Bahauddin Dagar

{{short description|Hindustani classical music artiste}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Bahauddin Dagar | image = Bahaudin dagar.JPG | alt = | caption = Dagar in 2013 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1970}} | death_date = | instrument = Rudra veena | genre = Hindustani classical music | years_active = | label = Awards: <br/>Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2012 | associated_acts = Zia Fariddudin Dagar (uncle), Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (father) }} thumbnail|Mohi Baha'ud-din performs at Kollam, 2013 '''Baha'ud'din Mohiuddin Dagar''' (born 1970) is the rudra veena player and son of north Indian musician Zia Mohiuddin Dagar.<ref name="ibn">{{cite news | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/huge-ovation-for-gotipua-dancers/154754-60-117.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205125706/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/huge-ovation-for-gotipua-dancers/154754-60-117.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 February 2012 |title=Huge ovation for Gotipua dancers | work=CNN IBN | date=27 May 2011 | access-date=6 January 2022 | location=Cuttack}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/12/08/stories/2006120802420900.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115200956/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/12/08/stories/2006120802420900.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 November 2007 |title=Musical growth in an age of distraction |date=28 December 2006 |access-date=6 January 2022|author=Ramnarayan, Gowri | work=The Hindu | location=Chennai, India}}</ref> He plays rudra veena with the ''dagarbani'' style. He represents the 20th generation of Dagar lineage, referring to Nayak Haridas Dagar of the 16th century. However, he traces his ancestry to Baba Gopal Das, who converted to Islam, and became Baba Imam Baksh in the 18th century, making him the representative of the 8th generation.<ref name="hindu ">{{cite journal | url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/03/28/stories/2004032800440500.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040404193017/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/03/28/stories/2004032800440500.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2004-04-04 | title=Musical venture | author=Kumar, Mala | journal=The Hindu |date=March 2004|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition== In 2012, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest award for performing artists, conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Akademi Awards 2012|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2012/dec/d2012122401.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees |publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331060603/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-date=31 March 2016|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>

==Early life and training== Dagar started learning the veena from his father Zia Mohiuddin Dagar when he was 16 years old. After the death of his father in 1990, he continued his training under his uncle Zia Fariddudin Dagar.<ref name="hindu "/>

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