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        2. Hindustani Classical Music Fact •• Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar is the only Indian musician who has the distinction of having one of her recordings.
        3. Twelve eminent musicians of the twentieth century appear in the book – Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Amir Khan, Begum Akhtar, Alla Rakha, Kesarbai Kerkar, Kumar.
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          5. Hindustani Classical Music Fact •• Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar is the only Indian musician who has the distinction of having one of her recordings....

          Kesarbai Kerkar

          Musical artist

          Kesarbai Kerkar (13 July 1892 – 16 September 1977) was an Indian classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.[1] A protege of Ustad Alladiya Khan (1855–1946), the founder of the gharana, from age sixteen, she went on to become one of the most noted khayal singers of the second half of the 20th century.[2][3][4]

          She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1953, followed by Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in India, in 1969.[5]

          Biography

          Early life and training

          Born in the tiny village of Keri (also spelled "Querim"), in a family from Pondataluka of North Goa, Goa (then a Portuguese colony), at the age of eight Kerkar moved to Kolhapur, where she studied for eight months with Abdul Karim Khan.

          Upon her return to Goa, she studied with the vocalist Ramkrishnabuwa Vaze (1871–1945), during his visits to Lamgaon.[2][6]

          Meanwhile, Mumbai (then Bo