Bundu Khan

Bundu Khan (1880 – 1955)[1] was a Pakistani musical instrument sarangi player.

He received his early training in sarangi from his father Ali Jan Khan starting at 8 years of age, and later from his uncle Mamman Khan, a veteran Sarangi and Sursagar player who belonged to the Patiala gharana (House of Patiala) of classical musicians.

[2][3][1] Bundu Khan played the sarangi from All India Radio, Delhi Station, when it first started broadcasting in 1935.

[2] He studied Sanskrit in order to have access to the classical music of ancient India.

He introduced what is known as Meendh Soot Ki Sargam in which the musician, in the midst of recurring melody, shifts from one note to another.