Shankar Ghosh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shankar Ghosh

Indian musician

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1935

Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Date of Death: 22-Jan-2016

Profession: composer, percussionist, music pedagogue

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Pandit Shankar Ghosh (10 October 1935 – 22 January 2016) was an Indian tabla player from the Farukhabad gharana of Hindustani classical music.
He was an occasional Hindustani classical singer where he followed the Patiala gharana.He was awarded the 1999-2000 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Tabla, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.He was at the ICU of the super-speciality hospital on E M Bypass, since mid-December and underwent angioplasty on 14 December 2015.
He had been admitted to the hospital following heart ailments, was in coma for past 40 days and died on 22 January 2016.