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Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
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Pandit Sandeep Sharma
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Pandit Rajesh Sharma
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Pandit Sukhram Singh
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 2016, Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma was honoured with the annual Sangeet Martand Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award at the 23rd edition of the festival held in New Delhi.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shiv Kumar Sharma’s name is synonymous with santoor, Indian classical music instrument. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma is credited with single-handedly making the santoor a popular classical instrument. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma was born on January 13, 1938.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, an Indian musician and composer who was the foremost exponent of the santoor, a 100-string instrument similar to the hammered dulcimer, died on Tuesday at his home in Mumbai. He was 84. Indian news reports said the cause was cardiac arrest.