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Pandit
Swarbhaskar Bhimsen Joshi
Pandit Swarbhaskar Bhimsen Joshi
Born	Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi; 4 February 1922; Ron, Gadag, Karnataka, India
Died	24 January 2011 (aged 88); Pune, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Hindustani Classical Vocalist
Years active	1941–2000
Parent(s)	Gururajrao Joshi (father) ; Rama bai (mother)
Awards	Padma Shri (1972); Padma Bhushan (1985); Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (1998); Padma Vibhushan (1999); Maharashtra Bhushan (2002); Karnataka Ratna (2005); Bharat Ratna (2009);
	Musical career
Genres	khayal; (in the form of bhajans and abhangs)
Instruments	Vocals; Harmonium; Tanpura;
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Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (/ˌbiːmsɛn ˈdʒoʊʃɪ/ ^ⓘ; BHEEM-SAYN joe-SHEE; 4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011), also known by the honorific prefix Pandit, was one of the greatest Indian vocalists from Karnataka in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans and abhangs). Joshi belongs to the Kirana gharana tradition of Hindustani Classical Music. He is noted for his concerts, and between 1964 and 1982 Joshi toured Afghanistan, Italy, France, Canada and USA. He was the first musician from India whose concerts were advertised through posters in New York City.^[1]^[2] Joshi was instrumental in organising the Sawai Gandharva Music Festival annually, as homage to his guru, Sawai Gandharva.^[3]

In 1998, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.^[4] Subsequently, he received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 2009.^[5]

Early life

Bhimsen Joshi was born on 4 February 1922 in a Kannada^[6] Deshastha Madhva Brahmin family^[7] to Gururajrao Joshi and Godavaribai at Ron in Dharwad district in Karnataka.^[8]^[9] His father, Gururaj Joshi, was a school teacher. Bhimsen was the eldest among 16 siblings. He lost his mother at a young age.^[10]

As a child, Joshi was fascinated with music and musical instruments like the harmonium and tanpura^[11] and would often follow processions accompanied by music bands. This exercise often tired him and he would curl up somewhere and sleep, forcing his parents to go to the police after efforts to trace him failed. Fed up, his father Gururajacharya Joshi came up with the solution, writing "son of teacher Joshi" on Joshi's shirts. This worked and those who found the boy sleeping would safely deposit him back to his house.^[12]

Musical training

His first music teacher was Channappa of Kurtakoti, who had trained with the veteran singer Inayat Khan. After learning Ragas Bhairav and Bhimpalasi, the one and only unique vigorous style of rendering he developed along with advanced trainings by other teachers is attributed to the basic training he received from Channappa.

Searching for a guru

Joshi heard a recording of Abdul Karim Khan's Thumri "Piya Bin Nahi Aavat Chain" in Raga Jhinjhoti when he was a child, which inspired him to become a musician. During this time, he also heard Pandit Sawai Gandharva at a performance in Kundgol. In 1933, the 11-year-old Joshi left Dharwad for Bijapur to find a master and learn music.^[13]^[14] With the help of money lent by his co-passengers in the train, Joshi reached Dharwad first, briefly studying with Dharwad-native Pt. Gururao Deshpande, and later went to Pune. Later he moved to Gwalior and got into Madhava Music School, a school run by Maharajas of Gwalior, with the help of famous sarod player Hafiz Ali Khan. He traveled for three years around North India, including in Delhi, Kolkata, Gwalior, Lucknow and Rampur, trying to find a good guru. He met Ustad Mushtaq Husain Khan of Rampur Gharana and stayed for more than one year.^[15] Eventually, his father succeeded in tracking him down in Jalandhar and brought young Joshi back home.^[16]

Sawai Gandharva

In 1936, Sawai Gandharva, a native of Dharwad, agreed to be his guru. Joshi stayed at his house in the guru-shishya (teacher-student) tradition. Joshi continued his training with Sawai Gandharva.

Career

Joshi first performed live in 1941 at the age of 19. His debut album, containing a few devotional songs in Marathi and Hindi, was released by HMV the next year in 1942. Later Joshi moved to Mumbai in 1943 and worked as a radio artist. His performance at a concert in 1946 to celebrate his guru Sawai Gandharva's 60th birthday won him accolades both from the audience and his guru.^[17] In 1984, he received his 1st Platinum Disc, being the first Hindustani Vocalist to receive the award.^[18]

Hindustani classical music

Joshi's performances have been acknowledged by music critics such as S. N. Chandrashekhar of the Deccan Herald to be marked by spontaneity, accurate notes, dizzyingly-paced taans which make use of his exceptional voice training, and a mastery over rhythm.^[19] In his especially mid singing career (i.e. the 60s & 70s) Joshi's most iconic and noticeable trait was his use of swift and long aakar taans, exemplifying tremendous and almost unrivalled breath-control, although he rarely used sargam taans. The Hindu, in an article written after he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, said: Bhimsen Joshi was ever the wanderer, engendering brilliant phrases and tans more intuitively than through deliberation.^[20] Joshi occasionally employed the use of sargam and tihai, and often sang traditional compositions of the Kirana gharana. His music often injected surprising and sudden turns of phrase, for example through the unexpected use of boltaans. Over the years, his repertoire tended to favour a relatively small number of complex and serious ragas; however, he remained one of the most prolific exponents of Hindustani classical music. Some of Joshi's more popular ragas include Shuddha Kalyan, Miyan Ki Todi, Puriya Dhanashri, Multani, Bhimpalasi, Darbari, Malkauns, Abhogi, Lalit, Yaman, Asavari Todi, Miyan ki malhar and Ramkali. He was a purist who has not dabbled in experimental forms of music, except for a series of Jugalbandi recordings with the Carnatic singer M. Balamuralikrishna.^{[citation needed]}

Joshi's singing has been influenced by many musicians, including Smt. Kesarbai Kerkar, Begum Akhtar and as aforementioned, Ustad Amir Khan. Joshi assimilated into his own singing various elements that he liked in different musical styles and Gharanas.^[19] He along with Smt. Gangubai Hangal along with others took Kirana gharana to heights and are proudly referred as worthy son and daughter of kirana gharana. Both were from Old Dharwad district.

Pandit Purshottam Walawalkar used to accompany Pandit Bhimsen Joshi on the harmonium.^[21] Also Pandit Tulsidas Borkar used to accompany Panditji on the harmonium.

Devotional music

In devotional music, Joshi was most acclaimed for his Hindi, Marathi and Kannada Bhajan singing. He has recorded bhakti songs in Marathi, Santavani, Kannada Dasavani.^[19]

Patriotic music

Joshi was widely recognised in India due to his performance in the Mile Sur Mera Tumhara music video (1988), which begins with him and which was composed originally by him when he was asked to do so by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The video was created for the purpose of national integration in India, and highlights the diversity of Indian culture. Joshi was also a part of Jana Gana Mana produced by A. R. Rahman on the occasion of the 50th year of Indian Republic.^[22]

Playback singing

Joshi sang for several films, including Basant Bahar (1956) with Manna Dey, in Marathi movie "Swayamvar zale Siteche" (1964) for famous song "Ramya Hi Swargahun lanka", in Kannada movie Sandhya Raga (1966) where he has sung extensively. It includes a song "e pariya sobagu" rendered in both Hindustani and Carnatic (Karnataka shastriya sangeetha) styles along with M. Balamuralikrishna. He sang Birbal My Brother (1973) with Pandit Jasraj. He also sang for the Bengali film Tansen (1958) and Bollywood Movie Ankahee (1985) which later fetched him National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.^[23] His song 'Bhagyadalakshmi baaramma', a Purandara Dasa composition, was used by Anant Nag and Shankar Nag in the Kannada film Nodi Swami Naavu Irodhu Heege.^[19] He also sang as a playback singer for the Marathi film Gulacha Ganapati, produced and directed by P. L. Deshpande.^[24]

Sawai Gandharva Music Festival

Joshi and his friend Nanasaheb Deshpande organised the Sawai Gandharva Music Festival as a homage to his guru, Sawai Gandharva, along with the Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal in 1953, marking Gandharva's first death anniversary. The festival has been held ever since, typically on the second weekend of December in Pune, Maharashtra also in kundagol Dharwad district and has become not only a cultural event for the city, but an annual pilgrimage for Hindustani Classical music lovers all over the world. Joshi conducted the festival annually since 1953, until his retirement in 2002.^{[citation needed]}

Legacy

A classicist by training and temperament, Joshi was renowned for having evolved an approach that sought to achieve a balance between what may be termed as "traditional values and mass-culture tastes" and as such he went on to have supposedly the largest commercially recorded repertoire in Hindustani vocal music. Pt. Joshi's iconic status in the music world has earned him a whole generation of suni shagirds who by merely listening to him have picked up his style and not through any formal tutelage. His greatest endeavour in perpetuating his legacy could be the Sawai Gandharva Festival held at Pune annually since the year 1953 which seeks to promote a certain music culture.^[25]

Madhav Gudi, Prof Baldev Singh Bali, Narayan Deshpande, Shrikant Deshpande, Shrinivas Joshi, Anand Bhate and others are some of his more well-known disciples.^[13]

Since 2012 Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Lifetime Achievement Award is given by the Government of Maharashtr to artist who has been doing outstanding work in the field of classical singing and playing for a long time.^[26]

In September 2014, a postage stamp featuring Joshi was released by India Post commemorating his contributions to Hindustani music.^[27]

Personal life

Joshi married twice. His first wife was Sunanda Katti, the daughter of his maternal uncle, whom he married in 1944. He had four children from Sunanda; Raghavendra, Usha, Sumangala, and Anand.^[28] In 1951, he married Vatsala Mudholkar, his co-actor in the Kannada play Bhagya-Shree. Bigamous marriages among Hindus were prohibited by law in the Bombay Presidency; so he took up residency in Nagpur (capital of Central Province and Berar in 1951) where bigamy was allowed and married there for the second time. He did not divorce or separate from Sunanda. With Vatsala, he had three children; Jayant, Shubhada, and Shrinivas Joshi.^[13] Initially, both his wives and families lived together, but when this did not work out, his first wife moved out with the family to live in a house in Limayewadi in Sadashiv Peth, Pune, where Joshi continued to visit them.^[25]^[29]

Joshi struggled with alcoholism, which he overcame by the late 1970s.^[30]

Outside of music, Joshi was passionate about cars and had a deep knowledge of auto mechanics.^[31]

Death

Joshi was admitted to Sahyadri Super Speciality Hospital on 31 December 2010 with gastrointestinal bleeding and bilateral pneumonia. Due to difficulty in breathing, he was put on ventilator support. He suffered convulsions and was put on dialysis too during his stay in hospital. Though he recovered briefly for three days when he was taken off the ventilator, his condition deteriorated thereafter. He died on 24 January 2011.^[32] He was cremated at Vaikunth Crematorium in Pune with full state honours.^[33]

Discography

Album	Year	Type
Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Miyan Malhar + Puriya Kalyan)^[34]	1960	LP
Raga Lalit / Raga Shudh-Kalyan^[35]	1961	LP
Pt. Bhimsen Joshi Sings Raga Malkauns / Marubihag	1962	LP
Miya Ki Todi / Puriya Dhanashri / M. Gara Thumri	1963	LP
Ragas Yaman-Kalyan, Multani	1967	LP
Chhaya / Chhaya-Malhar / Darbari / Suha-Kanada	1968	LP
Raga Komal Rishabh Asawari/ Raga Marwa	1968	LP
Raga Lalit-Bhatiyar / Raga Kalashree	1971	LP
Raga Pooriya / Raga Durga	1973	LP
Raga Brindavani Sarang / Raga Gaud Sarang	1973	LP
Enchanting Melodies (6 melodies from 45 rpm releases)	1974	LP
Raga Soor Malhar / Raga Shuddha Kedar	1980s	LP

