The Patiala Gharana is one of the most prominent gharana of vocal Hindustani classical music. It was initially sponsored by rulers of the Patiala state of Punjab, which was famous for ghazal, thumri, and khayal. In Hindustani music, a gharānā is a system of social organization which groups musicians who are linked by lineage and/or discipleship and who adhere to a particular musical style. ... Hindustani (हिन्दुस्तानी/ہندوستانی) Classical Music is an Indian classical music tradition that took shape in northern Indian subcontinent circa the 13th and 14th centuries AD in the courts of Delhi Sultanate[citation needed] from existing religious, folk, and theatrical performance practices. ... Patiala is a city in the Punjab state of India. ... Punjab   (Punjabi: , Hindi: , IPA: ) (Also spelled Panjab) is a state in northwest India. ... In poetry (and as the lyrics in songs), the ghazal (Persian/Arabic: ‎, Hindi: , Turkish gazel) is a poetic form consisting of couplets which share a rhyme and a refrain. ... Thumri is a common genre of semiclassical Indian music from the North. ... Khyal is the modern genre of classical singing in North India; its name comes from an Arabic word meaning imagination. Like all Indian classical music, khyal is modal, with a single melodic line and no harmonic parts. ...

This school of music has had a number of famous musicians, many of whom came to be partronised by royal family of Patiala after the disintegration of the Mughal Empire at Delhi in the 18th century. At the turn of the century, Ustad Ali Bux was the most renowned exponent of this Gharana. Later his sons, Ustad Akhtar Hussain Khan and Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan achieved world wide fame and brought glory to the Patiala Gharana. This school of music continues to get the patronage of the State though the North Zone Culture Centre - NZCC - established at Patiala. Patiala is a city in the Punjab state of India. ... The Mughal Empire at its greatest extent. ... Delhi   (Hindi: , Urdu: ‎, Punjabi: ) is a metropolis in northern India. ... Presenter Akhtar Khan Akhtar Khan is a BBC World presenter often seen presenting Fast Track. ... Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (b. ... North Zone Culture Centre or NZCC in Patiala in Punjab state was first amongst several regional cultural centres established by Government of India to preserve and promote arts, crafts, traditions and cultural heritage of India. ... Patiala is a city in the Punjab state of India. ...

Leading representatives

• Akhtar Hussain
• Ali Baksh
• Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
• Ajoy Chakraborty
• Ustad Amanat Ali Khan and Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
• Begum Akhtar
• Ghulam Ali
• Dilshad Khan
• Lakshmi Shankar
• Mazhar Ali Khan & Jawaad Ali Khan
• Munawar Ali Khan
• Naina Devi
• Nirmala Devi
• Parveen Sultana
• Raza Ali Khan
• Vasantrao Deshpande
• Ustad Mohammad Hussain Sarahang

Akhtar Hussain was Indian classical musician of Patiala Gharana. ... Ali Baksh was Indian Classical Musician of Patiala Gharana. ... Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (b. ... Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty (surname also spelled Chakrabarty, Chakravarty, Chakravorty, Chakaraborty, Chakravarthi, etc. ... Ustad Amanat Ali Khan (1932-1974) was a Hindustani classical music singer of Patiala Gharana. ... Bade Fateh Ali Khan (born: 1935) is amongst the foremost Khayal vocalists alive today in Pakistan, and the last significant exponent of the Patiala Gharana (stylistic lineage). ... Begum Akhtar was a Ghazal singer from Uttar Pradesh in India. ... Ghulam Ali (1940-) is a famous Pakistani ghazal singer. ... Dilshad Khan (born 1945) was a Bengali Hindustani Classical Singer of Patiala Gharana. ... Lakshmi Shankar is Hindustani Classical Singer of Patiala Gharana known for khyal, thumri, and bhajans. ... Mazhar Ali Khan is a Hindustani Classical Singer of Patiala Gharana known for Dadra and Thumri. ... Jawaad Ali Khan is a Hindustani Classical Singer of Patiala Gharana known for Dadra and Thumri. ... Munawar Ali Khan (1930 - 1989) was a Hindustani Classical singer of Patiala Gharana. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Nirmala Devi is Bengali Hindustani Classical Singer of Patiala Gharana. ... Parveen Sultana is Bengali Hindustani Classical Singer (Born 1950) of Patiala Gharana. ... Raza Ali Khan is a Hindustani Classical Singer of Patiala Gharana. ... Pandit Vasantrao Deshpande (1923-1983) was Marathi Hindustani Classical Singer of Patiala Gharana. ...

External links

• Patiala Gharana