Today is Aftab e Mausiki Ustad Faiyaz Khan's 135th birth anniversary who was one of the Navratna's of Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad and also the Raj Gayak at that time.
Musician late Ustaad Faiyaz Khan demanded 100 rupees from Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad as salary for main musician in his darbar. On Wednesday students of Performing Arts and VMSS offered Chadar at his Mazaar near Khaaswadi crematorium in Vadodara.
As the aura and achievements spread everywhere Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad also not left behind to influenced by him and in 1912 invited him to join as main musician in the Darbar and also principal in Music Vidyapeeth. When asked about the salary he clearly told Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad that he would take 100 rupees and not less then that. At that time big Ustaad's accept 40 to 50 rupees.
Many students of Sangeet Vidyapeeth in Vadodara along with many other musicians from outside learned from him. Like Aala Hussain from Kolkata, Dilipchandra Bedi, Latafat Hussain, Smami Vallabhdas, Principal of Lucknow Morris college Ratanjkar, Bhishmadev Chatterjee, Malkajaan and Kundanlal Sehgal from Agra and many more learned from him.
His Mazaar is in Vadodara near Khaaswadi crematorium where like every year the students of Performing Arts and VMSS offered him Chadar on his birth anniversary. VMSS also named the Patthargate Lakdipul road after Ustaad Faiyaz Khan and many people even don't aware about it.