Awards and recognitions

1972 – Padma Shri^[36]
1976 – Sangeet Natak Akademi Award^[36]
1985 – Padma Bhushan^[36]
1985 – National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer
1986 – "First platinum disc"^[37]
1999 – Padma Vibhushan^[36]
2000 – "Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar"^[38]
2002 – Maharashtra Bhushan^[39]
2003 – "Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram" by Government of Kerala^[40]
2005 – Karnataka Ratna^[41]
2009 – Bharat Ratna^[36]
2008 – "Swami Haridas Award"^[42]
2009 – "Lifetime achievement award" by Delhi government^[43]
2010 – "S V Narayanaswamy Rao National Award" by Rama Seva Mandali, Bangalore
2017 – Bharatratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Hospital By Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation, Bhayander West

References

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^ Margalit Fox. "Pandit Bhimsen Joshi dies at 88; Indian Classical Singer". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
^ "Sawai Gandharva Mahotsav renamed – Mumbai – DNA". Dnaindia.com. 19 November 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
^ "SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Academi Ratna Puraskarwinners (Akademi Fellows)". Official website. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^ "Bharat Ratna for Vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi". Rediff. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
^ "Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi". Outlook India. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2008. Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi was born in a Kannadiga Brahmin family on February 4, 1922 in Gadag, an idyllic village in Dharwad district of Karnataka.
^ Kasturi Paigude Rane (2021). Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. p. 13. ISBN 9789354092619. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2022. Eldest of 16 siblings, Bhimsen Joshi is born to a family that belonged to a Marathi Deshastha Madhva Brahmin lineage.
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^ Nadkarni, Mohan (1994). Bhimsen Joshi : A Biography. Indus Publishing. ISBN 8172231261. Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
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^ Pattanashetti, Girish (25 January 2011). "Ron was his home and his heart". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Nadkarni, Mohan (1994). Bhimsen Joshi, A biography. Indus. ISBN 9788172231262. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ "Relentless riyaz- Bhimsen Joshis recipe for success". Deccan Herald. 5 November 2008. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
^ "A class apart". Mumbai Mirror. 6 November 2008. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
^ Anu Kumar (15 April 2019). Wonderkids: 100 Children Who grew Up to Be Champions of Change. Hachette UK. p. 73. ISBN 978-9388322089. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ Chatterji, Shoma A. (7 December 2008). "A living legend". The Sunday Tribune. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
^ "Profile of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi | Pune News - Times of India". The Times of India. 25 January 2011. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Haunting melodic grace of Pandit Bhimsen Joshiji". Deccan Herald. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
^ "Seeking the stars". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 7 November 2008. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011.
^ "About Panditji's performing career". 5 December 2017. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ "Pandit Bhimsen Joshi & Indian cinema". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
^ "Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi passes away in Pune". IBN Live. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
^ Nadkarni, Mohan (1994). Bhimsen Joshi, A biography. ISBN 9788172231262. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, the glory of Indian music". NDTV. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Maharashtra institutes award in memory of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi". The Hindu. PTI. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
^ Govind, Ranjani (3 September 2014). "Four of eight commemorative stamps feature musical legends from State". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ Jamkhandi, Gururaj (11 November 2013). "We want recognition as Pandit Bhimsen's legitimate family". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^ Jamkhandi, Gururaj (11 November 2013). "'We want recognition as Pandit Bhimsen's legitimate family – Interview". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ "Bhimsen Joshi". The Economist. 3 February 2011. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
^ Mukerji, Ranojoy (25 January 2011). "Bhimsen Joshi loved his Mercedes". India Today. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
^ "Pandit Bhimsen Joshi passes away". The Times of India. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
^ "Pt Bhimsen Joshi's funeral held with all state honours". One India. 25 January 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
^ "Bhimsen Joshi - First LP Record of Bhimsen Joshi". Discogs. 2005. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
^ "Bhimsen Joshi". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Pandit Bhimsen Joshi: A Profile". ZEE News. 5 November 2008. Archived from the original on 12 February 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
^ "Bhimsen Joshi: Living legend in Indian classical music". DNA India. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News, Today's Entertainment News Headlines". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009.
^ Times Of India Article
^ "Award presented to Bhimsen Joshi". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2 December 2003. Archived from the original on 4 December 2003.
^ "Bhimsen Joshi conferred upon 'Karnataka Rathna'". Zee News. 30 September 2005. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "hinduonnet.com". www.hinduonnet.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Bhimsen happy about Delhi govt award

External links

[1] Darpan, Pratiyogita (January 2009). Pratiyogita Darpan. p. 11. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2009.

[2] Margalit Fox. "Pandit Bhimsen Joshi dies at 88; Indian Classical Singer". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2011.

[3] "Sawai Gandharva Mahotsav renamed – Mumbai – DNA". Dnaindia.com. 19 November 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2013.

[4] "SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Academi Ratna Puraskarwinners (Akademi Fellows)". Official website. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

[5] "Bharat Ratna for Vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi". Rediff. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2009.

[6] "Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi". Outlook India. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2008. Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi was born in a Kannadiga Brahmin family on February 4, 1922 in Gadag, an idyllic village in Dharwad district of Karnataka.

[7] Kasturi Paigude Rane (2021). Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. p. 13. ISBN 9789354092619. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2022. Eldest of 16 siblings, Bhimsen Joshi is born to a family that belonged to a Marathi Deshastha Madhva Brahmin lineage.

[8] "Bhimsen Joshi passes away". Archived from the original on 10 May 2012.

[9] Fox, Margalit (5 February 2011). "Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Dies at 88; Indian Classical Singer". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

[10] Nadkarni, Mohan (1994). Bhimsen Joshi : A Biography. Indus Publishing. ISBN 8172231261. Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

[11] "Biography – Bhimsen Joshi". Hindi Lyrics. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

[12] Pattanashetti, Girish (25 January 2011). "Ron was his home and his heart". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

[google2-13] Nadkarni, Mohan (1994). Bhimsen Joshi, A biography. Indus. ISBN 9788172231262. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[kan-14] "Relentless riyaz- Bhimsen Joshis recipe for success". Deccan Herald. 5 November 2008. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2008.

[class-15] "A class apart". Mumbai Mirror. 6 November 2008. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2008.

[16] Anu Kumar (15 April 2019). Wonderkids: 100 Children Who grew Up to Be Champions of Change. Hachette UK. p. 73. ISBN 978-9388322089. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

[sundaytrib-17] Chatterji, Shoma A. (7 December 2008). "A living legend". The Sunday Tribune. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

[18] "Profile of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi | Pune News - Times of India". The Times of India. 25 January 2011. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

[deccanherald1-19] "Haunting melodic grace of Pandit Bhimsen Joshiji". Deccan Herald. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

[20] "Seeking the stars". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 7 November 2008. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011.

[auto-21] "About Panditji's performing career". 5 December 2017. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[22] "Pandit Bhimsen Joshi & Indian cinema". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

[23] "Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi passes away in Pune". IBN Live. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

[24] Nadkarni, Mohan (1994). Bhimsen Joshi, A biography. ISBN 9788172231262. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

[passing-25] "Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, the glory of Indian music". NDTV. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[26] "Maharashtra institutes award in memory of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi". The Hindu. PTI. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

[27] Govind, Ranjani (3 September 2014). "Four of eight commemorative stamps feature musical legends from State". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

[28] Jamkhandi, Gururaj (11 November 2013). "We want recognition as Pandit Bhimsen's legitimate family". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[29] Jamkhandi, Gururaj (11 November 2013). "'We want recognition as Pandit Bhimsen's legitimate family – Interview". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

[30] "Bhimsen Joshi". The Economist. 3 February 2011. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

[31] Mukerji, Ranojoy (25 January 2011). "Bhimsen Joshi loved his Mercedes". India Today. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

[32] "Pandit Bhimsen Joshi passes away". The Times of India. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

[33] "Pt Bhimsen Joshi's funeral held with all state honours". One India. 25 January 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

[34] "Bhimsen Joshi - First LP Record of Bhimsen Joshi". Discogs. 2005. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

[35] "Bhimsen Joshi". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

[zeenews-36] "Pandit Bhimsen Joshi: A Profile". ZEE News. 5 November 2008. Archived from the original on 12 February 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

[37] "Bhimsen Joshi: Living legend in Indian classical music". DNA India. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[38] "Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News, Today's Entertainment News Headlines". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009.

[39] Times Of India Article

[40] "Award presented to Bhimsen Joshi". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2 December 2003. Archived from the original on 4 December 2003.

[41] "Bhimsen Joshi conferred upon 'Karnataka Rathna'". Zee News. 30 September 2005. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[42] "hinduonnet.com". www.hinduonnet.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[43] Bhimsen happy about Delhi govt award

