Google Doodle remembers Ustad Allah Rakha on his 95th anniversary

Google is remembering the Qureshi Alla Rakha Khan on his 95th birth anniversary, the Indian tabla maestro more popularly known as Ustad Alla Rakha, with a Goodle doodle on Tuesday.

Born on April 29 in 1919 in Paghwal, Jammu, Ustad Alla Rakha is said to have become fascinated by the table at age 12.

Later he ran away from home to study the Indian percussion instrument (also featured in the doodle) under Mian Kader Baksh of the Punjab gharana, before studying voice at the Patiala gharana.

Ustad Alla Rakha began his career as an accompanist in Lahore, before heading to Bombay to work at All India Radio in 1940, where he famously played the station's first broadcasted tabla solo.

Ustad Alla Rakha married Bavi Begum, and had three sons, Fazal Qureshi, Taufiq Qureshi, and the famous table maesto, Zakir Hussain, apart from a daughter Khurshid Aulia née Qureshi.

In non-animated doodle, Google features Ustad Alla Rakha prominently, with the maestro beatifically playing the two drums of the tabla that also serve as the two 'O' letters in the Google logo.