A' Grade Tabla Artist of All India Radio, Jodhpur Shri Sabir Hussain Khan, superannuated today ie 31/07/2017. Shri Sabir Hussain, joined All India Radio on 06th April 1981 as 'A' grade Tabla Artist at All India Radio, Najibabad. Later on he was transferred to All India Radio, Jodhpur in 1996. A very humble personality, with a very smiling face, Sabir Hussain Khan has won the hearts of not only the staff members, but of all the music artists who came for recordings at All India Radio, be it Classical, Light, or Folk.
Shri. Sabir Hussain Khan has an honour and privilege of accompanying Pandit Deshmukh, Pandit Ashok Rai, Pandit Chandan Rai, Pandit Inder Lal Ji and many other luminaries of the music world. Sabir Hussain Khan is blessed with three boys and a girl who are all happily married. Sabir Hussain Khan's elder son plays Sarangi, and he learnt Sarangi from his father Sabir Hussain Khan, another son is an exponent of Tabla and teaches Tabla and music in Mayo College Ajmer. All India Radio wishes Shri Sabir Hussain Khan a Healthy life.
Contributed By: Anil Kumar Goel ,nostalgic58@yahoo.com