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 | death_date         = {{Death date and age|df=y|2011|1|24|1922|2|04}}
 | death_place        = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
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-'''Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Ma-Bhimsen Joshi.ogg||ˌ|b|iː|m|s|ɛ|n|_|ˈ|d|ʒ|oʊ|ʃ|ɪ}}; {{Respell|BHEEM|SAYN}} {{Respell|joe|SHEE}}; 4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011), also known by the [[honorific]] prefix '''Pandit''', was one of the greatest Indian vocalists from [[Karnataka]], in the [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]] tradition. He is known for the ''[[khayal]]'' form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (''[[bhajan]]s'' and ''[[abhang]]s''). Joshi belongs to the [[Kirana gharana]] tradition of [[Hindustani Classical Music]]. He is noted for his concerts, and between 1964 and 1982 Joshi toured [[Afghanistan]], [[Italy]], [[France]], [[Canada]] and [[United States of America|USA]]. He was the first musician from [[India]] whose concerts were advertised through posters in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3k18k7iKDhwC&pg=PT11|title=Pratiyogita Darpan|access-date=1 January 2009|page=11|last1=Darpan|first1=Pratiyogita|date=January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pandit Bhimsen Joshi dies at 88; Indian Classical Singer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/arts/music/06joshi.html|work=The New York Times|author=Margalit Fox|access-date=5 February 2011}}</ref> Joshi was instrumental in organising the [[Sawai Gandharva Music Festival]] annually, as homage to his guru, [[Sawai Gandharva]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_sawai-gandharva-mahotsav-renamed_1614706 |title=Sawai Gandharva Mahotsav renamed – Mumbai – DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date= 19 November 2011|access-date=2013-04-27}}</ref>
+'''Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Ma-Bhimsen Joshi.ogg||ˌ|b|iː|m|s|ɛ|n|_|ˈ|d|ʒ|oʊ|ʃ|ɪ}}; {{Respell|BHEEM|SAYN}} {{Respell|joe|SHEE}}; 4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011), also known by the [[honorific]] prefix '''Pandit''', was one of the greatest Indian vocalists from [[Karnataka]] in the [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]] tradition. He is known for the ''[[khayal]]'' form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (''[[bhajan]]s'' and ''[[abhang]]s''). Joshi belongs to the [[Kirana gharana]] tradition of [[Hindustani Classical Music]]. He is noted for his concerts, and between 1964 and 1982 Joshi toured [[Afghanistan]], [[Italy]], [[France]], [[Canada]] and [[United States of America|USA]]. He was the first musician from [[India]] whose concerts were advertised through posters in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3k18k7iKDhwC&pg=PT11|title=Pratiyogita Darpan|access-date=1 January 2009|page=11|last1=Darpan|first1=Pratiyogita|date=January 2009|archive-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024000208/https://books.google.com/books?id=3k18k7iKDhwC&pg=PT11#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pandit Bhimsen Joshi dies at 88; Indian Classical Singer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/arts/music/06joshi.html|work=The New York Times|author=Margalit Fox|access-date=5 February 2011|archive-date=16 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216084442/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/arts/music/06joshi.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Joshi was instrumental in organising the [[Sawai Gandharva Music Festival]] annually, as homage to his guru, [[Sawai Gandharva]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_sawai-gandharva-mahotsav-renamed_1614706 |title=Sawai Gandharva Mahotsav renamed – Mumbai – DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=19 November 2011 |access-date=2013-04-27 |archive-date=26 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126083022/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_sawai-gandharva-mahotsav-renamed_1614706 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 In 1998, he was awarded the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]], the highest honour conferred by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm |title=SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Academi ''Ratna Puraskar''winners (Akademi Fellows) |publisher=Official website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023617/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016  }}</ref> Subsequently, he received the [[Bharat Ratna]], [[India]]'s highest civilian honour, in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/04ratna.htm|title=Bharat Ratna for Vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi|publisher=[[Rediff]]|access-date=21 February 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090214161418/http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/04ratna.htm| archive-date= 14 February 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
 == Early life ==
-Bhimsen Joshi was born on 4 February 1922 in a [[Kannada people|Kannada]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/bharat-ratna-bhimsen-joshi/238862|publisher=Outlook India|access-date=5 November 2008|quote= Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi was born in a Kannadiga Brahmin family on February 4, 1922 in Gadag, an idyllic village in Dharwad district of Karnataka.}}</ref> [[Deshastha Madhva Brahmin]] family<ref>{{cite book|title=Pandit Bhimsen Joshi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RJBEEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT13|page=13|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|author=Kasturi Paigude Rane|quote=Eldest of 16 siblings, Bhimsen Joshi is born to a family that belonged to a Kannada Deshastha Madhva Brahmin lineage.|year=2021|isbn = 9789354092619}}</ref> to Gururajrao Joshi and Godavaribai at [[Gadag]] in [[Dharwad district]] that was then in the [[Bombay Presidency]] of [[British India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itcsra.org/sra_news_views/obituary/bhimsen_joshi.html|title=Bhimsen Joshi passes away|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510025433/http://www.itcsra.org/sra_news_views/obituary/bhimsen_joshi.html|archive-date=10 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/arts/music/06joshi.html| title=Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Dies at 88; Indian Classical Singer | work=The New York Times| first=Margalit| last=Fox| date=5 February 2011}}</ref> His father, Gururaj Joshi, was a school teacher. Bhimsen was the eldest among 16 siblings. He lost his mother at a young age.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nadkarni|first=Mohan|title=Bhimsen Joshi : A Biography|year=1994|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=8172231261|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3307165-bhimsen-joshi}}</ref>
+Bhimsen Joshi was born on 4 February 1922 in a [[Kannada people|Kannada]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/bharat-ratna-bhimsen-joshi/238862|publisher=Outlook India|access-date=5 November 2008|quote=Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi was born in a Kannadiga Brahmin family on February 4, 1922 in Gadag, an idyllic village in Dharwad district of Karnataka.|archive-date=25 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625062528/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/bharat-ratna-bhimsen-joshi/238862|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Deshastha Madhva Brahmin]] family<ref>{{cite book|title=Pandit Bhimsen Joshi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RJBEEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT13|page=13|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|author=Kasturi Paigude Rane|quote=Eldest of 16 siblings, Bhimsen Joshi is born to a family that belonged to a Marathi Deshastha Madhva Brahmin lineage.|year=2021|isbn=9789354092619|access-date=11 January 2022|archive-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024000115/https://books.google.com/books?id=RJBEEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT13#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> to Gururajrao Joshi and Godavaribai at [[Ron, Karnataka|Ron]] in  [[Dharwad district]] in [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itcsra.org/sra_news_views/obituary/bhimsen_joshi.html|title=Bhimsen Joshi passes away|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510025433/http://www.itcsra.org/sra_news_views/obituary/bhimsen_joshi.html|archive-date=10 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/arts/music/06joshi.html| title=Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Dies at 88; Indian Classical Singer| work=The New York Times| first=Margalit| last=Fox| date=5 February 2011| access-date=24 February 2017| archive-date=16 February 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216084442/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/arts/music/06joshi.html| url-status=live}}</ref> His father, Gururaj Joshi, was a school teacher. Bhimsen was the eldest among 16 siblings. He lost his mother at a young age.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nadkarni|first=Mohan|title=Bhimsen Joshi : A Biography|year=1994|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=8172231261|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3307165-bhimsen-joshi|access-date=28 February 2014|archive-date=12 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612083907/http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3307165-bhimsen-joshi|url-status=live}}</ref>
-As a child, Joshi was fascinated with music and musical instruments like the [[harmonium]] and [[tanpura]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography – Bhimsen Joshi|url=http://www.hindilyrics.net/profiles/bhimsen-joshi.html|publisher=Hindi Lyrics|access-date=28 February 2014}}</ref> and would often follow processions accompanied by music bands. This exercise often tired him and he would curl up somewhere and sleep, forcing his parents to go to the police after efforts to trace him failed. Fed up, his father Gururajacharya Joshi came up with the solution, writing "son of teacher Joshi" on Joshi's shirts. This worked and those who found the boy sleeping would safely deposit him back to his house.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pattanashetti|first=Girish|title=Ron was his home and his heart|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/gadag-was-his-home-and-his-heart/article1122767.ece|access-date=28 February 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 January 2011|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>
+As a child, Joshi was fascinated with music and musical instruments like the [[harmonium]] and [[tanpura]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography – Bhimsen Joshi|url=http://www.hindilyrics.net/profiles/bhimsen-joshi.html|publisher=Hindi Lyrics|access-date=28 February 2014|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142114/http://www.hindilyrics.net/profiles/bhimsen-joshi.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and would often follow processions accompanied by music bands. This exercise often tired him and he would curl up somewhere and sleep, forcing his parents to go to the police after efforts to trace him failed. Fed up, his father Gururajacharya Joshi came up with the solution, writing "son of teacher Joshi" on Joshi's shirts. This worked and those who found the boy sleeping would safely deposit him back to his house.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pattanashetti|first=Girish|title=Ron was his home and his heart|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/gadag-was-his-home-and-his-heart/article1122767.ece|access-date=28 February 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 January 2011|location=Chennai, India|archive-date=5 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305032042/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/gadag-was-his-home-and-his-heart/article1122767.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
 == Musical training ==
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 === Searching for a guru ===
-Joshi heard a recording of [[Abdul Karim Khan]]'s [[Thumri]] "Piya Bin Nahi Aavat Chain" in Raga [[Jhinjhoti]] when he was a child, which inspired him to become a musician. During this time, he also heard Pandit [[Sawai Gandharva]] at a performance in Kundgol. In 1933, the 11-year-old Joshi left [[Dharwad]] for [[Bijapur, Karnataka|Bijapur]] to find a master and learn music.<ref name="google2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0YIAQAAMAAJ|title=Bhimsen Joshi, A biography|isbn=9788172231262|last1=Nadkarni|first1=Mohan|year=1994}}</ref><ref name="kan">{{cite web|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/content/Nov52008/national2008110598978.asp?section=thirdcolumnupdatenews|title=Relentless riyaz- Bhimsen Joshis recipe for success|work=Deccan Herald|date=5 November 2008|access-date=5 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511182635/http://archive.deccanherald.com/content/Nov52008/national2008110598978.asp?section=thirdcolumnupdatenews|archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> With the help of money lent by his co-passengers in the train, Joshi reached [[Dharwad]] first and later went to [[Pune]]. Later he moved to [[Gwalior]] and got into Madhava Music School, a school run by Maharajas of Gwalior, with the help of famous ''[[sarod]]'' player [[Hafiz Ali Khan]]. He traveled for three years around North India, including in Delhi, [[Kolkata]], [[Gwalior]], [[Lucknow]] and [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh|Rampur]], trying to find a good guru. He met Ustad Mushtaq Husain Khan of Rampur Gharana and stayed for more than one year.<ref name="class">{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=91&contentid=2008110620081106034527780499316b0|title=A class apart|work=Mumbai Mirror|date=6 November 2008|access-date=18 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327215758/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article|archive-date=27 March 2009}}</ref> Eventually, his father succeeded in tracking him down in [[Jalandhar]] and brought young Joshi back home.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-uNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT73|title=Wonderkids: 100 Children Who grew Up to Be Champions of Change|page=73|author=Anu Kumar|publisher=Hachette UK|date=15 April 2019|isbn=978-9388322089}}</ref>
+Joshi heard a recording of [[Abdul Karim Khan]]'s [[Thumri]] "Piya Bin Nahi Aavat Chain" in Raga [[Jhinjhoti]] when he was a child, which inspired him to become a musician. During this time, he also heard Pandit [[Sawai Gandharva]] at a performance in Kundgol. In 1933, the 11-year-old Joshi left [[Dharwad]] for [[Bijapur, Karnataka|Bijapur]] to find a master and learn music.<ref name="google2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0YIAQAAMAAJ|title=Bhimsen Joshi, A biography|isbn=9788172231262|last1=Nadkarni|first1=Mohan|year=1994|publisher=Indus |access-date=20 June 2015|archive-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024000116/https://books.google.com/books?id=O0YIAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="kan">{{cite web|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/content/Nov52008/national2008110598978.asp?section=thirdcolumnupdatenews|title=Relentless riyaz- Bhimsen Joshis recipe for success|work=Deccan Herald|date=5 November 2008|access-date=5 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511182635/http://archive.deccanherald.com/content/Nov52008/national2008110598978.asp?section=thirdcolumnupdatenews|archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> With the help of money lent by his co-passengers in the train, Joshi reached [[Dharwad]] first, briefly studying with Dharwad-native [[Gururao Deshpande|Pt. Gururao Deshpande]], and later went to [[Pune]]. Later he moved to [[Gwalior]] and got into Madhava Music School, a school run by Maharajas of Gwalior, with the help of famous ''[[sarod]]'' player [[Hafiz Ali Khan]]. He traveled for three years around North India, including in Delhi, [[Kolkata]], [[Gwalior]], [[Lucknow]] and [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh|Rampur]], trying to find a good guru. He met Ustad Mushtaq Husain Khan of Rampur Gharana and stayed for more than one year.<ref name="class">{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=91&contentid=2008110620081106034527780499316b0|title=A class apart|work=Mumbai Mirror|date=6 November 2008|access-date=18 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327215758/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article|archive-date=27 March 2009}}</ref> Eventually, his father succeeded in tracking him down in [[Jalandhar]] and brought young Joshi back home.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-uNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT73|title=Wonderkids: 100 Children Who grew Up to Be Champions of Change|page=73|author=Anu Kumar|publisher=Hachette UK|date=15 April 2019|isbn=978-9388322089|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024000117/https://books.google.com/books?id=X-uNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT73|url-status=live}}</ref>
