Mushtaq Hussain Khan

Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan (1878 – 13 August 1964) was an Indian classical vocalist. He belonged to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana.

Early life Mushtaq Hussain was born in a family of traditional musicians in Sahaswan, a small town in Budaun District of Uttar Pradesh. It is where he grew up and spent his boyhood.

Music came to him quite early in life. He was only 10 when his father, Ustad Kallan Khan, began giving him regular lessons, or rather introduced him into this art. In 1956, he retired from Rampur and joined the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra, New Delhi the following year and became the first Indian classical vocalist to receive the Padma Bhushan in 1957. "Classic Gold - Rare Gems" "Classic Gold"

Death Mushtaq Hussain's last concert was at the residence of Naina Devi, where he had a cardiac arrest, and was brought to Irwin Hospital in Old Delhi, where he was declared dead on arrival. He died on 13 August 1964.