Bhai Lal Mohammad Amritsari (died 1962) was a singer of the Kapurthala Gharana trained in the Gwalior style of singing. Bhai Lal hailed from an Amritsar

Amritsar

Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...

 based rababi family of musicians and received his initial training from his father Bhai Ata Muhammad, a disciple of Mian Bannay Khan of the Gwalior gharana. After his father’s death, Bhai Lal then learnt from Mian Mahboob Ali, a renowned sitar player of the Kapurthala Gharana.

Bhai Lal was a disciple of Pandit Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale. Bhaskarbuwa had learnt from Ustad Faiz Mohammad Khan (Gwalior), Ustad Bande Ali Khan (Kirana), Ustad Natthan Khan (Agra), and Ustad Alladiya Khan

Ustad Alladiya Khan

Alladiya Khan was an Indian classical singer, known as "Gaan Samraat" . Khan founded the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana based on the Agra gharana. He is also recognized for his revival and creations of many ragas....

 of Kohlapur (Jaipur).

At the Shikarpur Music conference in 1927, Bhai Lal received the title of Sangeet Sagar. In 1936, Bhai Lal’s elder son, Nissar Hassan died at the age of 26 due to tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

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. Bhai Lal then decided to train his younger son, Ghulam Hassan Shaggan to continue the family tradition.

After the independence of Pakistan

Pakistan

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 in 1947, Bhai Lal moved to Lahore

Lahore

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, despite of strong requests from friends and disciples to stay in Amritsar. Bhai Lal was appointed music supervisor at Radio Pakistan and his son started performing at Radio Pakistan. The following 12 years proved to be extremely difficult for Bhai Lal and his family as recognition of classical arts was not readily forthcoming in the young country struggling with social and ideological questions.

Bhai Lal died in 1962 at Lahore. His musical legacy is continued by his son Ghulam Hassan Shaggan

Ghulam Hassan Shaggan

Ghulam Hassan Shaggan is a Pakistani classical singer of the Gwalior Gharana. His father’s name was Bhai Lal Mohammad , who belonged to the Gwalior-Kapurthala Gharana....

 and his grandsons Qadir Hassan Shaggan and Mazhar Hassan Shaggan.