He was the grandson of legendary vina player Wazir Khan.
Dabir Khan is also considered as one of India's legendary musician Miyan Tansen's last descendants[2] and in 1969 was awarded a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
Dey, Pandit Santosh Banerjee (Formerly head of department of instrumental music, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta), Asit De (Head of the Theory Division of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata) and the noted singer Manna Dey.
[4] Dabir Khan was born in Rampur State in 1905.
Dabir Khan was the external examiner of Clem Alford in 1969 at Midnapore Music College.