Usthad
Ghulam
Mustafa
Khan,
the
legendary
Hindi
classical
musician
passed
away.
The
veteran
singer
breathed
his
last
on
January
17,
Sunday
due
to
age-related
illness.
The
most
popular
faces
of
Indian
music,
including
Lata
Mangeshkar
and
AR
Rahman
paid
tribute
to
Usthad
Ghulam
Mustafa
Khan,
through
their
official
social
media
pages.
The
legendary
singer
was
born
to
a
family
of
classical
singers,
in
Badayun,
Uttarpradesh.
He
had
received
some
of
the
most
prestigious
awards
of
the
country
during
his
decades-long
career,
including
Padma
Shri
and
Padma
Bhushan.
According
to
the
sources,
Usthad
Ghulam
Mustafa
Khan's
last
rites
will
be
performed
with
state
honors,
at
the
Santacruz
(West)
kabarstan
between
7.30
-
8
PM
on
Sunday
night.
Lata
Mangeshkar,
who
was
trained
by
Ghulam
Mustafa
Khan
for
a
short
period,
took
to
her
official
Twitter
page
and
paid
tribute
to
the
legend.
"Mujhe
abhi
abhi
ye
dukhad
khabar
mili
hai
ki
mahan
shastriya
gayak
Ustad
Ghulam
Mustafa
Khan
Saheb
is
duniya
mein
nahi
rahe.
Ye
sunke
mujhe
bahut
dukh
hua.
Wo
gayak
to
acche
the
hee
par
insaaan
bhi
bahut
acche
the.",
wrote
the
legendary
singer.
"Meri
bhanji
ne
bhi
Khan
sahab
se
sangeet
sikha
hai,
maine
bhi
unse
thoda
sangeet
sikha
tha.
Unke
jaane
se
sangeet
ki
bahut
haani
hui
hai.
Main
unko
vinamra
shraddhanjali
arpan
karti
hun.",
Lata
Mangeshkar
added.
AR
Rahman,
the
academy
award-winning
musician,
paid
tribute
to
the
sweetest
teacher,
by
sharing
a
video
of
his
performance
with
Usthad
Ghulam
Mustafa
Khan
for
MTV
Coke
Studio,
on
his
official
Twitter
page.
"The
sweetest
teacher
of
all
..May
the
Ghafoor-ur-Rahim
give
you
a
special
place
in
the
next
world",
wrote
Rahman
in
his
post.