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Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao (Vijaya Raghava Rao) (3 November 1925 - 30 November 2011) was an Indian flutist, composer, choreographer, musicologist, poet and fiction writer.

He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 1970, and in 1982 the Sangeet Natak Akademi in Creative and Experimental music category, the highest for performing artist conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.

Born in 1919 in Bangalore, Chidanand Nagarkar, began his training in music under Shri Govind Vithal Bhave. At a very young age he moved to Lucknow to pursue his chosen path under the guidance of Pandit S. N. Ratanjankar at the Marris College of Music, now known as Bhatkhande Vidya Peeth. A brilliant musician, Chidanand grew to become one of the foremost disciples of Pt. Ratanjankar and gained a wide repertoire that included Dhrupad, Dhamar, Khayal, tappa and thumri. He was known for his fast-paced concerts, wherein he combined his thorough training with a supremely confident, flashy style.

Shanno Khurana (born 1927) is a noted Indian classical vocalist and composer, from the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana of Hindustani classical music. A disciple of the doyen of the gharana, Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan (d. 1964), she is known for performing rare bandish and raag, though her singing style includes genres like khayal, tarana, thumri, dadra, tappa, to chaiti and bhajan. Born and brought up in Jodhpur, she started singing on All India Radio in 1945 in Lahore, later shifted to Delhi, where she continued her singing on All India Radio, Delhi and in concerts and music festivals.

Vinod Nagpal (born 26 September 1940) is an Indian film, stage and television actor and a trained classical singer, who mainly works in Hindi cinema.[1][2] He has almost appeared in movies as a Character actor. He made his screen debut with Chashme Buddoor (1981).

Mohanrao Palekar (Devanagari: मोहनराव पालेकर, 1898–1962) was a noted Hindustani classical vocalist and is considered a stalwart of Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana, commonly referred as Jaipur Gharana.

Pandit Dattatreya Vishnu Paluskar (28 May 1921 – 26 October 1955), was a Hindustani classical vocalist. He was considered a child prodigy.

Early life and background
D.V. Paluskar was born in Nasik, Maharashtra to well-known Hindustani musician Vishnu Digambar Paluskar.[His original surname was Gadgil, but as they hailed from the village Palus (near Sangli), they came to be known as the "Paluskar" family.

Sanhita Nandi is a prominent Hindustani classical vocalist of the Kirana Gharanahe central motif of her style is slow tempo raga development (voice culture, voice throw, and tonal application) and ornamented sargams. She is getting guidance under Mashkoor Ali Khan.

Early life
Sanhita Nandi was trained under the late A. Kanan of Kirana Gharana,[3] the senior most guru at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy.

Career

Sanhita Nandi performing in Sawai Gandharva in Pune

Sanhita Nandi performing in Tansen Sangeet Samaroh in Gwalior

Kashi KLiterature

Damodar Pandit-

Damodar Pandit said person case in prose. The Prakrit Paigalam of the composition is a poetic text composed by him. According to the opinion of Kashikeya, which was composed to teach the language of the market to the princes of Kashi, the praise of Kashiswar Rana is a part of this poem.

Kabirdas-

Ram Vilas Sharma has been a profound scholar, penetrating critic and thinker of our times. The honest evaluation of his long-standing work, its various aspects and aspects, will probably begin now.