This article is about the family name Joshi. For other uses and people with the name, see Joshi (disambiguation).

Joshi (Devanagari:जोशी, Kannada:ಜೋಷಿ) is a surname with its origins in India & Nepal. The name is derived from the Sanskrit word jyotiṣi, prakritised as joiśī , "a practitioner of astrology" i.e. "astrologer". People with this surname are descended from a Brahmin caste of village priests and astrologer. Joshi is a common family name for Brahmins in the Indian states of Gujarat, Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,Konkan and Goa. In Nepal, it is a common family name for a Newar or a Khas-Brahmin.^[1]

In the Marathi populated Deccan, the last name Joshi is pronounced as ज़ोशी (dental J) as opposed to जोशी in rest of India and Nepal. In Karnataka, Joshi is sometimes pronounced as Joyisa or Joisa. In old Konkani language,its joyshi,but now commonly Joshi.^{[citation needed]}.In the region of Kerala the same becomes known as Jotsyan or Jyotsyar, a title among traditional astrologers of Kaniyar community.

Kramvant Joshis of Konkan and Goa[link]

Joshis or Zoyshis of Goa and Konkan,historically formed a separate caste of priests who were engaged in astrology and officiated funeral rites of the Hindus,hence called as kriyavant or kramavant.^[2] Apart from the above mentioned caste,few Goan Sarsvat families have adopted Joshi as their surname.

Notable individuals[link]

Astrologers[link]

• Mangal Raj Joshi: The Royal Astrologer of Nepal, whose family has worked for more than 20 generations for the Nepalese kings.

Politicians and leaders[link]

• Murli Manohar Joshi: Indian Politician, (Bharatiya Janta Party), currently President, Committee on Public Accounts.
• Manohar Joshi: Indian Politician(Shiv Sena)
• Comrade P.C. Joshi: Indian Communist leader
• Govinda Raj Joshi: Nepali Politician (Nepali congress)
• Rita Bahuguna Joshi: Indian Politician (Indian National Congress)
• General B.C. Joshi: Late Chief of Army
• Sharad Joshi: Indian Politician.
• C. P. Joshi: Indian Politician (Indian National Congress), currently Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Govt. of India.

Management professionals[link]

• Vyomesh Joshi: Member, Board of Directors, Yahoo

Writers, educationalist and scholars[link]

• S.T. Joshi : Prominent Indian-American editor, critic, and scholar.
• Anandi Gopal Joshi : First Indian Woman to award western medicine degree.
• Lakshmanshastri Joshi: Vedic scholar, social reformer and Marathi encyclopaedist.
• Manohar Shyam Joshi: post-modern Hindi writer and Father of Indian soap operas
• Umashankar Joshi: Gujarati poet.
• Shekhar Joshi: Hindi author.
• Prasoon Joshi: Hindi lyricist.
• Sharad Joshi: Hindi writer and satirist, Padma Shri awardee
• Chintaman Vinayak Joshi: Marathi humorist. Author of "Chimanrao" series of books.
• Mahadevshastri Joshi: Marathi writer.
• van Veen Joshi: Christian speaker & musician from the Netherlands.
• DURGESH JOSHI SUGAM: kavi in hindhi from nohar rajsthan .

Artists and performers[link]

• Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Bharat Ratna, vocalist of Hindustani classical music
• Gajananrao Joshi, violinist and vocalist Hindustani Classical Music
• Damayanti Joshi, Kathak dancer and guru
• Gayatri Joshi, Indian Actress
• Tulip Joshi, Indian Actress, model
• Pallavi Joshi, Indian Actress, winner of National award for the film Woh Chokri
• Dilip Joshi, Hindi and Gujarati Actor
• Sudhir Joshi, Marathi Actor.
• Swapnil Joshi, Marathi Actor
• Prasoon Joshi, Bollywood Lyricist
• Sharman Joshi, Bollywood Actor
• Purbi Joshi , Indian Actress
• Nivedita Joshi, Marathi Actress

Sports[link]

• Sunil Joshi (cricket), played for Indian cricket team as left arm spinner in one day international and test match cricket.

