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"He personified composite Indian culture"

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NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet, which met on Monday evening, mourned the death of shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan in Varanasi .

Union Minister and Cabinet spokesperson Priyaranjan Dasmunsi, said the Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, also observed silence for a minute before the meeting.

A resolution adopted at the meeting said that Ustad Bismillah Khan had taken music to great heights and that "Khan Saheb personified the uniqueness of composite Indian culture."

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