Manilal Nag

Training and career Nag was born in Bankura, and learned to play sitar from his father, Gokul Nag. He made his first public appearance in the All India Music Conference of 1953, accompanied by Samta Prasad on tabla. He was selected as an "A Grade" artist of All India Radio in 1954,

He was invited to the United States and European countries through the I.C.C.R (Government of India) in 1973. In 1979 he was also invited to Australia by the Government of India as a delegate for participation in the Indian Ocean Art Festival, to mark the 150th anniversary of the Government of Australia. Nag was attached to the Instrumental Music Division of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy from 2005 to 2011.

Manilal Nag's children and students include sixth-generation sitarist , who is also associated with the Bishnupur Gharana.

Awards He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001 and also the Senior Fellowship Award from India's Ministry of Culture in 2005 and an Honorary Gold Medal from the Asiatic Society, Kolkata, in 2008. The Government of West Bengal awarded him the Allauddin Puraskar in 2012 and the Banga Bibhushan in 2015, as well as the Sangeet Mahasamman Award. He has also received the ITC Sangeet Samman, Ragas Of Dawn, 2020 (Samar Saha, Tabla) - Raga Bilashkani Todi, Raga Bhairavi: Aimrec (Baltimore MD, USA)