 === Sawai Gandharva ===
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 == Career ==
-Joshi first performed live in 1941 at the age of 19. His debut album, containing a few [[devotional song]]s in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[Hindi]], was released by HMV the next year in 1942. Later Joshi moved to [[Mumbai]] in 1943 and worked as a radio artist. His performance at a concert in 1946 to celebrate his guru Sawai Gandharva's 60th birthday won him accolades both from the audience and his guru.<ref name=sundaytrib>{{cite news|last=Chatterji|first=Shoma A.|title=A living legend|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081207/spectrum/main5.htm|access-date=25 January 2011|newspaper=The Sunday Tribune|date=7 December 2008}}</ref> In 1984, he received his 1st Platinum Disc, being the first Hindustani Vocalist to receive the award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/pune/profile-of-pandit-bhimsen-joshi/articleshow/7356593.cms|title=Profile of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi &#124; Pune News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=25 January 2011 }}</ref>
+Joshi first performed live in 1941 at the age of 19. His debut album, containing a few [[devotional song]]s in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[Hindi]], was released by HMV the next year in 1942. Later Joshi moved to [[Mumbai]] in 1943 and worked as a radio artist. His performance at a concert in 1946 to celebrate his guru Sawai Gandharva's 60th birthday won him accolades both from the audience and his guru.<ref name=sundaytrib>{{cite news|last=Chatterji|first=Shoma A.|title=A living legend|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081207/spectrum/main5.htm|access-date=25 January 2011|newspaper=The Sunday Tribune|date=7 December 2008|archive-date=5 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505075112/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081207/spectrum/main5.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1984, he received his 1st Platinum Disc, being the first Hindustani Vocalist to receive the award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/profile-of-pandit-bhimsen-joshi/articleshow/7356593.cms|title=Profile of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi &#124; Pune News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=25 January 2011|access-date=22 April 2021|archive-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024000120/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/profile-of-pandit-bhimsen-joshi/articleshow/7356593.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}</ref>
 === Hindustani classical music ===
+Joshi's performances have been acknowledged by music critics such as S. N. Chandrashekhar of the [[Deccan Herald]] to be marked by spontaneity, accurate notes, dizzyingly-paced ''[[Taan (music)|taan]]s'' which make use of his exceptional voice training, and a mastery over rhythm.<ref name="deccanherald1">{{cite web | url = http://www.deccanherald.com/content/131822/haunting-melodic-grace-pandit-bhimsen.html | work = Deccan Herald | title = Haunting melodic grace of Pandit Bhimsen Joshiji | date = 24 January 2011 | access-date = 17 June 2013 | archive-date = 28 December 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131228053757/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/131822/haunting-melodic-grace-pandit-bhimsen.html | url-status = live }}</ref> In his especially mid singing career (i.e. the 60s & 70s) Joshi's most iconic and noticeable trait was his use of swift and long aakar taans, exemplifying tremendous and almost unrivalled breath-control, although he rarely used sargam taans. The Hindu, in an article written after he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, said: ''Bhimsen Joshi was ever the wanderer, engendering brilliant phrases and tans more intuitively than through deliberation''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/11/07/stories/2008110751130100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510083143/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/11/07/stories/2008110751130100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 May 2011 | location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Seeking the stars | date=7 November 2008}}</ref> Joshi occasionally employed the use of [[Sargam (music)|sargam]] and [[tihai]], and often sang traditional compositions of the {{transliteration|hi|Kirana gharana}}. His music often injected surprising and sudden turns of phrase, for example through the unexpected use of boltaans. Over the years, his repertoire tended to favour a relatively small number of complex and serious ragas; however, he remained one of the most prolific exponents of Hindustani classical music. Some of Joshi's more popular [[raga]]s include Shuddha Kalyan, Miyan Ki Todi, Puriya Dhanashri, [[Multani (raga)|Multani]], [[Bhimpalasi]], [[Darbari]], Malkauns, Abhogi, Lalit, Yaman, Asavari Todi, Miyan ki malhar and [[Ramkali]]. He was a purist who has not dabbled in experimental forms of music, except for a series of Jugalbandi recordings with the Carnatic singer [[M. Balamuralikrishna]].{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
-Joshi's performances have been acknowledged by music critics such as S. N. Chandrashekhar of the [[Deccan Herald]] to be marked by spontaneity, accurate notes, dizzyingly-paced ''[[Taan (music)|taan]]s'' which make use of his exceptional voice training, and a mastery over rhythm.<ref name="deccanherald1">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/131822/haunting-melodic-grace-pandit-bhimsen.html | work = Deccan Herald | title=Haunting melodic grace of Pandit Bhimsen Joshiji| date = 24 January 2011 }}</ref> In his especially mid singing career (i.e. the 60s & 70s) Joshi's most iconic and noticeable trait was his use of swift and long aakar taans, exemplifying tremendous and almost unrivalled breath-control, although he rarely used sargam taans. The Hindu, in an article written after he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, said: ''Bhimsen Joshi was ever the wanderer, engendering brilliant phrases and tans more intuitively than through deliberation''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/11/07/stories/2008110751130100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510083143/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/11/07/stories/2008110751130100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 May 2011 | location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Seeking the stars | date=7 November 2008}}</ref> Joshi occasionally employed the use of [[Sargam (music)|sargam]] and [[tihai]], and often sang traditional compositions of the {{transliteration|hi|Kirana gharana}}. His music often injected surprising and sudden turns of phrase, for example through the unexpected use of boltaans. Over the years, his repertoire tended to favour a relatively small number of complex and serious ragas; however, he remained one of the most prolific exponents of Hindustani classical music. Some of Joshi's more popular [[raga]]s include Shuddha Kalyan, Miyan Ki Todi, Puriya Dhanashri, [[Multani (raga)|Multani]], [[Bhimpalasi]], [[Darbari]], Malkauns, Abhogi, Lalit, Yaman, Asavari Todi, Miyan ki malhar and [[Ramkali]]. He was a purist who has not dabbled in experimental forms of music, except for a series of Jugalbandi recordings with the Carnatic singer [[M. Balamuralikrishna]].{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
 Joshi's singing has been influenced by many musicians, including [[Kesarbai Kerkar|Smt. Kesarbai Kerkar]], [[Begum Akhtar]] and as aforementioned, [[Amir Khan (singer)|Ustad Amir Khan]]. Joshi assimilated into his own singing various elements that he liked in different musical styles and [[Gharana]]s.<ref name="deccanherald1"/>
 He along with Smt. Gangubai Hangal along with others took [[Kirana gharana]] to heights and are proudly referred as worthy son and daughter of kirana gharana. Both were from Old Dharwad district.
-[[Purshottam Walawalkar|Pandit Purshottam Walawalkar]] used to accompany Pandit Bhimsen Joshi on the [[harmonium]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-purshottam-walawalkar-the-guru-who-played-with-the-legends-1953477|title=About Panditji's performing career|date=5 December 2017}}</ref> Also [[Tulsidas Borkar|Pandit Tulsidas Borkar]] used to accompany Panditji on the harmonium.
+[[Purshottam Walawalkar|Pandit Purshottam Walawalkar]] used to accompany Pandit Bhimsen Joshi on the [[harmonium]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-purshottam-walawalkar-the-guru-who-played-with-the-legends-1953477|title=About Panditji's performing career|date=5 December 2017|access-date=24 March 2023|archive-date=21 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321124253/https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-purshottam-walawalkar-the-guru-who-played-with-the-legends-1953477|url-status=live}}</ref> Also [[Tulsidas Borkar|Pandit Tulsidas Borkar]] used to accompany Panditji on the harmonium.
 === Devotional music ===
-In devotional music, Joshi was most acclaimed for his [[Hindi]] and [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and Kannada [[Bhajan]] singing. He has recorded [[bhakti]] songs in Marathi,''Santavani'', Kannada ''Dasavani''.<ref name="deccanherald1"/> ..
+In devotional music, Joshi was most acclaimed for his [[Hindi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[Kannada language|Kannada]] [[Bhajan]] singing. He has recorded [[bhakti]] songs in Marathi, ''Santavani'', Kannada ''Dasavani''.<ref name="deccanherald1"/>
 === Patriotic music ===
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 === Playback singing ===
-Joshi sang for several films, including ''[[Basant Bahar (film)|Basant Bahar]]'' (1956) with [[Manna Dey]], in Marathi movie "Swayamvar zale Siteche" (1964) for famous song "Ramya Hi Swargahun lanka", in Kannada movie [[Sandhya Raga]] (1966) where he has sung extensively. It includes a song "e pariya sobagu" rendered in both Hindustani and Carnatic ({{transliteration|hi|Karnataka shastriya sangeetha}}) styles along with [[M. Balamuralikrishna]]. He sang ''Birbal My Brother'' (1973) with [[Pandit Jasraj]]. He also sang for the Bengali film Tansen (1958) and Bollywood Movie [[Ankahee (1985 film)|''Ankahee'']] (1985) which later fetched him [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi passes away in Pune|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bharat-ratna-bhimsen-joshi-passes-away-in-pune/141342-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125225148/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bharat-ratna-bhimsen-joshi-passes-away-in-pune/141342-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2011|access-date=24 January 2011|publisher=[[IBN Live]]|date=24 January 2011}}</ref> His song 'Bhagyadalakshmi baaramma', a [[Purandara Dasa]] composition, was used by [[Anant Nag]] and [[Shankar Nag]] in the Kannada film ''Nodi Swami Naavu Irodhu Heege''.<ref name="deccanherald1"/> He also sang as a playback singer for the Marathi film Gulacha Ganapati, produced and directed by [[P. L. Deshpande]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0YIAQAAMAAJ&q=gulacha|title=Bhimsen Joshi, A biography|isbn=9788172231262|last1=Nadkarni|first1=Mohan|year=1994}}</ref>
+Joshi sang for several films, including ''[[Basant Bahar (film)|Basant Bahar]]'' (1956) with [[Manna Dey]], in Marathi movie "Swayamvar zale Siteche" (1964) for famous song "Ramya Hi Swargahun lanka", in Kannada movie [[Sandhya Raga]] (1966) where he has sung extensively. It includes a song "e pariya sobagu" rendered in both Hindustani and Carnatic ({{transliteration|hi|Karnataka shastriya sangeetha}}) styles along with [[M. Balamuralikrishna]]. He sang ''Birbal My Brother'' (1973) with [[Pandit Jasraj]]. He also sang for the Bengali film Tansen (1958) and Bollywood Movie [[Ankahee (1985 film)|''Ankahee'']] (1985) which later fetched him [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi passes away in Pune|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bharat-ratna-bhimsen-joshi-passes-away-in-pune/141342-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125225148/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bharat-ratna-bhimsen-joshi-passes-away-in-pune/141342-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2011|access-date=24 January 2011|publisher=[[IBN Live]]|date=24 January 2011}}</ref> His song 'Bhagyadalakshmi baaramma', a [[Purandara Dasa]] composition, was used by [[Anant Nag]] and [[Shankar Nag]] in the Kannada film ''Nodi Swami Naavu Irodhu Heege''.<ref name="deccanherald1"/> He also sang as a playback singer for the Marathi film Gulacha Ganapati, produced and directed by [[P. L. Deshpande]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0YIAQAAMAAJ&q=gulacha|title=Bhimsen Joshi, A biography|isbn=9788172231262|last1=Nadkarni|first1=Mohan|year=1994|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-date=24 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024000631/https://books.google.com/books?id=O0YIAQAAMAAJ&q=gulacha|url-status=live}}</ref>
 [[File:The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam met Pandit Bhimsen Joshi at his residence in Pune during the course of his visit to the city on January 17, 2007.jpg|thumb|Then President of [[India]] [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] meeting Joshi in 2007]]
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 == Legacy ==
 A classicist by training and temperament, Joshi was renowned for having evolved an approach that sought to achieve a balance between what may be termed as "traditional values and mass-culture tastes" and as such he went on to have supposedly the largest commercially recorded repertoire in Hindustani vocal music. Pt. Joshi's iconic status in the music world has earned him a whole generation of {{transliteration|hi|suni shagirds}} who by merely listening to him have picked up his style and not through any formal tutelage.
-His greatest endeavour in perpetuating his legacy could be the Sawai Gandharva Festival held at Pune annually since the year 1953 which seeks to promote a certain music culture.<ref name="passing">{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/music/pandit-bhimsen-joshi-the-glory-of-indian-music-618238|title=Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, the glory of Indian music|date=24 January 2011|publisher=NDTV|access-date=17 June 2015}}</ref>
+His greatest endeavour in perpetuating his legacy could be the Sawai Gandharva Festival held at Pune annually since the year 1953 which seeks to promote a certain music culture.<ref name="passing">{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/music/pandit-bhimsen-joshi-the-glory-of-indian-music-618238|title=Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, the glory of Indian music|date=24 January 2011|publisher=NDTV|access-date=17 June 2015|archive-date=17 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617125405/http://movies.ndtv.com/music/pandit-bhimsen-joshi-the-glory-of-indian-music-618238|url-status=live}}</ref>
 Madhav Gudi, Prof Baldev Singh Bali, Narayan Deshpande, Shrikant Deshpande, Shrinivas Joshi, Anand Bhate and others are some of his more well-known disciples.<ref name="google2"/>
