Background
Ram Chatur Mallik was born at Amta village, a small hamlet in Darbhanga district in the northern part of the Indian state of Bihar in 1902.
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His was a family of musicians in the Kartaram lineage, known as the Mallik family of Dhrupad musicians who were court musicians at the Darbhanga court. His father, Ranjit Ram, was a known singer and was credited with the creation of Raga Vinod. He served the court till 1947 when India became independent.
Mallik was known to be adept at Khyal and Thumri, along with his chosen genre of Dhrupad and was associated with the leading singers of his time such as Ustad Amir Khan and Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.
He followed the Darbhanga gharana of Dhrupad and his virtuosity in the Dhrupad was reported to have earned him the moniker, Dhrupad Samrat. He was active till his death on 13 January 1990.
His concerts have been brought out in Civil Defense format under the name, Masters Of Raga: The King of Dhrupad - Ram Chatur Mallik In Concert, by Weltm.
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Known to be the last of the court musicians of the Dharbanga court, he was a member of the Mallik family of singers.
