Early Life
Ustad Wahid Khan was born in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh to the sitar maestro Ustad Imdad Khan . He was still quite young when Imdad Khan moved to Kolkata from Etawah with his family. In kolkata the family lived in the house of the noted connoisseur Taraprasad Ghosh, where Ustad Imdad Khan rigorously trained his two talented sons Enayat Khan and Wahid Khan.
Wahid Khan, at a very young age, was first initiated into Dhrupad, Khayal and Thumri and then in trained extensively on the Sitar and Surbahar by his father Imdad Khan for many years. Under the guidance and supervision of his father, Wahid Khan put in many years of very rigorous riyaz and mastered both the Sitar and Surbahar.
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