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The performance was led by Debasmita Bhattacharya, one of India's finest young sarod players.

Debasmita is one of India's finest young players of sarod, an Indian musical instrument with strings.

Sarod: Popular in North India's Hindustani music alongside the sitar, the sarod serves as a bass.

Eleven eminent artists have been selected from the field of Music including Mani Prasad for Hindustani Vocal, Madhup Mudgal - Hindustani Vocal, Tarun Bhattacharya - Hindustani Instrumental - Santoor, Tejendra Narayan Majumdar - Hindustani Instrumental - Sarod. Other sub-categories include Carnatic Instrument, Other Major Traditions of Music-Sugam Sangeet and many more.

Indian classical music legend Padmavibhushan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan serenaded members of the Indian expat community with an evening of virtuoso sarod music in a crescendo event held at the Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam (BKS)'s Golden Jubilee Hall.

Amjad Ali Khan, widely regarded as the world's finest sarod player, said he was willing to visit the country to recreate the fusion which he composed for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in 2011.

He begins the epic trek in Kolkata, the city of his birth and the place where he learned to play a traditional Indian classical instrument called the sarod.

Moreover, for the projection of Pakistan's rich cultural music and encouraging the aspiring singers, IAC's music society 'SAROD' arranged a melodious performance entitled 'Khalis Makhan/ Peera Ho'.

The second part of the evening was a fascinating Sarod performance by the celebrated Sarod Maestro of Bangladesh Ustad Shahadat Hossain Khan.

The track also features sarod players Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash.

Addressing a joint news conference at the District Court after a brawl with the guards of the assistant commissioner, Advocate Qamar-un-Nisa, Advocate Sarod Sultana, Advocate Taj Bibi and others said that district officials 'cannot be allowed to harass lawyers'.