Chhannulal Mishra Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Pandit Chhannulal Mishra
Profession	Classical Singer
Known For	His powerful Hindustani classical singing and thumri singing
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 4" (163 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt and Pepper
Career
Awards, Honours, Achievements	• Shiromani Award from Sur Singar Sansad, Mumbai • Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi Award • Naushad Award from the Government of Uttar Pradesh • Yash Bharti Award from the Government of Uttar Pradesh • Bihar Sangeet Shiromani Award • Padma Bhushan (2010) • Padma Vibhushan (2020)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	3 August 1936 (Monday)
Birthplace	Hariharpur, Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, India
Date of Death	2 October 2025 (Thursday)
Place of Death	Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Age (at the time of death)	89 Years
Death Cause	Age related illness
Zodiac sign	Leo
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Brahmin
Hobbies	Singing, Reading, Writing
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death)	Widower
Family
Wife/Spouse	Manorama Devi (deceased)
Children	Son- Ram Kumar Mishra (tabla player) Daughter(s)- 4 • Sangeeta (deceased) • Namrata • Anita • Mamta Mishra
Parents	Father- Badri Prasad Mishra (deceased) Mother- Rani Devi (deceased)
Siblings	Brother(s)- 2 • Pandit Vishwanath Mishra (tabla player) • Pandit Shivjee Mishra (Kathak dancer) Sister- Savitri (kathak dancer)
Other Relative	Father-in-Law- Anokhelal Mishra (decease) (table player)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Chhannulal Mishra

• Chhannulal Mishra was an Indian Hindustani classical singer. He belonged to the Banaras gharana school of classical music, especially Khayal and Purab Ang (Thumri).
  

  Chhannulal Mishra, while performing at an event

• He grew up in Hariharpur in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh.

• He was born into a family with a deep love for music. His father, Pandit Badri Prasad Mishra, was also a classical singer.

• From a very young age, Chhannulal showed great interest and talent in singing.

• After learning the basics of music from his father, Chhannulal Mishra went to Varanasi and learnt music from Ustad Abdul Ghani Khan, who belonged to the Kirana gharana school of singing.

• The turning point in his life happened when the renowned Padma Bhushan Thakur Jaidev Singh recognized his talent, and then Jaidev became his guru and guided him.

• Apart from Khayal and Thumri, Chhannulal Mishra was also trained in many other folk and traditional forms from the region of Varanasi.

• He was known for mixing different gharanas like Kirana and Patiala. He also played Swarmandal, a string instrument he used to support singing, during his performances.

• He spent the early years of his professional singing by teaching privately in Varanasi before receiving national-level recognition.

• In the 1980s, Chhannulal Mishra became known in Varanasi for reviving the oldest Purab Ang style of Thumri.

• In 1994, when he received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, his popularity increased in India.

• Soon, he became one of the top-grade artists on All India Radio and Doordarshan.

• Chhannulal Mishra had also refused many music offers because he thought that they diluted the purity of classical music.

• Chhannulal Mishra played a significant role in spreading Indian classical music worldwide. In the early 2000s, he performed at numerous concerts in cities outside of India, including New York, Washington, and Chicago. Audiences admired his deep knowledge of ragas and the emotions he added to his singing. He always carried a tanpura (a musical instrument) with him for every trip.

• Mishra had also sung for Bollywood films, like he had two songs in the film Aarakshan (2011), “Kaun Si Dor” with Shreya Ghoshal, and “Saans Albeli” and the title song for the film Mohalla Assi (2018).

• In 2014, Mishra was among those who proposed Narendra Modi in his first Lok Sabha election candidature from Varanasi.
  

  Chhannulal Mishra with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

• In 2015, he was nominated among the “Navratnas” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Clean India (Swachh Bharat) campaign.

• Chhannulal spent most of his life in Varanasi; however, after the death of his wife in 2019, he started living with one of his daughters in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh.

• Chhannulal Mishra passed away on October 2, 2025, due to a prolonged illness. A few days prior, he had been admitted to BHU Hospital, Varanasi. However, he was discharged after showing some signs of recovery. Unfortunately, his daughter, Namrata Mishra, recently confirmed the news of his death.

• Throughout his later years, he faced kidney complications as well as multiple chronic conditions, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

• Chhannulal Mishra had a habit of writing and always carried a notebook with him to write lyrics.