+Since 2012 [[Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Lifetime Achievement Award]] is given by the Government of Maharashtr to artist who has been doing outstanding work in the field of classical singing and playing for a long time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maharashtra institutes award in memory of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Maharashtra-institutes-award-in-memory-of-Pandit-Bhimsen-Joshi/article15534143.ece |access-date=28 February 2023 |work=[[The Hindu]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |date=26 January 2011 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
-In September 2014, a postage stamp  featuring Joshi was released by [[India Post]] commemorating his contributions to Hindustani music.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Govind |first=Ranjani |date=3 September 2014 |title=Four of eight commemorative stamps feature musical legends from State |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/four-of-eight-commemorative-stamps-feature-musical-legends-from-state/article6376803.ece |access-date=22 December 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
+In September 2014, a postage stamp  featuring Joshi was released by [[India Post]] commemorating his contributions to Hindustani music.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Govind |first=Ranjani |date=3 September 2014 |title=Four of eight commemorative stamps feature musical legends from State |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/four-of-eight-commemorative-stamps-feature-musical-legends-from-state/article6376803.ece |access-date=22 December 2022 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=22 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222170827/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/four-of-eight-commemorative-stamps-feature-musical-legends-from-state/article6376803.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
 == Personal life ==
-Joshi married twice. His first wife was Sunanda Katti, the daughter of his maternal uncle, whom he married in 1944. He had four children from Sunanda; Raghavendra, Usha, Sumangala, and Anand.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jamkhandi |first1=Gururaj |title=We want recognition as Pandit Bhimsen's legitimate family |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/We-want-recognition-as-Pandit-Bhimsens-legitimate-family/articleshow/25567713.cms |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=November 11, 2013 |language=en}}</ref> In 1951, he married Vatsala Mudholkar, his co-actor in the Kannada play Bhagya-Shree. Bigamous marriages among Hindus were prohibited by law in the Bombay Presidency; so he took up residency in Nagpur (capital of Central Province and Berar in 1951) where bigamy was allowed and married there for the second time. He did not divorce or separate from Sunanda. With Vatsala, he had three children; Jayant, Shubhada, and [[Shrinivas Joshi]].<ref name="google2"/> Initially, both his wives and families lived together, but when this did not work out, his first wife moved out with the family to live in a house in Limayewadi in [[Sadashiv Peth, Pune|Sadashiv Peth]], Pune, where Joshi continued to visit them.<ref name='passing' /><ref>{{cite news|last=Jamkhandi|first=Gururaj|title='We want recognition as Pandit Bhimsen's legitimate family – Interview|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/We-want-recognition-as-Pandit-Bhimsens-legitimate-family/articleshow/25567713.cms|access-date=28 February 2014|newspaper=The Times of India|date=11 November 2013}}</ref>
+Joshi married twice. His first wife was Sunanda Katti, the daughter of his maternal uncle, whom he married in 1944. He had four children from Sunanda; Raghavendra, Usha, Sumangala, and Anand.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jamkhandi |first1=Gururaj |title=We want recognition as Pandit Bhimsen's legitimate family |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/We-want-recognition-as-Pandit-Bhimsens-legitimate-family/articleshow/25567713.cms |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=November 11, 2013 |language=en |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004103518/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/We-want-recognition-as-Pandit-Bhimsens-legitimate-family/articleshow/25567713.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1951, he married Vatsala Mudholkar, his co-actor in the Kannada play Bhagya-Shree. Bigamous marriages among Hindus were prohibited by law in the Bombay Presidency; so he took up residency in Nagpur (capital of Central Province and Berar in 1951) where bigamy was allowed and married there for the second time. He did not divorce or separate from Sunanda. With Vatsala, he had three children; Jayant, Shubhada, and [[Shrinivas Joshi]].<ref name="google2"/> Initially, both his wives and families lived together, but when this did not work out, his first wife moved out with the family to live in a house in Limayewadi in [[Sadashiv Peth, Pune|Sadashiv Peth]], Pune, where Joshi continued to visit them.<ref name='passing' /><ref>{{cite news|last=Jamkhandi|first=Gururaj|title='We want recognition as Pandit Bhimsen's legitimate family – Interview|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/We-want-recognition-as-Pandit-Bhimsens-legitimate-family/articleshow/25567713.cms|access-date=28 February 2014|newspaper=The Times of India|date=11 November 2013|archive-date=11 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111073209/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/We-want-recognition-as-Pandit-Bhimsens-legitimate-family/articleshow/25567713.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
-Joshi struggled with alcoholism, which he overcame by the late 1970s.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2011-02-03|title=Bhimsen Joshi|newspaper=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/2011/02/03/bhimsen-joshi?story_id=18060826|access-date=2021-12-26|issn=0013-0613}}</ref>
+Joshi struggled with alcoholism, which he overcame by the late 1970s.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2011-02-03|title=Bhimsen Joshi|newspaper=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/2011/02/03/bhimsen-joshi?story_id=18060826|access-date=2021-12-26|issn=0013-0613|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226005502/https://www.economist.com/obituary/2011/02/03/bhimsen-joshi?story_id=18060826|url-status=live}}</ref>
 Outside of music, Joshi was passionate about cars and had a deep knowledge of auto mechanics.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mukerji|first=Ranojoy|date=2011-01-25|title=Bhimsen Joshi loved his Mercedes|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/vocalist-bhimsen-joshi-loved-his-mercedes-127220-2011-01-25|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-26|website=India Today|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226005502/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/vocalist-bhimsen-joshi-loved-his-mercedes-127220-2011-01-25 |archive-date=26 December 2021 }}</ref>
 == Death==
-Joshi was admitted to [[Sahyadri Hospital|Sahyadri Super Speciality Hospital]] on 31 December 2010 with [[gastrointestinal bleeding]] and [[Pneumonia|bilateral pneumonia]]. Due to difficulty in breathing, he was put on ventilator support. He suffered convulsions and was put on dialysis too during his stay in hospital. Though he recovered briefly for three days when he was taken off the ventilator, his condition deteriorated thereafter. He died on 24 January 2011 .<ref>{{cite news|title=Pandit Bhimsen Joshi passes away|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-25/pune/28360943_1_kirana-gharana-maestro-pandit-bhimsen-joshi-sawai-gandharva|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227042345/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-25/pune/28360943_1_kirana-gharana-maestro-pandit-bhimsen-joshi-sawai-gandharva|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 December 2013|access-date=24 January 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=24 January 2011}}</ref> He was cremated at Vaikunth Crematorium in [[Pune]] with full state honours.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pt Bhimsen Joshi's funeral held with all state honours|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/music/news/2011/bhimsen-joshi-funeral-state-honours-250111-aid0062.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713025231/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/music/news/2011/bhimsen-joshi-funeral-state-honours-250111-aid0062.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2012|access-date=25 January 2011|work=One India|date=25 January 2011}}</ref>
+Joshi was admitted to [[Sahyadri Hospital|Sahyadri Super Speciality Hospital]] on 31 December 2010 with [[gastrointestinal bleeding]] and [[Pneumonia|bilateral pneumonia]]. Due to difficulty in breathing, he was put on ventilator support. He suffered convulsions and was put on dialysis too during his stay in hospital. Though he recovered briefly for three days when he was taken off the ventilator, his condition deteriorated thereafter. He died on 24 January 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pandit Bhimsen Joshi passes away|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-25/pune/28360943_1_kirana-gharana-maestro-pandit-bhimsen-joshi-sawai-gandharva|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227042345/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-25/pune/28360943_1_kirana-gharana-maestro-pandit-bhimsen-joshi-sawai-gandharva|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 December 2013|access-date=24 January 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=24 January 2011}}</ref> He was cremated at Vaikunth Crematorium in [[Pune]] with full state honours.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pt Bhimsen Joshi's funeral held with all state honours|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/music/news/2011/bhimsen-joshi-funeral-state-honours-250111-aid0062.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713025231/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/music/news/2011/bhimsen-joshi-funeral-state-honours-250111-aid0062.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2012|access-date=25 January 2011|work=One India|date=25 January 2011}}</ref>
 == Discography ==
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 ! Album !! Year !! Type
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-| Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Miyan Malhar + Puriya Kalyan)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/Bhimsen-Joshi-First-LP-Record-Of-Bhimsen-Joshi/release/4358025 |title = Bhimsen Joshi - First LP Record of Bhimsen Joshi|website = [[Discogs]]| year=2005 }}</ref>|| 1960 || LP
+| Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (Miyan Malhar + Puriya Kalyan)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/Bhimsen-Joshi-First-LP-Record-Of-Bhimsen-Joshi/release/4358025 | title=Bhimsen Joshi - First LP Record of Bhimsen Joshi | website=[[Discogs]] | year=2005 | access-date=11 March 2015 | archive-date=11 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311034939/https://www.discogs.com/Bhimsen-Joshi-First-LP-Record-Of-Bhimsen-Joshi/release/4358025 | url-status=live }}</ref>|| 1960 || LP
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-| Raga Lalit / Raga Shudh-Kalyan<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/1666684-Bhimsen-Joshi | title=Bhimsen Joshi| website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>|| 1961|| LP
+| Raga Lalit / Raga Shudh-Kalyan<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/1666684-Bhimsen-Joshi| title=Bhimsen Joshi| website=[[Discogs]]| access-date=11 March 2015| archive-date=2 April 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402085644/http://www.discogs.com/artist/1666684-Bhimsen-Joshi| url-status=live}}</ref>|| 1961|| LP
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 | Pt. Bhimsen Joshi Sings Raga Malkauns / Marubihag|| 1962|| LP
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 == Awards and recognitions ==
 [[File:The Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Shri A.E. Ahmad giving away the Bharat Ratna Award to Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, at Pune on February 10, 2009.jpg|thumb|Joshi being conferred [[Bharat Ratna]], India's highest civilian award, in 2009]]
-* 1972 – [[Padma Shri]]<ref name=zeenews>{{cite news|title=Pandit Bhimsen Joshi: A Profile|url=http://www.zeenews.com/news481046.html|access-date=24 January 2011|newspaper=ZEE News|date=5 November 2008}}</ref>
+* 1972 – [[Padma Shri]]<ref name=zeenews>{{cite news|title=Pandit Bhimsen Joshi: A Profile|url=http://www.zeenews.com/news481046.html|access-date=24 January 2011|newspaper=ZEE News|date=5 November 2008|archive-date=12 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212160754/http://www.zeenews.com/news481046.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 * 1976 – [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<ref name=zeenews/>
 * 1985 – [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref name=zeenews/>
 * 1985 – [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer]]
-* 1986 – "First platinum disc"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-bhimsen-joshi-living-legend-in-indian-classical-music-1229441|title=Bhimsen Joshi: Living legend in Indian classical music|date=10 February 2009|website=DNA India}}</ref>
+* 1986 – "First platinum disc"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-bhimsen-joshi-living-legend-in-indian-classical-music-1229441|title=Bhimsen Joshi: Living legend in Indian classical music|date=10 February 2009|website=DNA India|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125015242/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-bhimsen-joshi-living-legend-in-indian-classical-music-1229441|url-status=live}}</ref>
 * 1999 – [[Padma Vibhushan]]<ref name=zeenews/>
 * 2000 – "Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/section/entertainment/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803162620/http://www.screenindia.com/old/20001117/tnews.htm|url-status=dead|title=Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News, Today's Entertainment News Headlines|archivedate=3 August 2009|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>
 * 2002 – [[Maharashtra Bhushan Award|Maharashtra Bhushan]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120610052842/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-04-27/news-interviews/27121057_1_bhimsen-joshi-padma-bhushan-classical-music Times Of India Article]</ref>
 * 2003 – "Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram" by [[Government of Kerala]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/12/02/stories/2003120208750400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204175823/http://www.hindu.com/2003/12/02/stories/2003120208750400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 December 2003 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Award presented to Bhimsen Joshi | date=2 December 2003}}</ref>
-* 2005 – [[Karnataka Ratna]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/bhimsen-joshi-conferred-upon-karnataka-rathna_245420.html|title=Bhimsen Joshi conferred upon 'Karnataka Rathna'|date=30 September 2005|website=Zee News}}</ref>
+* 2005 – [[Karnataka Ratna]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/bhimsen-joshi-conferred-upon-karnataka-rathna_245420.html|title=Bhimsen Joshi conferred upon 'Karnataka Rathna'|date=30 September 2005|website=Zee News|access-date=22 June 2020|archive-date=23 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623123046/https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/bhimsen-joshi-conferred-upon-karnataka-rathna_245420.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 * 2009 – [[Bharat Ratna]]<ref name=zeenews/>
 * 2008 – "Swami Haridas Award"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/009200808272140.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728032751/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/009200808272140.htm|url-status=usurped|title=hinduonnet.com|archivedate=28 July 2011|website=www.hinduonnet.com}}</ref>

