Date:22/08/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/08/22/stories/2006082219350100.htm

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"He personified composite Indian culture"

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet, which met on Monday evening, mourned the death of shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan in Varanasi .

Union Minister and Cabinet spokesperson Priyaranjan Dasmunsi, said the Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, also observed silence for a minute before the meeting.

A resolution adopted at the meeting said that Ustad Bismillah Khan had taken music to great heights and that "Khan Saheb personified the uniqueness of composite Indian culture."