# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikhil-banerjee
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:00:32.526Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikhil-banerjee"
name: "Nikhil Banerjee"
slug: "nikhil-banerjee"
description: "Pandit Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee was an Indian classical sitarist of the Maihar Gharana. Along with Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Vilayat Khan, he emerged as one of the leading exponents of the sitar. He was a recipient of the Indian civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan."
tagline: "Indian sitar player (1931–1986)"
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gender: "male"
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1931-10-14"
deathDate: "1986-01-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump