A virtuoso of Hindustani classical music on the transverse flute, Pt. Pannalal Ghosh was born on July 31, 1911. Born in Barisal, East Bengal now Bangladesh the family first lived in the village of Amarnathganj and later moved to the town of Fatehpur.He was brought up in a family of musicians. His grandfather, Hara Kumar Ghosh, father, Akshay Kumar Ghosh (sitarist, disciple of Ustad Kasim Ali Khan of Seniya Gharana), and maternal uncle, Bhavaranjan, were proficient musicians. Mother, Sukumari (daughter of Mr. Muzumdar of Dhaka), was a singer. His younger brother Nikhil Ghosh was a distinguished tablā player. Young Pannalal was highly receptive and absorbed good music from various sources. He regarded the "Harmonium Wizard", Ustad Khushi Mohammed Khan, as his first guru, Pt. Girija Shankar Chakravarti (Khayal singer) and was fortunate also to have had the blessings and systematic training from the legendary Ustad Allauddin Khan, with whom he studied, beginning in 1947. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Pannalal+Ghosh">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.