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==Introduction==
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''Anjan Chattopadhyay'', Sitar Maestro was born in 1960 in an aristocratic family, in [[kolkata| Calcutta, India]. He was brought up in an environment of soft, sweet and serene [[Indian Classical Music]].
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'''Shahbad''' is a city and a [[Local Governance in India| Municipal Committee]] in [[Kurukshetra District]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Haryana]].
==Demographics==
[[As of 2001]] India [[census]]{{GR|India}}, Shahbad had a population of 37,130. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Shahbad has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 69%. In Shahbad, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
==Location==
Shahbad lies 21 kilometers south of [[Ambala]] on the Ambala [[Delhi]] Highway. It is some 30 kilometers to the North of [[Kurukshetra]] city, which is the capital of the district. Shahbad is on the national highway, and has a railway station on the Delhi Ambala line.
It lies on the banks of the river [[Markanda]]- A tributary of the [[Ghaggar]], and supposed to be a part of the ancient/ Vedic [[Saraswati River]] Basin system. There is a large historic temple on the banks of the river with Markendeshwar, the river sage/deity being worshipped there.
There is also a road from [[Panchkula]], via Ramgarh and Dosarka that comes out near Shahbad.
There are also direct roads to [[Ladwa]] and [[Radaur]] as well as [[Yamunanagar]] from Shahbad.All these being east of Shahbad. [[Pipli]], near [[Kurukshetra]] and [[Nilokheri]] are other nearby towns on the National highway.
== Childhood Economy==
It is a significant agricultural market for procurement of agricultural products. The area being on a river bank is fertile and is used for paddy as well as wheat and vegetables. The yield is very high, and the belt till [[Karnal]] has a large number of rice mills to pick up the high quality grain.
His elder brother [[Gourishankar Chattopadhyay| Pandit Gourishankar Chattopadhyay]] is an eminent [[Surbahar]] and sitar player belongs to [[Senia Gharana]]. His initial training in sitar could make an indelible impression on Anjan’s mind about the depth of instrument in sound and melody. Simultaneously, he was having initial vocal training from his elder sister. Anjan started to feel the fragrance and the pulsation of life in music. He became more committed to his music and the advancement in sitar playing started rigorously under the tough guidance of his brother. At the age of nine, Anjan did his debut performance at a conference in Calcutta in 1969 with the sensitive appraisal of the critics.
==Sports==
== Musical Education ==
Of late Shahbad has produced a large number of women hockey players. This is thanks to the efforts of Coach Baldev Singh, who is also a Asst Director in the Haryana Sports department. The current national Hockey team has 12 women from Shahbad. For the last decade Shahbad has produced a large number of women Hockey players who have donned Haryana , [[Railways]] or Indian team colours. It has got the epithet of [[Sansarpur]] of Women's hockey. Current national team representatives from Shahbad are :- Suman Bala, Nutan, Meenakshi, Simarjeet Kaur, Balwinder Kaur, Kiran Bala, Gurpreet Kaur, Jasjeet Kaur, Rajni Bala, Rajwinder, Gagandeep Kaur and Surinder Kaur.
=== Sishya of Great Masters ===
To learn music, he became disciple of the [[tabla]] wizard [[Shaukat Ali Khan
Ustad Shaukat Ali Khan]]. Slowly, Anjan began to acquire knowledge of Indian [[Tala]] system, which opened another world before him. For advancement in the stream of Sitar Instrument he became a student of world famous Sitarist [[Surasree Kalyani Roy| Surasree Kalyani Roy]], one of the senior most student of [[Vilayat Hussain Khan| Aftaab-e-sitar Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan]], the trendsetter of modern days’ sitar playing .
=== Vocal Music =History==
Historically it was a muslim majority town, with references made to a fort during Mughal times, and raids as well as sacking of the fort by [[Banda Bahadur]]. Significantly it also has a historic gurudwara of those times. After partition most of the muslims left, and Punjabi Sikh's and Hindu's from Pakistan were resettled here. The town and surrounding villages hence have a large Punjabi presence.
To grasp the serene and sublime mood of music, Anjan felt his sitar must sing like a vocalist. Therefore he started taking lessons in vocal music under the tutelage of Shree Muktipada Dutta, a representative of Agra Gharana. That is the way Anjan reached the root of music for picking up the precious gems.
At the time of partition it was a small village, but has subsequently grown and now even has to urban area sectors planned and developed by [[HUDA]].
