Iqbal Hussain Khan Bandanawazi
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Iqbal Hussain Khan Bandanawazi was a Sufi qawwal from Hyderabad India
India
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. He was born in Gwalior and died in Hyderabad in 2010. He had worked as a top artist in All India Radio
All India Radio
All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...

 Akashwani for many years. His Qawwali group is known as Bandanawazi Qawwal he learned Qawwali from his father Ustad Qurban Hussain Khan.

Family background

His father Ustad Qurban Hussain Khan was Gwalior's Raj Durbari Gayak and was titled Faqhr-e-Hind by Nizam
Nizam
Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad popularly known as Nizams of Hyderabad was a former monarchy of the Hyderabad State, now in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , and Maharashtra in India...

 of Hyderabad. His father was well-versed in several forms of classical singing. He has four daughters and one son Ateeq Hussain Khan Bandanawazi who has learnt Qawwali since childhood from his father and resembles his voice and style. Ateeq Hussain Khan
Ateeq Hussain Khan
Ateeq Hussain Khan Bandanawazi is a classical sufiana qawwal from Hyderabad. He was born in 1980 in Hyderabad. He started learning Qawwali from his father from the early age of five years and participated along with him in Qawwali programs...

 is currently carrying the legacy of his father and heading the Sufi qawwali group Bandanawazi Qawwal.

Achievements

He received Sangeet Prabhakar Award From Chief Minister of Andhra Pardesh Raj shekar Reddy. He also received Life Time Achievement Award From Urdu Academy Andhra Pradesh.
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