Died(1974-09-18)18 September 1974 (aged 52)
Lahore, Pakistan
GenresGhazal
Occupation(s)Classical music singer, composer

Early life

Amanat Ali Khan was born in Shamchaurasi[4][5][6], Hoshiarpur, Punjab, the grandson of Ali Baksh Jarnail, the founder of 'Patiala Gharana'.[7]

Personal life

Ustad Amanat Ali died in Lahore on 18 September 1974 of a perforated appendix. His son, Ustad Asad Amanat Ali Khan, after a long music career on Pakistan Television as a performer, died due to a heart attack on 8 April 2007, in London. Both Father and Son are buried in Mominpura Graveyard near Lakshmi Chowk Lahore.[1]

After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Ustad Amanat Ali Khan migrated to Pakistan with his family.[8]

See also
  • Asad Amanat Ali Khan ( an accomplished singer and a son of Amanat Ali Khan )
  • Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan ( an accomplished singer and the youngest son of Amanat Ali Khan )
  • Hamid Ali Khan ( a big name in classical music in Pakistan and youngest brother of Amanat Ali Khan )

References
  1. Amanat Ali Khan's award info and profile on travel-culture.com website Retrieved 26 November 2018
  2. 'Best of Amanat Ali Khan' on YouTube Retrieved 26 November 2018
  3. Music of Amanat Ali Khan and Fateh Ali Khan on sarangi.info website Retrieved 26 November 2018
  4. "52nd death anniversary of great Amanat Ali Khan observed". Pakistan Today. AFP. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  5. "Ustads Amanat Ali Khan and Fateh Ali Khan". The Friday Times. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  6. "https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/369942-classical-singer-amanat-ali-remembered". The News. Retrieved 7 June 2020. External link in |title= (help)
  7. "Classical music has healing effect on listeners". Dawn. Karachi. 3 May 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  8. Profile of Amanat Ali Khan on The Friday Times (newspaper) Archived 12 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine Published 25 February 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2018


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