Background
Chatrapati (also spelled Chhatrapati) Singh Ju Deo was born in the Royal family of Bijna State in Uttar Pradesh, bordering Madhya Pradesh, India.
Chatrapati (also spelled Chhatrapati) Singh Ju Deo was born in the Royal family of Bijna State in Uttar Pradesh, bordering Madhya Pradesh, India.
He was famous for his virtuosity on Pakhavaj drums used in Hindustani Classical Music. He showed a great deal of interest in music from a very early age and started learning Pakhavaj from a number of masters including Shri Kudau Singh Ji and Swami Ramdas Ji. He became the foremost exponent of Pakhavaj of his era.
He accompanied all the great Dhrupad vocalists including the Dagar Brothers and Pint
Ram Chatur Malik. Apart from music he was very fond of chess and mathematics and has written a treatise on knight moves in chess called "Ashwa Nirupan Granth". Singh died in 1998.