Omkarnath Thakur
Omkarnath Thakur | |
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Pandit Omkarnath Thakur | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Omkarnath thakur |
| Born | 24 June 1897 Jahaj, Khambhat (Gujarat) Baroda State, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day Gujarat, India) |
| Died | 29 December 1967 (aged 70) Bombay, Maharashtra, India (present-day Mumbai) |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music |
| Occupations | Professor, musicologist, composer |
| Instruments | singing, israj, mridangam, harmonium |
| Years active | 1918–1960s |
Pandit Omkarnath Thakur (24 June 1897 – 29 December 1967), was an Indian music teacher, musicologist and Hindustani classical singer. A disciple of classical singer Vishnu Digambar Paluskar of Gwalior gharana and the founder of Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal he became the principal of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Lahore, and later went on become the first dean of the music faculty at Banaras Hindu University.He also wrote book "sangeetanjli" vol 1 to 6