Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz

For other people of the same name, see Ghulam Mohammad.

Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (died 13 February 2014) was the last known master of Kashmiri Sufiyana Music in the world. He opened a school to teach his genre of music, although it did not attract many students from Kashmir because of religious and social prejudice. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013. He died in 2014 in Srinagar at the age of 74.[1]

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"Ustad Gh. Mohd. Saznawaz gets the prestigious SaMaPa Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Mohd. Abdullah Award 2008". India PRwire. 

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