Social service[link]

• Sister Nirmala (Nirmala Joshi), Missionaries of Charity

References[link]

C. P. Joshi
C. P. Joshi in 2010
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways
Incumbent
Assumed office January 19, 2011
Preceded by	Kamal Nath
Constituency	Bhilwara
Minister of Panchayati Raj
In office May 22, 2009 - January 18, 2011
Preceded by	Mani Shankar Aiyar
Succeeded by	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Constituency	Bhilwara
Union Minister for Rural Develeopment
In office May 22, 2009 - January 18, 2011
Preceded by	Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Succeeded by	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Constituency	Bhilwara
Personal details
Born	(1950-07-29) 29 July 1950 (age 61) Nathdwara, Rajastan, India
Political party	INC
Profession	Professor of Psychology
Religion	Atheist[1][2]

C. P. Joshi (born 29 July 1950) is an Indian Politician and Member of Parliament of India from Bhilwara in the 15th Lok Sabha. He was one of the first 19 members of India's new cabinet sworn in on May 22, 2009, despite being a first-time member of the Lok Sabha and he has taken the office of Minister of Rural Development. He is a member of the Indian National Congress.^[3]

Educational background[link]

Joshi completed his Primary and Higher Secondary education at his birthplace Nathdwara, Rajastan. He finished his graduation from M. B. College Udaipur with a B.A. in Law, and completed his Masters in Physics. He also completed his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Psychology. He began his academic career as a lecturer at the M. B. College, Udaipur. Before entering full time politics, Joshi was a Professor of Psychology at Udaipur's Mohanlal Sukhadia University, with a specialisation in Intelligence Quotient (IQ).

Political career[link]

Mohan Lal Sukhadia, founder of modern Mewar, recognised Joshi's social commitments and encouraged him to actively participate in politics. Thereafter he was

• Elected as Student's Union President for Mohanlal Sukhadia University in 1973.
• Elected MLA from Nathdwara Assembly (1980 and 1985, 1998 and 2003).
• He worked very hard for Nathadwara and addressed various issues like Lack of Education, Roads, Animal food.
• In 1998 he got the honour to become the Cabinet Minister for the state handling key portfolios like Panchayti Raj, Education, Rural Development, Public Health Engineering, Policy Planning, and Information Technology. He gave a new direction to the significant departments of Abhiyantrik Yojna, Panchayti Raj and Education and made his distinguished presence in these fields.
• In 2003, as an opposition MLA, he was appointed President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee. In a few months he brought the state unit together to win the 2008 assembly elections, only to lose his own seat. He was second one in the Indian election history to lose an assembly election by one vote. Surprisingly, his mother, wife, and driver didn't turn up to vote on the polling day. The first candidate to lose from one vote was A. R. Krishnamurthy against R. Dhruvanarayana at the Santhemarahalli constituency of Karnataka during 2004 assembly elections. R. Dhruvanarayana is currently the Member of Parliament in 15th Lok Sabha from Chamarajanagar constituency, who defeated the same opponent A. R. Krishnamurthy in the 15th Lok Sabha elections.

References[link]

External links[link]

• C P Joshi

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Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi
Union Human Resources Development minister
In office 1998–2004
Succeeded by	Arjun Singh
Constituency	Rajya Sabha
Minister of Science and Technology
In office 1999–2004
Succeeded by	Kapil Sibal
MP
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Preceded by	Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra
Constituency	Varanasi
MP
In office 1977–1980
Preceded by	Narendra Singh Bisht
Succeeded by	Harish Rawat
Constituency	Almora
Personal details
Born	(1934-01-05) 5 January 1934 (age 78) New Delhi, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Religion	Hindu
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Murli Manohar Joshi (born 1934) was the Union Human Resources Development minister of India in the NDA government. Joshi is a leading member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is best known for his views on Indian socio-politics and for his affiliation with the RSS.

