Born at Madras (now called Channai). He had extra-ordinary fascination for music and singing from his childhood. He participated as amateur singer at the Madras Boys and Girls Exhibition in the year 1931 and received the merit award for Hindustani Music. He signed an agreement in 1933 for classical singing with the Indian State Broadcasting Service, later re-named as All India Radio. He performed publicly at the age of 19, during a radio concert in 1935. Known as Madras Radio Artist, he sang Ghazals at a function of Muslim students Association of St. Xaviers College in January 1939 and rendered classical singing at Bombay in December the same year. During quarter century of daily practice (1963-1988), he practiced singing with Maulana Abdul Shakoor (nephew of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan) and explored the intricacies of only one raag, the Darbari.
His museum gallery displays rare photographs, photography equipment, International and Pakistani coins, a set of 12 inch 78 rpm discs of Late "Barey Ghulam Ali Khan Sahib", sound recording equipment and accessories, drawing instrument and stationary items used in documenting the collections and personal items of nostalgic importance as well as a wonderful matchbox collection. (This is my main hobby also). But the pick of this array is an album containing posters of old Hindi and American movies, some of them dating back to twenties. (Late Mr. Theodore Phailbus of 31-A, Street, Cavalry Ground Extn. Lahore Cantt had the most wonderful collection of Posters in Pakistan). All are arranged in properly illuminated showcases and display boards.
Electronic devices installed include "Revox" tape recorders. Such a broad based collection requires periodic maintenance for which he has established in a separate room a small workshop with inventory of spares and tools.
His archive contains a large number of rare books on a variety of subjects, including religion. In his personal files, papers are arranged in chronological order in a healthy state. Indexing has been done in simple manner to facilitate easy location of the desired document.
Different articles published on his work in the newspapers and magazines are compiled in an easy to refer binding. Up to the year 2001, the total number of such essays was 185. His recent publications include four books as under:
1. Tamashaey - Ahley - Qalam
2. Sur ki Talaash
3. Hijratoun key silsiley
4. Zindagi ka Safar
He has transcribed all the Urdu Ghazals of Mirza Ghalib into Roman Alphabets. His library comprises the following six categories:
1. Music of the subcontinent
2. Urdu Literature - Poetry (Ghazals, Marsia, etc.) and Prose (Novel, Tanqeed etc.)
3. Religion (Religious books - recitation and narration)
4. Speeches of public figures including Mr. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan and Mr. Z.A. Bhutto
5. Education - Mainly Music and Urdu Literature
6. Art - Fine Arts, Interviews supported with transparencies, Musical Instruments description with slides.
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