Early Life and Background
Alladiya Khan was born in Atrauli in a family of musicians. Though his father Ahmed Khan died early in Alladiya's life, his uncle, Jehangir Khan (of the Agra gharana), taught him dhrupad for 5 years and then khyal for another 8 years.
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