He was born in Nainital on 5 January 1934, hailing from the Kumaon Hills region of Nainital northern India which today form a part of the state of Uttarakhand. Joshi had his early education in Chandpur, District Bijnore and Almora (currently part of Uttarakhand). He completed his B.Sc. from Meerut College and M.Sc. from Allahabad University. Here one of his teachers was Professor Rajendra Singh, who later became RSS Sarsanghchalaks. He did his doctorate from Allahabad University. The subject of his doctoral thesis was Spectroscopy. He was the first scientist to submit his thesis in Hindi.

After completing his PhD, Joshi started teaching Physics at Allahabad University. He came in contact with the RSS in Delhi at a young age and took part in the Cow Protection Movement in 1953–54, in the Kumbh Kisan Andolan of UP in 1955, demanding halving of land revenue assessment. During the Emergency period (1975–1977) in India, Joshi was in jail from 26 June 1975 until the Lok Sabha elections in 1977. He was elected Member of Parliament from Almora. When the Janata Party (which then included his party) came to power forming the first non-Congress government in Indian history, Joshi was elected General Secretary of the Janata Parliamentary Party. After the fall of the government, his party came out of Janata Party in 1980, and formed the Bharatiya Janata Party or the BJP. Joshi first looked after the Central Office as a General Secretary and later became Party Treasurer. As General Secretary of BJP, he was directly in charge of Bihar, Bengal and North-Eastern States. Later, when BJP formed a government in India under Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Joshi served as the Human Resource Development Minister in the cabinet.

Joshi is known to have been influenced by the life and work of Veer Savarkar, Shri Guruji and Deendayal Upadhyaya. Joshi was a three-term M.P. from Allahabad before he was defeated in the Lok Sabha elections of May, 2004. He won election to the 15th Lok Sabha from Varanasi as a BJP candidate.^[1] He also served as the home minister for 13 days government in 1996. Prof. Joshi Honored with “Proud Past Alumni" in the list of 42 members, from "Allahabad University Alumni Association", NCR, Ghaziabad (Greater Noida) Chapter 2007–2008 registered under society act 1860 with registration no. 407/2000.^[2] Dr.Joshi was appointed as Chairman of the Manifesto Preparation Board of the BJP in 2009.

Positions Held[link]

• 1934 Born
• 1944 Member, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (R.S.S.)
• 1949 Member, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarathi Parishad (A.B.V.P.)
• 1953–56 General Secretary, A.B.V.P., Uttar Pradesh; All India General Secretary, A.B.V.P.
• 1957 Organising Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Allahabad
• 1959–67 Zonal Organising Secretary, B.J.S., Uttar Pradesh
• 1967–75 Secretary, B.J.S., Uttar Pradesh; Treasurer, B.J.S., Uttar Pradesh; Vice-President, B.J.S., Uttar Pradesh (prior to its merger in Janata Party)
• 1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha
• 1977–79 General-Secretary, Janata Party in Parliament
• 1980 Founder General Secretary, B.J.P.
• 1981–83 Treasurer, B.J.P.
• 1986–90 General-Secretary, B.J.P.
• 1991–93 President, B.J.P.
• 1992 Member, Rajya Sabha
• 1992–96 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests; Member, Committee on Public Undertakings; Member, Select Committee on Patent Law; Member, Select Committee on Trade Marks Bill
• 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
• 16 May – 1 June 1996 Union Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs
• 1996–97 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee; Member, Committee on Finance; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence; Member, Expert Committee on Low Productivity Areas, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operation
• 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
• 1998–99 Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development; and Science and Technology
• 1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)
• Oct–Nov 1999 Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development and Science & Technology
• 22 Nov 1999 – 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development; Science & Technology and Department of Ocean Development
• 2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha from Varanasi, UP
• February 2009 Member, Council of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• March 2009 Chairman, Ministry of Finance
• April 2009 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
• May 2009 Member, Committee on Ethics
• January 2010 Member, General Purpose Committee
• October 2010 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate Change
• November 2010 Chairman, Committee on Public Accounts
• December 2010 Member, Committee on Budget^[3]

References[link]

• Police arrest right-wing Hindu leaders. TIM MCGIRK, The Independent. 9 December 1992.
• Court clears India's deputy PM. Maseeh Rahman, The Guardian, Saturday 20 September 2003.
• Minister wins Ayodhya reprieve. BBC. 20 September 2003.
• Tearing down the Babri Masjid. Mark Tully, BBC. 5 December 2002.
• Indian dismay over UN ranking. Satish Jacob, BBC. 24 July 2002.
• India targets cow slaughter. Jyotsna Singh, BBC 11 August 2003.
• Sustainable consumption is the need of the hour, says Murli Manohar Joshi. The Hindu. 15 January 2007.
• Sex education runs into trouble. BBC. 27 August 2007.
• Murli Manohar Joshi attacks Congress on N-deal, agrarian policies. Times of India. 6 March 2008
• Yoga institute celebrations. The Hindu. 19 February 2009.
• Joshi gets death threat from Indian Mujahideen. India Express. 12 April 2009.
• I won’t mind being Leader of Opposition: Murli Manohar Joshi. ANI. 17 May 2009.
• BJP probably failed to communicate its message: Joshi. The Hindu. 16 May 2009.
• Advani's decision in BJP's interest: Murli Manohar Joshi. The Economic Times. 17 May 2009

External links[link]

• http://www.drmurlimanoharjoshi.in/ Official Website of Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi
• http://drmurlimjoshi.blogspot.com/ Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi's blog
• BJP profile of M.M. Joshi

Manohar Joshi
15th Chief Minister of Maharashtra State  India
In office 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999
Preceded by	Sharad Pawar
Succeeded by	Narayan Rane
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
In office 10 May 2002 – 2 June 2004
Preceded by	G. M. C. Balayogi
Succeeded by	Somnath Chatterjee
Personal details
Born	(1937-12-02) 2 December 1937 (age 74)
Political party	Shiv Sena
Religion	Hindu

Manohar Gajanan Joshi, (Marathi: मनोहर गजानन जोशी) (born 2 December 1937) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is one of the prominent leaders of the Shiv Sena political party. He was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995–1999.

Background and family[link]

He was born in lower-middle class family hailing from Raigad district. His forthfathers migrated from Beed district to Goregaon village of Raigad district. He got help from his other middle class relatives while studying. He was married on 14 May 1964 to Smt. Anagha Joshi, and has a son, Unmesh, and two daughters. Shri Manohar Joshi has been awarded a Doctorate (in Political Science) by Mumbai University in 2010.

Formation of Kohinoor[link]

After MA in Law he joined in Brihan Mumbai Corporation (BMC) as an officer, but later started the Kohinoor technical/vocational training institute with the idea of an institute for semi–skilled youths to offer training as electrician, plumber, TV/radio/scooter repairman, photography. Eventually, he started multiple branches of Kohinoor in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, etc., and later he made an entry in construction and other capital-oriented business.

Manohar Joshi also founded the Kohinoor Business School & Kohinoor-IMI (Hospitality) Institutes in Khandala, Maharashtra.

Political career[link]

Early years[link]

He began his career by being elected to the Legislative Council from the Shiv Sena. He became the Mayor of Mumbai during 1976 to 1977. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from a Shiv Sena ticket in 1990.

Chief Minister[link]

He became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Maharashtra when the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition came to power.

Controversy and Resignation[link]

During his term as Chief Minister he was embroiled in a scam involving the change of reservation of a plot of land in Pune, which was being developed by his son-in-law, Girish Vyas. Just a couple of months prior to the High Court of Mumbai passing a verdict against Girish Vyas and terming the housing complex "Sundew", illegal, under severe pressure from the opposition, Mr. Joshi resigned.^[1] Later, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the High Court^[2] but set aside the order to conduct criminal investigation against the former Chief Minister. It asked Mr. Joshi to pay the litigant Rs 25,000, which he complied with.^[3]

Lok Sabha and Speaker[link]

He was promoted to the Lok Sabha when he won from Central Mumbai in the 1999 General Elections. He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004 during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) administration.

He was elected for a six-year term to the Rajya Sabha on 20 March 2006^[4] after being defeated in the previous Lok Sabha election from the Central Mumbai constituency.

75th Birthday[link]

Joshi's 75th birthday celebrated at Ravindra Natya Mandir in Prabhadevi.Union minister Sharad Pawar,RPI leader Ramdas Athawale and Shivsena executive president Uddhav Thackeray were present on this occasion.^[5]

Positions held[link]

• 1967–1972 – Corporator, Bombay Municipal Corporation
• 1972–1989 – Member, Maharashtra Legislative Council
• 1976–1977 – Mayor of Mumbai
• 1990–1991 – Member and Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• 1995–1999 – Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 1999–2004 – Member of Lok Sabha
• 2002–2004 – Speaker of Lok Sabha
• 2002 to 2004 Heavy industrial minister
• 2006 to April 2012 – Member of Rajya Sabha

See also[link]

• List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra

References[link]

External links[link]

• May 8, 2002 news article "Manohar Joshi to be next LS speaker" – Times of India
• Photos from site of Speaker of Lok Sabha

Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi ( pronunciation (help·info)); February 4, 1922 – January 24, 2011) was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition. A member of the Kirana Gharana (school), he is renowned for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans and abhangs). He was the most recent recipient of the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, awarded in 2008.^[1]

Early life[link]

Joshi was born into a Kannadiga family in the town of Ron, which was then in Dharwar, District in northern Karnataka state of India.^[2][3] His father, Gururaj Joshi, was a school teacher. Bhimsen was the eldest in a family of 16 siblings. Some of the siblings still live in their ancestral home in Gadag.^[4] Bhimsen lost his mother when he was young, and his step mother then raised him. His parents lived initially with his grandfather as tenants of a Kulkarni household, but then moved to Gadag (now a district headquarter).

As a child, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi's craving for music was evident to his family as he managed to lay his hands on a 'tanpura' used by his 'Kirtankar' grandfather, which had been kept away from his gaze at home. Music had such a magnetic pull over him that a 'bhajan singing' procession or just 'azaan' from a nearby mosque was said to draw him out of house.^[5]

Musical training[link]

Joshi got his first basic foundation in music from Chinnappa, a local musician who was a family washerman in profession. [1] The one and only unique vigorous style of rendering he developed along with advanced trainings by other teachers is attributed to the basic training he received. Until the first half of the 20th century, khyal was principally taught in the Guru Shishya (master-disciple) tradition. Bhimsen's guru Sawai Gandharva was the chief disciple of Abdul Karim Khan, who along with his cousin Abdul Wahid Khan was the founder of the Kirana Gharana school of Hindustani music.

Search for a guru[link]

Joshi heard a recording of Abdul Karim Khan's Thumri "Piya Bin Nahi Aavat Chain" in Raga Jhinjhoti when he was a child, which inspired him to become a musician. In 1933, the 11-year-old Joshi left Dharwad for Bijapur to find a master and learn music.^[3] With the help of money lent by his co-passengers in the train Bhimsen reached Dharwad first and later went to Pune. Later he moved to Gwalior and got into Madhava Music School, a school run by Maharajas of Gwalior, with the help of famous sarod player Hafiz Ali Khan. He traveled for three years around North India, including in Delhi, Kolkata, Gwalior, Lucknow and Rampur, trying to find a good guru.^[6] Eventually, his father succeeded in tracking him down in Jalandar and brought young Bhimsen back home.

Sawai Gandharva[link]

In 1936, Rambhau Kundgolkar (alias Sawai Gandharva), a native of Dharwad, agreed to be his guru. Bhimsen Joshi stayed at his house in the traditional guru-shishya (teacher-student) tradition, gleaning knowledge of music from his master as and when he could, while performing odd-jobs in his house. Another renowned vocalist from the Kirana Gharana, Gangubai Hangal, was a co-student of Bhimsen during this time. Joshi continued his training with Sawai Gandharva till 1940.

Career[link]

Joshi first performed live in 1941 at the age 19. His debut album, containing a few devotional songs in Kannada and Hindi, was released by HMV the next year in 1942. Later Joshi moved to Mumbai in 1943 and worked as a radio artist. His performance at a concert in 1946 to celebrate his guru Sawai Gandharva's 60th birthday won him accolades both from the audience and his guru.^[7]

Hindustani classical music[link]

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Bhimsen Joshi's music was hailed by both the critics and the masses. His performances were said to have been marked by spontaneity, accurate notes, dizzyingly-paced taans which make use of his exceptional voice training, and a mastery over rhythm. The Hindu, in an article written after he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, said: Bhimsen Joshi was ever the wanderer, engendering brilliant phrases and tans more intuitively than through deliberation.^[8] Joshi occasionally employed the use of sargam and tihaais, and often sang traditional compositions of the Kirana gharana. His music often injected surprising and sudden turns of phrase, for example through the unexpected use of boltaans. Over the years, his repertoire tended to favor a relatively small number of complex and serious ragas; however, he remained one of the most prolific exponents of Hindustani classical music. Some of Joshi's more popular ragas include Shuddha Kalyan, Miyan Ki Todi, Puriya Dhanashri, Multani, Bhimpalasi, Darbari, and Ramkali. He was considered a purist and has not dabbled in experimental forms of music, except for a well-known series of Jugalbandi recordings with the Carnatic signer M. Balamuralikrishna.

Apart from stalwarts of the Kirana Gharana, Bhimsen Joshi's singing was thought to have been influenced by many musicians, including Smt. Kesarbai Kerkar, Begum Akhtar and Ustad Amir Khan. Joshi assimilated into his own singing various elements that he liked in different musical styles and Gharanas.

Devotional music[link]

In devotional music, Joshi was most acclaimed for his Kannada, Hindi and Marathi Bhajan singing. His commercially successful CDs Daaswani and Enna Paliso included Kannada Bhajans, and Santawani included Marathi Abhangs.

Patriotic music[link]

Bhimsen Joshi was widely recognized in India due to his performance in the Mile Sur Mera Tumhara music video (1985), which begins with him. The video was created for the purpose of national integration in India, and highlights the diversity of Indian culture. Bhimsen Joshi was also a part of Jana Gana Mana produced by A. R. Rahman on the occasion of 50th year of Indian Republic.

Playback singing[link]

Joshi sang for several films, including Basant Bahar (1956) with Manna Dey, Birbal My Brother (1973) with Pandit Jasraj, and Kannada films like Sandhya Raaga and Nodi Swami Naavu Irodhu Heege. He also sang for the films Tansen (1958) and Ankahee (1985) where latter fetched him National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.^[9]

Sawai Gandharva Music Festival[link]

Joshi organized the Sawai Gandharva Music Festival as an homage to his guru, Sawai Gandharva, along with the Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal in 1953, marking Gandharva's first death anniversary. The festival has been held ever since, typically on the second weekend of December in Pune, Maharashtra and has become not only a cultural event for the city, but an annual pilgrimage for Hindustani Classical Music lovers all over the world. Joshi conducted the festival annually since 1953, until his retirement in 2002.

Students[link]

Joshi taught many students, several of whom have gone onto commercial success.

• Madhava Gudi
• Shripati Padegar
• Shrikant Deshpande
• Pandit Vinayak Torvi
• Rajendra Dixit
• Shrinivas Joshi, Joshi's son.
• Ashutosh Bharadwaj
• Anand Bhate
• Pandit Upendra Bhat

Legacy[link]

