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Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan (19 August 1908 – 18 February 2016) was an Indian vocalist of Hindustani music.Apart from khayal, he performed dhrupad, dhamar and thumri.As of 2020, he is the oldest person to have been conferred a Padma award.

Early life
Abdul Rashid Khan was born in a family of musicians tracing back to Behram Khan, who was a singer of traditional Gwalior gharana gayaki. He received his initial training from his father's elder brother Bade Yusuf Khan and from his father Chhote Yusuf Khan.

Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan (1871–1949) was an Indian subcontinental singer from the Kirana gharana. He died in 1949 in Saharanpur, India.

Ustad Aman Ali Khan ‘Amar’ (1888–1953) was an Indian classical vocalist and composer from the Bhendibazaar Gharana. He brought many Carnatic ragas into Hindustani classical music.

Ustad Amir Khan (pronounced [əˈmiːr xaːn]) (April 1912– 13 February 1974)[4][5] was one of the most popular Indian classical vocalist worldwide. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Hindustani classical music, and was the founder of the Indore gharana.

Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (c. 2 April 1902 – 23 April 1968) was an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist, from the Patiala gharana.

Early life and background
Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan was born in Kasur, of the erstwhile Punjab Province, British India in 1902. Following partition of India in 1947, Kasur District was allocated to Pakistan.

At the age of five, Bade Ghulam began training in vocal music from his chacha Kale Khan, and later from his father. He had three younger brothers namely Barkat Ali Khan, Mubarak Ali Khan and Amanat Ali Khan.

Dilshad Khan is a Hindustani classical singer.

Early life and background
Khan was born Arabinda Dasgupta in Kolkata. Dilshad is the younger brother of eminent sarod maestro Buddhadev Das Gupta[citation needed]. He attended St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Kolkata, where future music composer R. D. Burman was his classmate.

Nazir Khan, more commonly known as "Ghagge" Nazir Khan or Jodhpurwale Nazir Khan,[ (c. 1850s – c. 1920s) was an Indian classical singer and, along with his elder brother Wahid Khan, founded the Mewati gharana, later popularized by Pandit Jasraj.

Background
Nazir Khan was born in the 1850s to a family of Khandarbani dhrupad musicians based in Agra. His grandfather was Dada Tikkad. He was trained in singing and rudra veena by his father, Imam Khan, and uncle, Wazir Khan alongside his elder brother, Wahid.

Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan (3 March 1931 – 17 January 2021)was an Indian classical musician in the Hindustani classical music tradition, belonging to the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana.

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, followed by Padma Bhushan in 2006 and Padma Vibhushan in 2018. In 2003 he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.

Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan (22 August 1939 – 15 May 2016) was an Indian classical vocalist. He belonged to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana.

Musical career
He was initiated into music at the age of nine by his father Ustad Ghulam Jafar Khan, who was an Indian sarangi player. Later, he continued his training under the guidance of Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan, who was the first recipient of the Padma Bhushan award in India.

Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan (1849–1919) was an Indian classical vocalist, and the founder of Rampur-Sahaswan gharana.

Early life
Born in Sahaswan, Badaun district to Ustad Mehboob Khan, a khayal singer and veena player of the court of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. He was trained and lived in Rampur, and his gharana came to be called Rampur-Sahaswan gharana.[1]