This document provides biographical information on four Indian artists who passed away in 2016: Amjad Sabri, a Pakistani singer known for his Sufi music, best known for the song "More Haji Piya". Pandit Shankar Ghosh, a Hindustani classical musician who performed with other famous artists and received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. Mrinalini Sarabhai, founder of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts who trained over 18,000 students in classical Indian dance. Syed Haider Raza, considered one of India's greatest modern painters known for his abstract works in oil and acrylic who lived in France but maintained ties with India.

3. Amjad Sabri
23.12.1976 - 22.06.2016

5. Belonged to the Sabri family- famous in the subcontinent for their contribution to
Sufi art and mystic poetry.
Best known for ‘More Haji Piya’.

6. 1935-2016
Pandit Shankar Ghosh

7. He followed the Farukhabad gharana of
Hindustan classical music.
Performed with vocalists such as Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, Girija Devi and
many others.

8. He had also done jugalbandi with classical musician sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar.
He was awarded the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the year 2000.

9. 11.05.1918-21.01.2016
Mrinalini Sarabhai

10. She was the founder director of the
Darpana Academy of Performing Arts.
Trained over 18,000 students in Bharatnatyam and Kathakali.

11. She had also written many novels, poetry, plays and stories for children.
She was honored with the national civilian awards
Padma Bhushan in 1992 and Padma Shri in 1965.

12. 22.02.1922-23.07.2016
Syed Haider Raza

13. Raza is considered as one of Indian modern art’s greatest painters.
His works are mainly abstracts in oil or acrylic.

14. He lived and worked in France from 1950, but maintained strong ties with India.
Founder-member of the Progressive Artists’ Group.

15. 15.02.1924-29.06.2016
K.G. Subramanyan

16. Subramanyan was also a freedom fighter and was imprisoned briefly during the
Quit India Movement.
His paintings experimented with the idea of the
Indian myths.

17. Subramanyan was also an art historian and his body of work forms a significant
document of Indian art history.
In 1955, he received a British Council Fellowship to Slade School of Art at the
University of London.