Happy Birthday... Pandit Ravi Shankar .
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Channel: IMIRZA777 · 2015 · Music
Pandit Ravi Shankar, the younger brother of dancer Uday Shankar, was born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury on April 7, 1920. His father was a barrister and a Bengali Brahmin living in Varanasi. At the age of 10, young Robindro went to Paris with Uday Shankar's dance group. Three years later, he had learnt to play various instruments and was a full-time member of his brother's troupe. On tour in Europe and USA and now known as Ravi Shankar, he studied French, Western classical music and jazz.
