His paternal grandfather, Sayed Amjad Ali Shah, was the nawab of Sardhana in the North-Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, an hereditary title the family had gained thanks to the services an earlier ancestor, Jan-Fishan Khan, had rendered to the British.

* Ustad Amjad Ali Khan & Zakir Hussain ( 1994 ) – Amjad Ali Khan & Zakir Hussain

Among the many conflicting and contested histories of the Sarod, there is one that attributes its invention to the ancestors of the present-day Sarod maestro, Amjad Ali Khan.

Amjad Ali Khan ’ s ancestor Mohammad Hashmi Khan Bangash, a musician and horse trader, came to India with the Afghan rubab in the mid-18th century and became a court musician to the Maharajah of Rewa ( now in Madhya Pradesh ).

Amjad Ali Khan and his disciples play this model, as do the followers of Radhika Mohan Maitra.

Both Amjad Ali Khan and Buddhadev Dasgupta have introduced minor changes to their respective instruments which have become the design templates for their followers.

Buddhadev Dasgupta prefers a polished stainless steel fingerboard for the ease of maintenance while Amjad Ali Khan uses the conventional chrome or nickel-plated cast steel fingerboard.

Amjad Ali Khan and his followers have rejected the resonator altogether.

Amjad Ali Khan, while a member of approximately the same stylistic school as Radhika Mohan, prefers to use just the index and middle fingers of his left hand.

Amjad Ali is, however, pictured circa 1960 playing with all three fingers.

* Amjad Ali Khan ( b. 1945 )

Zahir Raihan, Khan Ataur Rahman, Salahuddin, Alamgir Kabir, Amjad Hussain, Moshiuddin Shaker, Sheikh Niyamat Ali, Humayun Ahmed, Morshedul Islam, Tanvir Mokammel, Tareque Masud, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Sikder diamond are among those prominent directors.

She was a disciple of her father Ustad Amjad Ali, a Thumri exponent.

Live Recordings: Known for his high quality live recordings, he has recorded a veritable Who's Who of artists including: Pt Ravi Shankar and his orchestra for the Festival of France in India, Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt Bhim Sen Joshi, Pt Birju Maharaj, Pt Kelucharan Mahapatra, Ut Amjad Ali Khan and Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma among others.

Amjad Ali Khan and Dr. Prabha Atre were interrupted due to time restrictions, angering audiences.

Fateh Ali Khan eventually overcame this emotional block, and started singing as a duo with his younger brother Hamid Ali Khan, as well his nephews, Asad Amanat Ali Khan ( 1952 – 2007 ) or Amjad Amanat Ali Khan who are both sons of his late brother Amanat Ali Khan.

The void was only partly filled by Hamid, Amjad Amanat and Asad Amanat Ali Khan, as these three have occupied a relatively junior role in comparison with the almost equal footing that Amanat Ali and Fateh Ali fulfilled as a duo.

Other films in this genre were, Khote Sikkay ( 1973 ), Mera Gaon Mera Desh ( 1971 ), and Kuchhe Dhaage ( 1973 ) both by Raj Khosla, the latter inspired the blockbuster, Sholay ( 1975 ) had the character of Gabbar Singh played by Amjad Khan.

Sholay became a classic in the genre, and its success lead to a surge in films in this genre, Ganga Ki Saugandh ( 1978 ) once again with Amitabh Bachchan, and Amjad Khan.

Released on 15 August 1975, it stars Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri and Amjad Khan.

Though the two petty criminals Veeru ( Dharmendra ) and Jaidev ( Amitabh Bachchan ) are notorious, the Thakur feels that they would be the ideal men to help him end the tyranny of Gabbar Singh ( Amjad Khan ), an infamous dacoit wanted by the authorities for a 50, 000 reward.

* Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh, a dacoit, who leads a group in looting and plundering the villages in the region of Ramgarh.

Amjad Khan was a second choice.

* Best Actor in Supporting Role – Amjad Khan

* Best Actor in Supporting Role – Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan, who played the bandit Gabbar Singh played many villainous roles later in his career.

* Amjad Khan for his role of Gabbar Singh in Sholay ( 1975 ), although he was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category.

* Amjad Islam Amjad, poet and drama writer, born in Multan

Majeed Amjad () ( born June 29, 1914 – died May 11, 1974 ) was an acclaimed Urdu poet of the Indian subcontinent.

Amjad was born on 29 June 1914 in Jhang, a small town in the Pakistani province of Punjab into a poor but respectable family.

* Amjad Javed ( born 1980 ), cricketer who has played one One Day International for the United Arab Emirates

The virus is also known as Lahore, Pakistani, Pakistani Brain, as it was created in Lahore, Pakistan by 19 year old Pakistani programmer, Basit Farooq Alvi, and his brother, Amjad Farooq Alvi.

Amjad Jaimoukha wrote in his book The Chechens: A Handbook that he suspects the Chechen teip Sadoy is actually the remnant of the Isadiks, a Nakh people formerly bordering the Chechens who were wiped out ( probably by Scythian invaders ) in Ancient times.

It is, however, considered above all to be indigenous to the Caucasus, and its major variants characterized ( according to Caucasus historian Amjad Jaimoukha ) later major cultures in the region.

In popular culture Amjad is not as known as Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Noon Meem Rashid, Nasir Kazmi or Meeraji but amongst many critics he is regarded as a " philosophical poet of depth and sensitivity ".

The film is notable for the memorable performance of the late actor Amjad Khan in the legendary villain role of Gabbar Singh.

Bhagavat ( 1982 ) is a Hindi language film starring Dharmendra, Amjad Khan, Hema Malini and Reena Roy.

In 2011, following her 2011 trip to India, she released the album, Everything is Everywhere, on Available Light Records which featured Amjad Ali Khan and his sons, Amaan and Ayaan on traditional Indian instruments.

The profits of " Everything is Everywhere " benefit Interfaith Hunger Initiative In the article " Carrie Newcomer ’ s cool fusion of East and West hooks listeners " Firstpost ( Mumbai, India ) identified Amjad Ali Khan and his sons, Amaan and Ayaan as " three of the best sarod players in the world ".

Actors Shah Rukh Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Aamir Khan, music legends Zakir Hussain, Amjad Ali Khan and cricketers Syed Kirmani, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Mushtaq Ali and Mohammad Azharuddin are icons to the Indian public.

Modern School has hosted SPIC MACAY events, featuring Indian Classical Music and classical Indian dance exponents such as Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Sonal Mansingh, Sitara Devi, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Birju Maharaj.

Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, who has shared his rich experience in Indian classical music in classes across the West, will now teach for a quarter ( three months ) at Stanford University, this course will have lessons on Sarod as well.