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The Dagars were originally Pandey Brahmins. In the 18th century, Baba Gopal Das Pandey was ostracized by his community for accepting a "paan" given to him by the then Emperor of Delhi - Muhammad Shah Rangile, for his brilliant rendition of Dhrupad. Baba then moved to Delhi, embraced Islam and was rechristened Baba Imam Khan Dagar. The legacy of the Dagars starts here. Baba had two sons - Haider Khan and Behram Khan. The credit for preserving and passing down the pure form of the "Sadharani - geeti" or Dagar-Vani" goes to Baba Behram Khan. He taught his art to his nephews and his sons - Sa" adat Khan and Akbar Khan. Following his demise in 1877, Sa" adat Khan was appointed chief musician of the Udaipur court. Sa"adat Khan"s grandson. Riazuddin Khan, gifted poet and composer was the premier court musician of Jaipur. Riazuddin Khan"s uncle Allabande Khan was also a skilled Veena player. Allabande Khan had four sons. Nasiruddin Khan, an exceptional vocalist and court musician of Indore and four sons who took to Dhrupad - Nasir Moinuddin, Nasir Aminuddin, Nasir Zahiruddin, and Nasir Faiyazuddin. Two of Ziauddin Khan"s sons - Zia Mhiuddin and Zia Fariduddin also took to Dhrupad. Zia Fariuddin Dagar, a phenomenal vocalist is the director of the "Dhrupad Kendra" at Bhopal. The only instrumentalist in this 19th generation of musicians was the late Ustad Z.M. Dagar who used to run an Ashram at Panvel. Nasir Aminuddin Dagar was a lecturer of Dhrupad at the Rabindra - Bharati university at Calcutta. Sayeeduddin Dagar, cousin of Zia Fariduddin Dagar teaches at the Pune branch of the Dhrupad society. And thus the legacy of the Dagars continues. The Dagar family"s contribution spans over 19 generations.
From shanth@u.washington.edu Wed Jun 2 13:57:56 1993
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1993 13:53:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Shantha Benegal
To: Shantha Benegal
Subject: Dagar Family
Status: RO
The Dagar family had seven performing members and held an annual Dagar
Saptak festival in different parts of India.
1. Nasir Aminuddin Dagar of Calcutta, who used to sing with the late
Nasir Moinuddin Dagar, died about 22 years ago. They are the famed Dagar
Brothers.
2. Nasir Zahiruddin Dagar of Delhi. He used to sing with his brother
Faiyyazuddin (see no. 3)
3. Nasir Faiyyazuddin Dagar, d. 1990. Zahiruddin and Faiyyazuddin were
sometimes known as the "The Younger Dagar Brothers" to distinguish them
from the their elder brothers. Later became known in their turn as Dagar
Brothers..
4. Fahimuddin Dagar, son of Rahimuddin Dagar, also of Delhi.
5. Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, rudra vina player and a wonderful singer in his
own right, of Bombay, who came the US as visiting artist at Wesleyan,
University of Washington Etc., d. 1991. (Please note, there is no "n" in
Mohiuddin).
6. Zia Fariduddin Dagar, singer, younger brother of Zia Mohiuddin Dagar,
of Bombay and Bhopal. He performed with his brother on the Festival of
India tour.
7. Saeeduddin Dagar of Delhi and Poona, son of the late Tansen Pande, a
Dagar who was a Sanscrit scholar.
After the death of his younger brother Faiyyazuddin, Ustad Zahiruddin is
now singing with the former"s son, F.Wazifuddin Dagar.
Another Dagar to enter the concert arena is young M. Baha"uddin Dagar,
rudra vina, son of Zia Mohiuddin.
Hence, there is still a Dagar Saptak to continue the tradition.
Nasiruddin and Rahimuddin were brothers, and cousins to Ziauddin Dagar and
Tansen Pande. Their names are used by their sons in front of their own names.
My spellings of names and understanding of relationships is subject to
confirmation by any Dagar gurubhai or gurubehen who may be reading this.
