Date of death: 21. Qamruddin Khan (Bismillah Khan), shehnai player: born Dumraon, India 21 March 1916; married (five sons, three daughters); died Varanasi, India 21 August 2006.


Bismillah Khan, 91, Indian Musician, Is Dead. By Agence France-Presse. Awards and Recognition of Bismillah Khan: After his death his Shehnai was buried with him as an honour to the instrument which he so loved and referred to it as his wife. August 2006. The government of India declared a day of national mourning on his death. Ustad Qamruddin "Bismillah" Khan , often referred to by the title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a subcontinental wind instrument of the oboe class. Death: He died on August 21, 2006, following a cardiac arrest at the age of 93 years.