Bismillah Khan was born on 21 March 1916 into a family of traditional Muslim musicians in Dumraon, in what is now the eastern Indian state of Bihar, as the second son of Paigambar Bux Khan and Mitthan.
Bismillah Khan was born on 21 March 1916 into a family of traditional Muslim musicians in Dumraon, in what is now the eastern Indian state of Bihar, as the second son of Paigambar Bux Khan and Mitthan.