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Ravi Shankar (formerly Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, April 7, 1920 - December 11, 2012) Indian musician, music composer, Sitar concert performer. A Bengali, he was born in a Brahman family in the holy city of Varanasi. He had six older brothers, wherein the eldest brother Uday Shankar was an outstanding dancer. His father was a scholar who graduated from The Honorable Society of the Middle Temple in London, and later worked as a lawyer in London. His parents both had accomplished in music. Moreover, Ravi Shankar once visited China, which had a great effect on Chinese music, thus promoting India-China cultural communication in music.