Legendary Indian classical musician and Padma Shri awardee Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan passed away on Sunday at the age of 90. This news confirmed by the legend’s daughter-in-law Namrata Gupta Khan.
Namrata along with Ustad’s picture, wrote, “With a very heavy heart, I inform you all that my father-in-law the pillar of our family and a legend of our nation, Padma Vibhushan Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan sahab has left for his heavenly abode.”
Soon after that veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar also took to her Twitter and wrote, ”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.”
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. pic.twitter.com/l6NImKQ4J9
— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) January 17, 2021
Reportedly, Ustad was a legend who trained several Indian singers right from Sonu Nigam, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle to AR Rahman, and many others under this maestro.
According to a close member of the family, Ustad’s mortal will leave at 7 PM on Sunday from his house. As per the latest update, the last rites with state honor will be performed at Santacruz (West) Kabrastan.