v t e Recipients of Padma Shri in Art
1950s	Omkarnath Thakur (1955) Sthanam Narasimha Rao (1956) Sudhir Khastgir (1957) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1957) Debaki Bose (1958) Shambhu Maharaj (1958) Nargis (1958) Satyajit Ray (1958) Devika Rani (1958)
1960s	K. K. Hebbar (1961) Bismillah Khan (1961) Raghunath Krishna Phadke (1961) Ashok Kumar (1962) Mehboob Khan (1963) Melville de Mellow (1963) Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1964) Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1964) P. C. Sorcar (1964) Guru Kunchu Kurup (1965) V. Nagayya (1965) Ravishankar Raval (1965) Mrinalini Sarabhai (1965) Sivaji Ganesan (1966) M. F. Husain (1966) Sumitra Charat Ram (1966) P. Bhanumathi (1966) Daji Bhatawadekar (1967) Vasant Desai (1967) Siddheshwari Devi (1967) Mohammed Rafi (1967) Sashadhar Mukherjee (1967) Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (1967) M. R. Acharekar (1968) Begum Akhtar (1968) Sharan Rani Backliwal (1968) Nikhil Banerjee (1968) Sunil Dutt (1968) Durga Khote (1968) Yamini Krishnamurthy (1968) Shankar–Jaikishan (1968) Ayodhya Prasad (1968) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1968) N. T. Rama Rao (1968) Devi Lal Samar (1968) Vyjayanthimala (1968) Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1969) David Abraham Cheulkar (1969) N. S. Bendre (1969) S. D. Burman (1969) B. Saroja Devi (1969) Indrani Rahman (1969) Balraj Sahni (1969) S. N. Swamy (artist) (1969)
1970s	Sukumar Bose (1970) Prem Dhawan (1970) Ratna Fabri (1970) Gemini Ganesan (1970) Ritwik Ghatak (1970) Damayanti Joshi (1970) Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1970) Karl Jamshed Khandalavala (1970) Madhaviah Krishnan (1970) Rajendra Kumar (1970) Pankaj Mullick (1970) Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1970) Relangi (1970) Gummadi (1970) Vijay Raghav Rao (1970) V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1970) Maisnam Amubi Singh (1970) K. B. Sundarambal (1970) Avinash Vyas (1970) M. Balamuralikrishna (1971) Sankho Chaudhuri (1971) Manna Dey (1971) Tripti Mitra (1971) Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair (1971) Chenganoor Raman Pillai (1971) K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai (1971) Shanta Rao (1971) Ravi (1971) Sahir Ludhianvi (1971) Siyaram Tiwari (musician) (1971) Chiranjeet Chakraborty (1972) Girija Devi (1972) Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1972) Sunil Janah (1972) Lalgudi Jayaraman (1972) Bhimsen Joshi (1972) Mahendra Kapoor (1972) Ram Kumar (artist) (1972) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972) Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1972) Samta Prasad (1972) M. K. Radha (1972) Raghu Rai (1972) Krishna Reddy (1972) Waheeda Rehman (1972) Juthika Roy (1972) Suchitra Sen (1972) Gubbi Veeranna (1972) Sitara Devi (1973) T. N. Krishnan (1973) Kishan Maharaj (1973) Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy (1973) Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1973) Uma Sharma (1973) S. G. Thakur Singh (1973) Kaifi Azmi (1974) Pushkar Bhan (1974) Mani Madhava Chakyar (1974) Bindhyabasini Devi (1974) Naina Devi (1974) Girish Karnad (1974) Shriram Lagoo (1974) Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974) Nutan (1974) M. D. Ramanathan (1974) Som Nath Sadhu (1974) Emani Sankara Sastry (1974) Kripal Singh Shekhawat (1974) Manik Varma (1974) M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1975) Jasraj (1975) Amjad Ali Khan (1975) Gopi Krishna (1975) Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975) Basavaraj Rajguru (1975) Kalyanam Raghuramayya (1975) M. S. Sathyu (1975) K. G. Subramanyan (1975) Gitchandra Tongbra (1975) K. J. Yesudas (1975) Shyam Benegal (1976) Raghunath Mohapatra (1976) Ram Narayan (1976) K. V. Narayanaswamy (1976) R. Nagendra Rao (1976) S. Somasundaram (1976) Parveen Sultana (1976) Dhanraj Bhagat (1977) Bhupen Hazarika (1977) Sheik Chinna Moulana (1977) Alla Rakha (1977) Jehangir Sabavala (1977) Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1977)
1980s	B. V. Karanth (1981) Namagiripettai Krishnan (1981) Gambhir Singh Mura (1981) Dashrath Patel (1981) S. H. Raza (1981) Padma Subrahmanyam (1981) Allah Jilai Bai (1982) Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1982) Jabbar Patel (1982) Virendra Prabhakar (1982) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Sharafat Hussain Khan (1983) Nepal Mahata (1983) Handel Manuel (1983) Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (1983) Raghubir Singh (1983) Sobha Singh (1983) Habib Tanvir (1983) Ganga Devi (1984) Amitabh Bachchan (1984) Purushottam Das (1984) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984) Bhupen Khakhar (1984) Ben Kingsley (1984) Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1984) Roshan Kumari (1984) Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair (1984) N. Rajam (1984) Raja and Radha Reddy (1984) Nek Chand (1984) Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (1984) Shanti Dave (1985) Asa Singh Mastana (1985) Laxman Pai (1985) Smita Patil (1985) Palghat R. Raghu (1985) Naseeruddin Shah (1985) Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar (1986) Kanika Banerjee (1986) Subrata Mitra (1986) Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1986) Hisam-ud-din Usta (1986) K. Balachander (1987) Kumudini Lakhia (1987) Vijaya Mehta (1987) N. Ramani (1987) Aparna Sen (1987) Naresh Sohal (1987) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Shabana Azmi (1988) Teejan Bai (1988) Bikash Bhattacharjee (1988) Zakir Hussain (1988) Chindodi Leela (1988) Sudharani Raghupathy (1988) Sudarshan Sahoo (1988) Kudrat Singh (1988) Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (1988) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Adyar K. Lakshman (1989) Haku Shah (1989) L. Subramaniam (1989) Ratan Thiyam (1989) Upendra Trivedi (1989)
1990s	Mohan Agashe (1990) G. Aravindan (1990) Prabha Atre (1990) Asgari Bai (1990) Gulab Bai (1990) Balwantrai Bhatt (1990) Diwaliben Bhil (1990) Raj Bisaria (1990) S. M. Ganapathy (1990) Kamal Haasan (1990) Bishamber Khanna (1990) Krishen Khanna (1990) Allu Ramalingaiah (1990) Tarun Majumdar (1990) Madhavi Mudgal (1990) Om Puri (1990) Kanak Rele (1990) Leela Samson (1990) Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990) Kapila Vatsyayan (1990) Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991) Bharat Gopy (1991) Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991) Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991) Shanno Khurana (1991) Pratima Barua Pandey (1991) Manu Parekh (1991) Shivkumar Sharma (1991) Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991) Sharda Sinha (1991) Alarmel Valli (1991) Jaya Bachchan (1992) Pankaj Charan Das (1992) Biren De (1992) Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992) Sabri Khan (1992) Sunita Kohli (1992) Madurai N. Krishnan (1992) Manoj Kumar (1992) Meera Mukherjee (1992) Asha Parekh (1992) Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992) Bhagaban Sahu (1992) Anandji Virji Shah (1992) Kalyanji Virji Shah (Kalyanji-Anandji) (1992) Sundari K. Shridharani (1992) Tapan Sinha (1992) Muthiah Sthapati (1992) K. Viswanath (1992) Chitra Visweswaran (1992) Dipali Barthakur (1998) Mammootty (1998) Kunja Bihari Meher (1998) Krishnarao Sable (1998) Zohra Sehgal (1998) K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998) U. Srinivas (1998) Javed Akhtar (1999) Saryu Doshi (1999) Sulochana Latkar (1999) Sumati Mutatkar (1999) Shobha Deepak Singh (1999) Jagmohan Sursagar (1999) Ram V. Sutar (1999)
2000s	Kanhai Chitrakar (2000) Shekhar Kapur (2000) Hema Malini (2000) Anjolie Ela Menon (2000) Shubha Mudgal (2000) Alyque Padamsee (2000) A. R. Rahman (2000) Ramanand Sagar (2000) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001) Aamir Raza Husain (2001) Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001) Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001) Sunil Kothari (2001) Nerella Venu Madhav (2001) Mohanlal (2001) Shobha Naidu (2001) D. V. S. Raju (2001) Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001) Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001) Thota Tharani (2001) W. D. Amaradeva (2002) Raj Begum (2002) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002) Pushpa Bhuyan (2002) Rajan Devadas (2002) Darshana Jhaveri (2002) Abdul Latif Khan (2002) Mani Krishnaswami (2002) Fazal Mohammad (2002) Manorama (2002) Govind Nihalani (2002) Mani Ratnam (2002) Kiran Segal (2002) Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002) Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002) T. H. Vinayakram (2002) Jahnu Barua (2003) Danny Denzongpa (2003) Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003) Rita Ganguly (2003) Ranjana Gauhar (2003) Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003) Rakhee Gulzar (2003) Nemi Chandra Jain (2003) O. P. Jain (2003) Aamir Khan (2003) Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003) T. M. Soundararajan (2003) Sukumari (2003) Satish Vyas (2003) Bharathiraja (2004) Maguni Charan Das (2004) Manoranjan Das (2004) D. K. Datar (2004) Kadri Gopalnath (2004) Hariharan (singer) (2004) Purshottam Das Jalota (2004) Krishn Kanhai (2004) Heisnam Kanhailal (2004) Anupam Kher (2004) Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004) Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004) Sudha Ragunathan (2004) Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004) Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004) Bharati Shivaji (2004) Singh Bandhu (2004) Bhajan Sopori (2004) Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004) Muzaffar Ali (2005) Shameem Dev Azad (2005) M. Boyer (2005) K. S. Chithra (2005) Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005) Shah Rukh Khan (2005) Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005) Kavita Krishnamurti (2005) Chaturbhuj Meher (2005) Kumkum Mohanty (2005) Punaram Nishad (2005) Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005) Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005) Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005) Komala Varadan (2005) Wadali Brothers (2005) Ileana Citaristi (2006) Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006) Shree Lal Joshi (2006) Surinder Kaur (2006) Rashid Khan (musician) (2006) Vasundhara Komkali (2006) Yashodhar Mathpal (2006) Madhup Mudgal (2006) Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006) Shyama Charan Pati (2006) Gayatri Sankaran (2006) Prasad Sawkar (2006) Aribam Syam Sharma (2006) Shobana (2006) Kanaka Srinivasan (2006) Pankaj Udhas (2006) Mohan Babu (2007) Geeta Chandran (2007) Astad Deboo (2007) Neelamani Devi (2007) Remo Fernandes (2007) P. Gopinathan (2007) Pushpa Hans (2007) Shanti Hiranand (2007) Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007) Govardhan Kumari (2007) Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007) Balachandra Menon (2007) Shashikala (2007) Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007) Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007) Pannuru Sripathy (2007) Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007) Waman Thakre (2007) P. R. Thilagam (2007) Tom Alter (2008) Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008) Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008) Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008) Madhuri Dixit Nene (2008) Kekoo Gandhy (2008) Helen Giri Syiem (2008) Jatin Goswami (2008) Hans Raj Hans (2008) Sabitri Heisnam (2008) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008) P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008) Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008) Gangadhar Pradhan (2008) M. Night Shyamalan (2008) Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008) Jawahar Wattal (2008) Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009) Hemi Bawa (2009) Brahmanandam (2009) Devayani (dancer) (2009) Suresh Dutta (2009) Kalamandalam Gopi (2009) Niranjan Goswami (2009) Geeta Kapur (2009) Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009) Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009) Helen (2009) S. Krishnaswamy (2009) Akshay Kumar (2009) Iravatham Mahadevan (2009) Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009) Penaz Masani (2009) Shaoli Mitra (2009) Udit Narayan (2009) Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009) Leela Omchery (2009) Pratapaditya Pal (2009) Aruna Sairam (2009) Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009) Kumar Sanu (2009) Kiran Seth (2009) Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009) Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009) Thilakan (2009) K. P. Udayabhanu (2009) Vivek (actor) (2009)
2010s	Gul Bardhan (2010) Carmel Berkson (2010) Wasifuddin Dagar (2010) Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010) Nemai Ghosh (2010) Sumitra Guha (2010) Ulhas Kashalkar (2010) Saif Ali Khan (2010) Mukund Lath (2010) Ram Dayal Munda (2010) Arundathi Nag (2010) Raghunath Panigrahi (2010) Resul Pookutty (2010) Arjun Prajapati (2010) Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010) Shobha Raju (2010) Mayadhar Raut (2010) Rekha (2010) Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011) Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011) Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011) Mahasundari Devi (2011) Gajam Govardhana (2011) Sunayana Hazarilal (2011) S. R. Janakiraman (2011) Jayaram (2011) Kajol (2011) Shaji N. Karun (2011) Girish Kasaravalli (2011) Irrfan Khan (2011) Tabu (2011) Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011) Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011) Jivya Soma Mashe (2011) Dadi Pudumjee (2011) M. K. Saroja (2011) Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011) Prahlad Tipanya (2011) Usha Uthup (2011) Satish Alekar (2012) Satish Alekar (2012) Vanraj Bhatia (2012) Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012) Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012) Gundecha Brothers (2012) Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012) Anup Jalota (2012) Moti Lal Kemmu (2012) Shahid Parvez (2012) Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012) Sakar Khan (2012) Joy Michael (2012) Minati Mishra (2012) Na Muthuswamy (2012) R. Nagarathnamma (2012) Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Vijay Sharma (2012) Laila Tyabji (2012) Yamunabai Waikar (2012) S. Shakir Ali (2013) Gajam Anjaiah (2013) Bapu (2013) Pablo Bartholomew (2013) Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013) G. C. D. Bharti (2013) Apurba Kishore Bir (2013) Ghanakanta Bora (2013) B. Jayashree (2013) Hildamit Lepcha (2013) Madhu (actor) (2013) Sudha Malhotra (2013) Kailash Chandra Meher (2013) Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013) Nana Patekar (2013) Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013) Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013) Jaymala Shiledar (2013) Ramesh Sippy (2013) Sridevi (2013) Suresh Talwalkar (2013) Mahrukh Tarapor (2013) Balwant Thakur (2013) Rajendra Tiku (2013) Mohammad Ali Baig (2014) Vidya Balan (2014) Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014) Sabitri Chatterjee (2014) Biman Bihari Das (2014) Sunil Das (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Rani Karnaa (2014) Bansi Kaul (2014) Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014) Geeta Mahalik (2014) Paresh Maity (2014) Ram Mohan (2014) Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014) Paresh Rawal (2014) Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014) Anuj Sharma (actor) (2014) Santosh Sivan (2014) Sooni Taraporevala (2014) Naresh Bedi (2015) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015) Rahul Jain (2015) Ravindra Jain (2015) Prasoon Joshi (2015) A. Kanyakumari (2015) Prafulla Kar (2015) Tripti Mukherjee (2015) Neil Nongkynrih (2015) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015) Shekhar Sen (2015) Pran Kumar Sharma (2015) Mahesh Raj Soni (2015) Malini Awasthi (2016) Madhur Bhandarkar (2016) Tulsidas Borkar (2016) Mamta Chandrakar (2016) Priyanka Chopra (2016) Ajay Devgn (2016) Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016) Laxma Goud (2016) Saeed Jaffrey (2016) Venkatesh Kumar (2016) Naresh Chander Lal (2016) Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016) Nila Madhab Panda (2016) Michael Postel (2016) Pratibha Prahlad (2016) Gulabo Sapera (2016) Prakash Chand Surana (2016) Basanti Bisht (2017) Baua Devi (2017) Jitendra Haripal (2017) Kailash Kher (2017) Sadhu Meher (2017) Aruna Mohanty (2017) T. K. Murthy (2017) Mukund Nayak (2017) Anuradha Paudwal (2017) Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017) Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017) Doddarangegowda (2018) Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018) Pran Kishore Kaul (2018) Vijay Kichlu (2018) Prabhakar Maharana (2018) Sisir Mishra (2018) Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018) Gobardhan Panika (2018) R. Sathyanarayana (2018) Bhajju Shyam (2018) Ibrahim Sutar (2018) Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018) Baba Yogendra (2018) Anup Ranjan Pandey (2019) Manoj Bajpayee (2019) Pritam Bhartwan (2019) Jyoti Bhatt (2019) Swapan Chaudhuri (2019) Dinyar Contractor (2019) Thanga Darlong (2019) Prabhu Deva (2019) Godawari Dutta (2019) Joravarsinh Jadav (2019) Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019) K. G. Jayan (2019) Waman Kendre (2019) Kader Khan (2019) Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019) Shankar Mahadevan (2019) Narthaki Nataraj (2019) Milena Salvini (2019) Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019) Rajeev Taranath (2019) Hiralal Yadav (2019) Rajeshwar Acharya (2019)
2020s	Shashadhar Acharya (2020) Indira P. P. Bora (2020) Bombay Sisters (2020) Vajira Chitrasena (2020) Puru Dadheech (2020) Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020) Sarita Joshi (2020) Kangana Ranaut (2020) Ramzan Khan (2020) Manilal Nag (2020) Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020) Adnan Sami (2020) Suresh Wadkar (2020) V. K. Munusamy (2020) Yadla Gopalarao (2020) Dulari Devi (2021) Bombay Jayashri (2021) KC Sivasankaran (2021) Rewben Mashangva (2021) Sanjida Khatun (2021) Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021) Nidumolu Sumathi (2021) Biren Kumar Basak (2021) Narayan Debnath (2021) Bhuri Bai (2021) Manjamma Jogathi (2021) Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) (2022) Lalita Vakil (2022) H. R. Keshava Murthy (2022) Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (2022) Arjun Singh Dhurve (2022) Ram Sahay Panday (2022) Durga Bai Vyam (2022) Sulochana Chavan (2022) Sonu Nigam (2022) Lourembam Bino Devi (2022) Konsam Ibomcha Singh (2022) Shyamamani Devi (2022) Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan (2022) Chandraprakash Dwivedi (2022) Ram Dayal Sharma (2022) Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia (2022) S. Ballesh (2022) Sowcar Janaki (2022) R Muthukannammal (2022) A. K. C. Natarajan (2022) Darshanam Mogilaiah (2022) Sakini Ramachandraih (2022) Gaddam Padmaja Reddy (2022) Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (duo) (2022) Shivnath Mishra (2022) Sheesh Ram (2022) Ajita Srivastava (2022) Madhuri Barthwal (2022) Kaajee Singh (2022) Jodhaiya Bai Baiga (2023) Premjit Baria (2023) Usha Barle (2023) Hemant Chauhan (2023) Bhanubhai Chitara (2023) Hemoprova Chutia (2023) Subhadra Devi (2023) Hem Chandra Goswami (2023) Pritikana Goswami (2023) Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain (2023) Dilshad Hussain (2023) Mahipat Kavi (2023) M. M. Keeravani (2023) Parshuram Komaji Khune (2023) Maguni Charan Kuanr (2023) Domar Singh Kunvar (2023) Risingbor Kurkalang (2023) Rani Machaiah (2023) Ajay Kumar Mandavi (2023) Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa (2023) Ramesh and Shanti Parmar (2023) Krishna Patel (2023) K Kalyanasundaram Pillai (2023) Kapil Dev Prasad (2023) Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri (2023) C. V. Raju (2023) Pareshbhai Rathwa (2023) Mangala Kanti Roy (2023) K.C. Runremsangi (2023) Ritwik Sanyal (2023) Kota Satchidananda Sastry (2023) Neihunuo Sorhie (2023) Moa Subong (2023) Raveena Tandon (2023) Coomi Nariman Wadia (2023) Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023) Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023) Gaddam Sammaiah (2024) Dasari Kondappa (2024)

