Gian Singh Surjit & Gurbachan Singh Hamdard

An audio/video collection of Giani Gian Singh Surjit, Giani Gurbachan Singh Hamdard and other students of Ustad Sangeet Professor Darshan Singh Komal (1918 - 1962) (16 Bhadon Sambat 450 - 12 Vaisakh Sambat 494 Nanakshahi).

Komal Ji studied at the Sangeet Vidiyala of Ustad Rababi Bhai Sain Ditta Ji at Chief Khalsa Diwan, Amritsar and went on to teach as Sangeet Ustad in the school of Master Hukam Chand, Multan (undivided Punjab).

Around 1934-35, Komal Ji started Guru Nanak Sangeet Vidiyala in their ancestral village, Nangal Kalan and formed a Ragi/Dhadi Jatha with Gurbachan Singh Hamdard , Jathedar Amar Singh, Jathedar Kartar Singh Sarangi Master and Chanan Singh Nirmaan, all from the village of Laksihan, Distt Hoshiarpur, which went on to do sewa of the Panth until Komal Ji's death in 1962, after which the jatha's formation changed to consist of Gurbachan Singh Hamdard, Didar Singh Nangal Khurd ("successor" and "heir" to Komal Ji), Gian Singh Surjit & Ajit Singh Lutera.