==Links==
=== Learning Sitar ===
Article on hockey in Shahbad [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040228/spr-trib.htm#1]
Enormous and erudite Talim made Anjan to set forth for becoming an artist whose each bold stroke in hard strings could express excellence in each and every repertoire. Connoisseurs have been wonderstruck by his ability to balancing between technical verbosity and aesthetic gentility finely on the one hand and by his sense of symmetry and logic in musical efforts on the other.
== Formal Education ==
Anjan is an arts graduate from the Calcutta University.
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== Perfomance ==
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Anjan has performed in hundreds of concerts in India and abroad. Among them worthy of mentions are the concerts in
[[Category:Kurukshetra]]
* India, The Dover Lane Music Conference,
* India International Center,
* All India Music Festival,
* Salt Lake Music Conference,
* National Council of Performing Arts,
* West Bangal Government State Music Academy,
* Tansen Music Conference,
* Alliance Francaise,
* Ustad Bahadur Khan Music Conference,
* Swami Haridas Music Conference.
== Awards, Honors ==
In his musical career, Anjan has got numerous awards, and felicitations.
The chronology of awards are as follows:
# In 1986, he was awarded the prestigious first prize in All India Music Competition organized by the State Music Academy of West Bengal Government.
# In 1987, he was felicitated with the prestigious title ‘SURMANI’ after performing at Kal-Ke-Kalakar music festival in Mumbai.
# In 1988, he was awarded with the title ‘Sangeet Visharad’ by Pracheen Kalakendra, Chandigarh. In the same year he got ‘Sangeet Kriya Visharad’ title from Sourav Academy Board. On this occasion, the renowned violinist Pandit V.G.Jog felicitated him.
# In 1990, during his tour to U.S.A, the Academy of Indian Music and Fine Arts and UMBC felicitated him with the certificate of Achievement.
# In that year he got the rare opportunity to be honored with the GOVERNOR’S CITATION from the Honorable Governor of New Jersey – Mr Jim Florio.
# In 1994, Padmabhushan Pandit [[Jnanprakash Ghosh]], one of the music legends of India, proclaimed Anjan as ‘one of the most talented young sitar players of India”.
# Swar-Sadhna Samity of Mumbai and Rotary Club of Lake Green Kolkata, honored him after, an enthralling performance, of his.
# In 2004, Anjan has got the prestigious ‘GOVERNOR’S CITATION’ from the honourable Governor of the State of Maryland after performing his sweet music in presence of the honourable Senator Mr Paul Sarbane.
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== Critical acclaim ==
Asish Chattopadhyay, the renowned and one of the senior most eminent music critics says that "Anjan’s sitar recital is the music of cosmic emotion. It brings to the heart a feeling of solitude and vastness that surrounds us on all sides. His music adds a quality of depth and bliss to the human mind.”
Mr Sankarlal Bhattacharjee, the biographer of Pandit [[Ravi Shankar]] and Ustad [[Vilayat Khan]], the noted writer and journalist of India, describes Anjan’s sitar as “poetic. Every piece he performs eventually takes on the image of a poem”. Mr Prakash Wadhera, a noted musician and the eminent music critic of the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ writes about Anjan’s Sitar as a rich and uninterrupted tradition.
Anjan not only enthralls his audience as a potential performer but he is a very good and popular teacher of Indian Music. He has numerous students in India & abroad. Recently he executed a very successful training lesson workshop in U.S.A, which was organized by the Academy of Indian Music and Fine Arts.
Wherever Anjan played he got huge acclamation and appraisal from his audience as well as from the music critics. For the last few years [from 2003] he has been regarded as one of the foremost sitar exponents of the country.
Not only the solo concerts, Anjan has successfully performed in many duet and trio concerts with the eminent musicians. He played sitar in films as well and earned fame as a creative music arranger.
== Work as of 2005 ==
Anjan is doing the unique project of creating and developing ‘The Encyclopedia of North Indian Music’ in interactive CD.Rom format in association with the Academy of Indian Music and Fine Arts and Aim Records Inc.
Anjan’s music today, is an embodiment of fineries and dedication. The crystal clear notes, the immaculate musicality and the sheer beauty of tones have earned him an ample reputation in today’s music world. Anjan’s music adds a quality of depth and bliss to the human mind.
== See also ==
[[Ravi_Shankar| Pandit Ravi Shankar]]
== Source ==
* Sankarlal Bhattacherjee, Writer and Journalist, ABP Group, Kolkata, India. Biographer of [[Ravi Shankar | Pandit Ravi Shankar]] (Raag-Anuraag & Smriti) and [[Vilayat Khan| Ustad Vilayat Khan]] (Komal Gandhar)
* [[http://www.aimrec.com/AnjanChattopadhyay]]| Anajan Chattopadhyay's home page]]
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