v t e Recipients of Bharat Ratna Award
1954–1960	C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and C. V. Raman (1954) Bhagwan Das, M. Visvesvaraya, and Jawaharlal Nehru (1955) Govind Ballabh Pant (1957) Dhondo Keshav Karve (1958)
1961–1980	Bidhan Chandra Roy, and Purushottam Das Tandon (1961) Rajendra Prasad (1962) Zakir Husain, and Pandurang Vaman Kane (1963) Lal Bahadur Shastri (1966) Indira Gandhi (1971) V. V. Giri (1975) K. Kamaraj (1976) Mother Teresa (1980)
1981–2000	Vinoba Bhave (1983) Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987) M. G. Ramachandran (1988) B. R. Ambedkar, and Nelson Mandela (1990) Rajiv Gandhi, Vallabhbhai Patel, and Morarji Desai (1991) Abul Kalam Azad, J. R. D. Tata and Satyajit Ray (1992) Gulzarilal Nanda, Aruna Asaf Ali, and A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1997) M. S. Subbulakshmi, and C. Subramaniam (1998) Jayaprakash Narayan, Amartya Sen, Gopinath Bordoloi, and Ravi Shankar (1999)
2001–2020	Lata Mangeshkar, and Bismillah Khan (2001) Bhimsen Joshi (2008) C. N. R. Rao, and Sachin Tendulkar (2014) Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Madan Mohan Malaviya (2015) Nanaji Deshmukh, Bhupen Hazarika, and Pranab Mukherjee (2019)
2021–2040	Karpoori Thakur, Lal Krishna Advani, Charan Singh, P. V. Narasimha Rao, and M. S. Swaminathan (2024)

