Sharan Rani Backliwal | |
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.jpg) Sharan Rani in Tehran | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sharan Rani Mathur |
| Born | 9 April 1929 Delhi |
| Died | 8 April 2008 (aged 78) Delhi |
| Genres | Indian classical music |
| Occupation(s) | instrumentalist, music scholar |
| Instrument | sarod |
Sharan Rani (also known as Sharan Rani Backliwal, née Mathur) (9 April 1929 – 8 April 2008) was an Indian classical sarod player and music scholar.[1][2]
Her private collection of 379 musical instruments ranging from the 15th to the 19th century is now part of the "Sharan Rani Backliwal Gallery of Musical Instruments" at the National Museum, New Delhi.[3]
- ^ "Sharan Rani passes away: (1929 - 2008)". ITC Sangeet Research Academy. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008.
- ^ "When the music faded: Sharan Rani Backliwal, India's first woman sarod exponent, is no more". The Hindu. 11 April 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
- ^ "Collecting musical instruments with a mission". The Times of India. 25 September 2002. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013.