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Manjari (born 17 April 1986)[1] is an Indian playback singer and Hindustani vocalist. Her first stage performance was with Shiva, the Kolkata - based rock band, when she was in class eight.

Career

Rajshekhar Mansur (born 16 December 1942) is an Indian classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. He is the son and disciple of vocalist Mallikarjun Mansur.

Early life and education
Mansur was born to singer Mallikarjun Mansur, one of the leading singers of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. At the age of 18 he won the gold medal in the Sangeet Visharad exam and went on to take first prize in the AIR Youth Music Competition.

He completed his M.A. in English Literature and an M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Wales on a British Council Scholarship.

Anjali Marathe is an Indian playback singer and Hindustani vocalist.

Early life
She learned classical music from her mother Anuradha Marathe who is herself a renowned classical and light vocalist and conducts stage shows of Marathi as well as Hindi songs.

Pandit Jayateerth Mevundi (Kannada: ಜಯತೀರ್ಥ ಮೇವುಂಡಿ) is an Indian classical vocalist of the Kirana gharana (singing style).

Early life
Jayateerth was born in Hubli, Karnataka. He was brought up in a musical environment, and was encouraged by his mother Sudhabai who was fond of singing Purandara Dasa kritis.

He is an 'A Top' graded artist at All India Radio.

Pandit Chhannulal Mishra (born 3 August 1936) is a celebrated Hindustani classical singer from Banaras, a noted exponent of the Kirana gharana (school) of the Hindustani classical music and especially the Khayal and the 'Purab Ang' – Thumri.

Rajan and Sajan Mishra (Hindi: राजन और साजन मिश्रा) are brothers, singers of the khyal style of Indian classical music. They were awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2007Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, jointly in 1998he Gandharwa National Award for 1994-1995 and the National Tansen Samman 2011-2012 on 14 December 2012.

Rajan Mishra died on April 25, 2021 at St. Stephen's Hospital in New Delhi due to a heart attack caused by COVID-19 complications.[5]

Rajan Mishra performing at Bharat_Bhavan Bhopal (July 2015)

Shubha Mudgal (born 1 January 1959) is an Indian singer of Hindustani classical music. Her repertoire includes the genres of khyal, thumri, dadra, and Indian pop. She has received the Padma Shri in 2000.

Early life
Shubha was born in Allahabad into an academic family.[2][3][4] Her parents, Skand Gupta and Jaya Gupta, were both professors of English literature at Allahabad University, and both of them had a deep interest in Hindustani classical music and kathak.[5][6] Shubha's paternal grandfather, P. C. Gupta, had also been a professor at Allahabad University.

Sumati Mutatkar (10 September 1916 – 28 February 2007) was an Indian classical music vocalist and musicologist from the Agra gharana of Hindustani classical music, and a Professor of Department of Music in University of Delhi.

She was awarded the highest award of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, for lifetime achievement, the 1979 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship[2] and the Padma Shri in 1999, by Government of India.She was also awarded the Kalidas Samman by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 2001-2002.

Ramesh Laxman Nadkarni (1921–1995) was a Hindustani classical music singer from Jogeshwari. Nadkarni a disciple of Aman Ali Khan had composed over 250 melodies and Ragas. He was honored for his dedicated lifelong service to classical music and was awarded a fellowship by Sursingar Sansad, Mumbai. He was part of BHENDI BAZAR GHARANA.

Pandit Ratnakar Pai (13 April 1928 – 9 August 2009) was a Hindustani classical music vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana.