Birth Name: Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury
Occupation: Sitar Player
Place Of Birth: Varanasi, India
Date Of Birth: April 7, 1920
Date Of Death: December 11, 2012
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
Nationality: Indian
Ravi Shankar was born on the 7th of April, 1920. He was known for being a Sitar Player. Gifted Indian sitar player who helped introduce the instrument to a wider audience. He was known for his use of Carnatic music and was given the title Pandit.
Ravi Shankar was born in Varanasi, India. He toured India and Europe with his brother Uday Shankar’s famous dance group, eventually giving it up to learn the sitar with Allauddin Khan. He was especially close to George Harrison of The Beatles, a friendship that gained him international recognition and influenced the track “Within You Without You” from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles’ 1967 Grammy Award-winning album.
Ravi Shankar was a Aries and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Ravi Shankar was born in 1920s. The 1920s represented an era of change and growth. The decade was one of learning and exploration. The economic boom and the Jazz Age were over, and America began the period called the Great Depression. Discover what happened on this day.
Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Family
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Ravi Shankar was born in the Year of the Monkey.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury |
| NICKNAME: | Ravi |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Aries |
| BIRTH DAY: | Wednesday |
| DEATH DAY: | Tuesday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Ravi Shankar was a Aries. People of this zodiac sign like physical challenges, taking on leadership roles, individual sports and dislike inactivity, delays, and work that doesn't use one's talents. The strengths of this sign are being courageous, determined, confident, enthusiastic, optimistic, while weaknesses can be to be impatient, moody, short-tempered, impulsive and aggressive. The greatest overall compatibility with Aries is Libra and Leo.
Chinese Zodiac: Ravi Shankar was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign love to make people laugh and are generally energetic and upbeat but sometimes lack self-control.
Ruling Planet: Ravi Shankar had a ruling planet of Mars and has a ruling planet of Mars and by astrological associations Tuesday is ruled by Mars. This planet symbolizes the principle of assertive drive and energy. People who are born with Mars as the ruling planet have huge drive, aggression and commpetitiveness.
Ravi Shankar’s birth sign is Aries and he had a ruling planet of Mars.
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