Amie M.  put this wonderful video on facebook:  [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dG9sv9TrAs&w=420&h=315].   Rajdulari was Ustad Ali Akbar Khan’s wife.  According to Batuk Deewanji they met in Jaipur when he would go from Jodhpur where he was living to record at the radio station.  She was a student of the senior Dagar brothers,  Aminuddin and Moinuddin.  Deewanji had organized her program once in Bombay when his music circle was doing a series with guru and shagird.  She sang before the Dagars,  dhrupad, dhammar and thumri and according to Deewanji  was very impressive.  After marriage she gave up singing and had 8 children.  Khansaheb never took her to America.  Deewanji would visit their home in Colaba when Khansaheb was back from America- he never took her there- and witnessed many a row between two hot-headed individuals.

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