The Brahmanbaria district in the Chittagong division of Bangladesh shares a political boundary with the present Indian state of Tripura, and was part of the greater Comilla district prior to 1984. Meghna and Titas sweep the plains of Brahmanbaria – long-standing witnesses to the cultural legacy of the land. Besides its rich literary heritage, where the likes of Adwaita Mallabarman immortalized Titas and the lives linked so inextricably to the river, Brahmanbaria also boasts of one of the creamiest musical lineages that the East has produced. No wonder the district is often fondly referred to as the cultural capital of Bangladesh!
Sabdar Hossain Khan, or Sadhu Khan, a musician from the Shibpur village of Brahmanbaria, had five sons – Aftabuddin, Samiruddin, Alauddin, Nayab Ali and Ayet Ali. While Alauddin went on to become the world-renowned legendary Ustad Baba Alauddin Khan, founder of the Maihar Gharana, the eldest and the youngest brothers were no less illustrious in their own rights. The next generation, comprising of Baba Alauddin’s children and disciples successfully carried forward the legacy, establishing the Khan family of Brahmanbaria as one of the most celebrated, torchbearing musical lineages in the history of Hindustani classical music.
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