Background
Initiated into music by his father Altaf Hussain Khan, he went on to learn from his grand uncle Ustad Kallan Khan.
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Khadim Hussain Khan
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Career
They were both court musicians of the Jaipur Kingdom. Khadim had a long and arduous training for 12 years, practicing for more than 12 hours every day. He moved to Bombay in the late twenties and was part of the Mumbai music circles for many decades.
He was a superb teacher.
Famous for his Layakari, it was difficult to grasp for the untrained. He was an Associated Independent Recording artist from its inception, but his passion and life"s mission was teaching.
He was a great composer, under the pen name "Sajan Piya". He composed 110 choice bandishes.
His students set up a trust under the name "Sajan Milap" in the seventies.
Saguna Kalyanpur, and Smt. Lalith J. Rao are disciples of his.
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1993 (aged 86)