Bhimsen Joshi was known for his powerful voice, amazing breath control, fine musical sensibility and unwavering grasp of the fundamentals, representing a subtle fusion of intelligence and passion that imparted life and excitement to his music.^[5] A classicist by training, and temperament, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was renowned for having evolved an approach that sought to achieve a balance between what may be termed as "traditional values and mass-culture tastes" and as such he went on to have supposedly the largest commercially recorded repertoire in Hindustani vocal music. Pt. Joshi's iconic status in the music world has earned him a whole generation of suni shagirds who by merely listening to him have picked up his style and not through any formal tutelage. His greatest endeavour in perpetuating his legacy could be the Sawai Gandharva Festival held at Pune. annually since the year 1953 which seeks to promote a certain music culture.^[5]

Personal life[link]

Bhimsen Joshi was well known to have a passion for cars. He was known to be an expert swimmer, a keen enthusiast of yoga and a football player in his younger days. He had acknowledged his weakness for alcohol but left it in 1979 after it started affecting his career.^[5]

Illness and death[link]

Joshi was admitted to Sahyadri Super Speciality Hospital on December 31, 2010 with gastrointestinal bleeding and bilateral pneumonia. Due to difficulty in breathing, he was put on ventilator support. He suffered convulsions and was put on dialysis too during his stay in hospital. Though he recovered briefly for three days when he was taken off the ventilator, his condition deteriorated thereafter. He died on 24 January 2011 at 08:00 am (IST), 11 days before his 89th birthday.^[10] He was cremated at Vaikunth Crematorium in Pune with full state honors.^[11]

Awards and recognitions[link]

• 1972 - Padma Shree^[12]
• 1976 - Sangeet Natak Akademi Award^[12]
• 1985 - Padma Bhushan^[12]
• 1985 - National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer
• 1986 - "First platinum disc"^[13]
• 1999 - Padma Vibhushan^[12]
• 2000 - "Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar"^[14]
• 2001 - "Nadoja Award" from Kannada University^[15]
• 2002 - Maharashtra Bhushan^[16]
• 2003 - "Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram" by Government of Kerala^[17]
• 2005 - Karnataka Ratna^[12]
• 2008 - Bharat Ratna^[12]
• 2008 - "Swami Haridas Award"^[18]
• 2009 - "Lifetime achievement award" by Delhi government^[19]
• 2010 - "S V Narayanaswamy Rao National Award" by Rama Seva Mandali, Bangalore

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Nadkarni, Mohan (1983). Bhimsen Joshi: the man and his music. Prism Communications. 
• Nadkarni, Mohan (1994). Bhimsen Joshi: a biography. Indus, New Delhi. ISBN 81-7223-126-1. 
• Majumdar, Abhik (2004). Bhimsen Joshi: A Passion for Music. Rupa & Co. ISBN 81-291-0354-0. 

External links[link]

• Bhimsen Joshi
• Bhimsen Joshi Picture Album
• Bhimsen Joshi: List of Classical Vocal Recordings
• A Films division documentary on Bhimsen Joshi

v t e Bharat Ratna laureates Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1954) C. Rajagopalachari (1954) C. V. Raman (1954) Bhagwan Das (1955) Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya (1955) Jawaharlal Nehru (1955) Govind Ballabh Pant (1957) Dhondo Keshav Karve (1958) Bidhan Chandra Roy (1961) Purushottam Das Tandon (1961) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1962) Dr. Zakir Hussain (1963) Pandurang Vaman Kane (1963) Lal Bahadur Shastri (1966) Indira Gandhi (1971) V. V. Giri (1975) K. Kamaraj (1976) Mother Teresa (1980) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1983) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987) M. G. Ramachandran (1988) B. R. Ambedkar (1990) Nelson Mandela (1990) Rajiv Gandhi (1991) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1991) Morarji Desai (1991) Abul Kalam Azad (1992) J. R. D. Tata (1992) Satyajit Ray (1992) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1997) Gulzarilal Nanda (1997) Aruna Asaf Ali (1997) M. S. Subbulakshmi (1998) Chidambaram Subramaniam (1998) Jayaprakash Narayan (1998) Ravi Shankar (1999) Amartya Sen (1999) Gopinath Bordoloi (1999) Lata Mangeshkar (2001) Bismillah Khan (2001) Bhimsen Joshi (2008)