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Published: 27 February 2018

Last Updated: 27 February 2018

Everybody know about knows about all the western instruments that the colonists brought with them. pianos, violins, harmoniums etc.  Here is the story of the virginal, brought to India during the Jahangir's rule!

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Bharat 32 Lata Ravi Shankar

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Published: 07 June 2018

Last Updated: 07 June 2018

The first time this song was used in a Hindi film was in Insaan Yaa Shaitaan (1933). No records were issued and the film is no available. The second it was used in

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Rafi 26

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Published: 17 August 2018

Last Updated: 17 August 2018

How time files! It was on August 16, 2017 that I started musing. One year! Of course, the number is not 365 because it is almost daily, not strictly daily. I can tell you in all honesty that I have not even scratched the upper layer of the surface of my collection to  muse about. Here is the first installment of the list of Rafi's MDs.It is from the Rafi book by Saleem-ul-Haq, which itself is based on the one by Pradhan and Menghani. (Sri Ganti had asked for it.)

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