Shantha Benegal
email: shanth@milton.washington.edu
Phone: (206) 543-1186
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Subject: Dagar family
Organization: University of California, Davis
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1993 19:44:53 GMT
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Status: RO
Here is some information about the Dagar family, the
great torch bearer of dhrupad singing/bin playing.
The information has been gleamed from various sources and I
think it quite reliable. Any mistakes though should be
pointed out by the informed folks.
1) Baba Imam Khan Dagar (was Baba Gopal Das Pandey,
but had to change religion).
2) His sons were Haidar Hussain Khan Dagar and Bahram Khan
Dagar. Bahram (or Behram) Khan was court musician with
king of Jaipur (the great city where I come from) Maharaja
Sawai Rama Singh. Behram Khan is considered to be a legend!
3) Haidar Hussain Khan"s son was Ustad Mohammadjan Khan Dagar
who was in Indore. Mohammadjan Khan"s cousin was Pandit
Inayat Khan Dagar.
4) Ustad Mohammadjan Khan of Indore had two very famous
dhrupadiya sons; Zakiruddin Dagar and Alabande Khan (or
Allabande). Alabande Khan was court musician with Udaipur
king and than with Alvar king. He was born in last half
of 19th century and died in 1927.
Zakiruddin and Alabande used to sing together (jugalbandi) and
were said to be very good.
5) Alabande Khan had four sons, three of them considered to
be the greatest dhrupad singers of this century:
Nasiruddin Khan Dagar
Rahimuddin Khan Dagar
Hussainuddin Khan Dagar (also called Tansen Pandey)
Imamuddin Khan Dagar
Nasiruddin Dagar (1895-1936) was in the court singer of Indore
and is considered to be the true teacher of Rahimuddin Dagar.
His four sons are the ones that we know as Dagar brothers.
Cousin of these four brothers was Ziauddin Khan Dagar who
was in the court of Udaipur. He died in 1946.
Another of their cousins was Riyazuddin Dagar.
Rahimuddin Dagar was a great singer also, he died in 1975.
6) Nasirduddin Dagars four sons:
N. Aminuddin Dagar (lives in Calcutta)
N. Moinuddin Dagar (deceased)
These were the original (senior) Dagar brothers and sang
together like their grandparents Alabande Khan and Zakiruddin
Dagar.
N. Faiyazuddin Dagar (1933-1989)
N. Zahiruddin Dagar (1932- lives in Delhi)
These are the Dagar brothers too (call them junior) who
sang together. Correction, Faiyazuddin was born in 1934.
7) Rahimuddin Dagars son is R. Fahimuddin Dagar, lives
in Calcutta.
8) Hussainuddin"s (Tansen Pandey) son is H. Sayeeduddin
Dagar, lives in Pune.
I have no information about Imamuddin Dagar!
Cousin of these Dagars, Ziauddin Dagar (?-1946) in Udaipur
court was dhrupad singer, but also played rudra veena sometimes.
He never gave a concert though with rudra veena. His son
Zia Moiuddin Dagar (1929-1990) was impressed by rudra veena
and I think we know him as the greatest rudra veena player
of this century, along with Asad Ali Khan Sahib!
Ziauddin Dagar
had another son: Fariduddin Dagar, another fine singer!
9) Faiyazuddin, one of the younger Dagar Brothers, who died
in 1989 has a young son: F. Wasifuddin Dagar. He is about
24 years old now and he is definitely a very good singer.
I was very impressed by him after listening to two of his
recordings.
I have many gaps in my information, however, this is due
to the incomplete historical information available.
The Dagar family claims 20 straight generations of being
dhrupad singers and bin players. They consider Swami Haridas
to be their original one and the guru. I am impressed by the
fact (and greatly admire them for this) that they have kept
a very difficult musical tradition alive. The lack of
popularity of dhrupad music in the people who listen
to hindustani/indian classical music is evident by the
fact that not many dhrupad concerts (actually in California
I have heard of none in the last four years) are held.
Another evidence of the lack of popularity is the fact
that not many recordings of dhrupad music are available
(if you want khyal, thumri, whats and what nots: tons of
it you can get; you want dhrupad: good luck if you
will find more than 10 TOTAL available recordings)
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