v t e Recipients of Padma Vibhushan
Arts	Ebrahim Alkazi Kishori Amonkar Prabha Atre Amitabh Bachchan Teejan Bai M. Balamuralikrishna T. Balasaraswati S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Asha Bhosle Nandalal Bose Hariprasad Chaurasia Chiranjeevi Girija Devi Kumar Gandharva Adoor Gopalakrishnan Satish Gujral Gangubai Hangal Bhupen Hazarika M. F. Husain Zakir Hussain Ilaiyaraaja Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer Bhimsen Joshi Ali Akbar Khan Amjad Ali Khan Allauddin Khan Bismillah Khan Ghulam Mustafa Khan Yamini Krishnamurthy Dilip Kumar R. K. Laxman Birju Maharaj Kishan Maharaj Lata Mangeshkar Sonal Mansingh Mallikarjun Mansur Zubin Mehta Mario Miranda Chhannulal Mishra Kelucharan Mohapatra Raghunath Mohapatra Jasraj Motiram Benode Behari Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee Rajinikanth Ram Narayan D. K. Pattammal K. Shankar Pillai Balwant Moreshwar Purandare Akkineni Nageswara Rao Kaloji Narayana Rao Satyajit Ray S. H. Raza Zohra Sehgal Uday Shankar Ravi Shankar V. Shantaram Shivkumar Sharma Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman M. S. Subbulakshmi K. G. Subramanyan Kapila Vatsyayan Homai Vyarawalla K. J. Yesudas
Civil service	Bimala Prasad Chaliha Naresh Chandra T. N. Chaturvedi Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri Suranjan Das Rajeshwar Dayal Basanti Devi P. N. Dhar Jyotindra Nath Dixit M. S. Gill Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim H. V. R. Iyengar Bhola Nath Jha Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi Ajudhiya Nath Khosla Rai Krishnadasa V. Krishnamurthy P. Prabhakar Kumaramangalam Pratap Chandra Lal K. B. Lall Sam Manekshaw Om Prakash Mehra Mohan Sinha Mehta M. G. K. Menon Brajesh Mishra Sumati Morarjee A. Ramasamy Mudaliar Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan Braj Kumar Nehru Bhairab Dutt Pande Ghananand Pande Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit T. V. Rajeswar C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao Pattadakal Venkanna R. Rao V. K. R. V. Rao Bipin Rawat Khusro Faramurz Rustamji Harish Chandra Sarin Binay Ranjan Sen Homi Sethna Arjan Singh Harbaksh Singh Kirpal Singh Manmohan Singh Tarlok Singh Lallan Prasad Singh Balaram Sivaraman Chandrika Prasad Srivastava T. Swaminathan Arun Shridhar Vaidya Dharma Vira Narinder Nath Vohra
Literature and education	V. S. R. Arunachalam Jagdish Bhagwati Satyendra Nath Bose Tara Chand Suniti Kumar Chatterji D. P. Chattopadhyaya Bhabatosh Datta Avinash Dixit Mahasweta Devi John Kenneth Galbraith Sarvepalli Gopal Lakshman Shastri Joshi Kaka Kalelkar Dhondo Keshav Karve Gopinath Kaviraj Radheshyam Khemka Kuvempu O. N. V. Kurup Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Sitakant Mahapatra John Mathai Kotha Satchidananda Murthy Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri Bal Ram Nanda R. K. Narayan P. Parameswaran Amrita Pritam K. N. Raj C. Rangarajan Raja Rao Ramoji Rao Hormasji Maneckji Seervai Rajaram Shastri Kalu Lal Shrimali Govindbhai Shroff Khushwant Singh Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey Mahadevi Varma Bashir Hussain Zaidi
Medicine	Jasbir Singh Bajaj B. K. Goyal Purshotam Lal A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar S. I. Padmavati Autar Singh Paintal Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti Balu Sankaran V. Shanta Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar Prakash Narain Tandon Brihaspati Dev Triguna M. S. Valiathan Dilip Mahalanabis
Other	Sunderlal Bahuguna B. K. S. Iyengar Rambhadracharya Ravi Shankar Vishwesha Teertha Jaggi Vasudev B. V. Doshi
Public affairs	L. K. Advani Montek Singh Ahluwalia Aruna Asaf Ali Fazal Ali Adarsh Sein Anand Madhav Shrihari Aney Parkash Singh Badal Sikander Bakht Milon K. Banerji Mirza Hameedullah Beg P. N. Bhagwati Raja Chelliah Chandra Kisan Daphtary Niren De C. D. Deshmukh Anthony Lancelot Dias Uma Shankar Dikshit Kazi Lhendup Dorjee George Fernandes P. B. Gajendragadkar Benjamin Gilman Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Zakir Husain V. R. Krishna Iyer Jagmohan Lakshmi Chand Jain Arun Jaitley Aditya Nath Jha Murli Manohar Joshi Anerood Jugnauth Mehdi Nawaz Jung Ali Yavar Jung Vijay Kelkar Hans Raj Khanna V. N. Khare Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Jivraj Narayan Mehta V. K. Krishna Menon Hirendranath Mukherjee Ajoy Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee Padmaja Naidu Venkaiah Naidu Gulzarilal Nanda Govind Narain Fali Sam Nariman Hosei Norota Nanabhoy Palkhivala K. Parasaran Hari Vinayak Pataskar Sunder Lal Patwa Sharad Pawar Naryana Raghvan Pillai Sri Prakasa N. G. Ranga Ravi Narayana Reddy Y. Venugopal Reddy Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq Lakshmi Sahgal P. A. Sangma M. C. Setalvad Kalyan Singh Karan Singh Nagendra Singh Swaran Singh Walter Sisulu Soli Sorabjee Kalyan Sundaram Sushma Swaraj Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Atal Bihari Vajpayee M. N. Venkatachaliah Kottayan Katankot Venugopal Jigme Dorji Wangchuck S. M. Krishna Mulayam Singh Yadav
Science and engineering	V. K. Aatre Salim Ali Norman Borlaug Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Rajagopala Chidambaram Charles Correa Satish Dhawan Anil Kakodkar A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan Har Gobind Khorana Daulat Singh Kothari Verghese Kurien Raghunath Anant Mashelkar G. Madhavan Nair Roddam Narasimha Jayant Narlikar Rajendra K. Pachauri Benjamin Peary Pal Yash Pal I. G. Patel Venkatraman Ramakrishnan K. R. Ramanathan Raja Ramanna C. R. Rao C. N. R. Rao Palle Rama Rao Udupi Ramachandra Rao Vikram Sarabhai Man Mohan Sharma Obaid Siddiqi E. Sreedharan M. R. Srinivasan George Sudarshan M. S. Swaminathan Narinder Singh Kapany S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
Social work	Baba Amte Pandurang Shastri Athavale Janaki Devi Bajaj Mirabehn Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Durgabai Deshmukh Nanaji Deshmukh Nirmala Deshpande Mohan Dharia U. N. Dhebar Valerian Gracias Veerendra Heggade Mary Clubwala Jadhav Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta Usha Mehta Sister Nirmala Nellie Sengupta
Sports	Viswanathan Anand Edmund Hillary Mary Kom Sachin Tendulkar
Trade and industry	Dhirubhai Ambani Ghanshyam Das Birla Ashok Sekhar Ganguly Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan Lakshmi Mittal Anil Manibhai Naik N. R. Narayana Murthy M. Narasimham Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi Azim Premji Prathap C. Reddy J. R. D. Tata Ratan Tata
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v t e Padma Bhushan award recipients (1980–1989)
1980	Sunil Gavaskar
1981	Vainu Bappu Prafulla Desai A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Gopinath Mohanty Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyaya Amritlal Nagar Mrinal Sen Avabai Bomanji Wadia
1982	Jasbir Singh Bajaj S. Balachander Gottipati Brahmayya Rani Gaidinliu Khadim Hussain Khan Stella Kramrisch Jal Minocher Mehta Grace Morley Syed Zahoor Qasim Kamal Ranadive P. N. Pattabhirama Sastri Jhabarmal Sharma Ajit Ram Verma
1983	Richard Attenborough Doraiswamy Iyengar V. G. Jog K. Sankaran Nair Prem Nazir Swraj Paul, Baron Paul Dr. Rajkumar K. G. Ramanathan Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala Subodh Chandra Sengupta Adi M. Sethna Arun Kumar Sharma Benudhar Sharma Bhalindra Singh Umrao Singh
1984	Horace Alexander Michael Ferreira Sivaji Ganesan Jnan Prakash Ghosh Kotha Satchidananda Murthy Hosur Narasimhaiah Sripada Pinakapani Ishwari Prasad B. C. Sanyal Marie Seton Archana Sharma Obaid Siddiqi Natwar Singh Ganda Singh Vijay Tendulkar Baldev Upadhyaya
1985	Durga Das Basu Shiba P. Chatterjee Eknath Vasant Chitnis Virender Lal Chopra Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon Santidev Ghosh Bhimsen Joshi Tribhuvandas Luhar Sadat Abul Masud Kalanidhi Narayanan Bernard Peters Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Gopala Ramanujam S. Ramaseshan Vuppuluri Ganapathi Sastry Amarjit Singh Gurbachan Singh Talib Bhalchandra Udgaonkar Srinivasan Varadarajan
1986	Pushpa Mittra Bhargava Ela Bhatt Manohar Lal Chibber Nasir Aminuddin Dagar V. Krishnamurthy Jean Riboud Sidney Dillon Ripley Rajeev Sethi Martand Singh C. Venkataraman Sundaram Badri Nath Tandon Gulshan Lal Tandon R. K. Trivedi
1987	Balamani Amma Kishori Amonkar Nikhil Banerjee Roddam Narasimha R. D. Pradhan Annada Shankar Ray Julio Ribeiro Man Mohan Sharma Laxmi Prasad Sihare Farokh Udwadia Mohammad Yunus
1988	19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche Ram Prakash Bambah Kartar Singh Duggal Ashok Sekhar Ganguly Abid Hussain Shreyans Prasad Jain Kelucharan Mohapatra Bal Ram Nanda Akkineni Nageswara Rao Pratury Trirumala Rao Renuka Ray B. V. Sreekantan Satya Pal Wahi
1989	Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway Banoo Jehangir Coyaji Girija Devi K. K. Hebbar Girilal Jain Anna Rajam Malhotra M. V. Mathur Ashesh Prosad Mitra Russi Mody Suresh Shankar Nadkarni Narinder Singh Randhawa Yoshio Sakurauchi Lakshman Singh Prakash Narain Tandon
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