He is the only son of Ustad Abed Hossain Khan. He is the grandson of Ustad Ayet Ali Khan (the youngest brother of Ustad Alauddin Khan), and nephew of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, and Ustad Bahadur Khan. Shahadat was born in Comilla, East Pakistan (now in Bangladesh).
At the age of seven, he started taking lessons on Sarod from his father.
He comes of a family of great musicians of the sub-continent. He was attracted to music, his family tradition, from his early boyhood. In 1974, Shahadat was honored with a State Award for his musical performance.
During extensive tours of India with his father as a guest artist of All India Radio, he performed in Kolkata, Madras (Chennai), Srinagar, and Delhi.
Shahadat had the unique opportunity of participating in the "All India Radio Music Conference" along with the famous exponents of classical music from all over India. He was honored with the "Chalochchitro Projojok Samiti" (Association of Film Producers Award) for his super performance.
In 1980 he accompanied a Bangladesh cultural delegation to Middle East. His excellent performance enthralled the audience and earned great fame for his country.
In 1989, he was honored with a Rotary (Buriganga) Award in recognition of his excellent performance on Sarod.
In 1991, he performed solo in France for raising fund for the flood victims of Bangladesh. Shahadat accompanied Bangladesh cultural delegations to United States of America, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Italy, India, North of Korea, China,Hong Kong, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark.
In 1994, he received the highest State Award of Bangladesh, the "Ekushey Padak" for his contribution in the field of music He obtained the degree "Vadya Alankar" in music from Ali Akbar College of Music, California, United States of America. He is an M.A in History from Dhaka University. At this moment, Shahadat is working on music with "Grand Union Orchestra" based in United Kingdom.
