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Ustad Bismillah Khan, who was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2001, was a maestro of which musical instrument?
Explanation
Explanation
Step 1: Match the musicians with their instruments: Ravi Shankar – sitar; Ali Akbar Khan – sarod; Zakir Hussain – tabla.
Step 2: Ustad Bismillah Khan (born in Bihar, associated with Varanasi) made the shehnai a popular concert instrument.
Step 3: He played the shehnai on the first Independence Day in 1947 at the Red Fort, and received the Bharat Ratna in 2001.
Answer: Shehnai.
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