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Since the inception of the Academy in the year 1995, it has very successfully organised more than 35 major musical events and cultural events consisting of Sangeet Sammelans, Mushairas, Ghazal evenings and felicitations of many noted Music Personalities and Men of Letters.

We have been organising Dilrang Music Festivals and Shab – e – Ghazals for the last more than 24 years, under the Banner of Ustad Azmat Hussain Khan Memorial Committee. Finally in the year 1995 we got the Dilrang Academy officially registered. In spite of a severe lack of funds, we took the musical mission ahead with our own humble effort. We feel very happy in expressing our great sense of gratitude towards our honorable members of the academy and specially our donors, advertisers, sponsors and well wishers, who have supported us and given us great encouragement, morally as well as financially.

The academy has been successful in publishing, the first part of the poetry compilation of Ustad Azmat Hussain Khan Maikash Atraulvi, namely “Arsh - e - Mohabbat” in the year 1996. A grand Mushaira was organised on the occasion and Music Director Khayyam, released the book as the Chief Guest. In the year 2000 Music Director Naushad Ali was invited as the Chief Guest in Academy "Parampara Music Festival". Both Khayyam and Naushad paid highest tribute to the greatness of Ustad Azmat Hussain Khan Dilrang, with whom they were attached for quite a long time besides Prithviraj Kapoor, Ashok Kumar, Kanhaiyyalal & Anwar Hussain. The Academy organised felicitations and also helped several deserving artists, families, educationally and medically under the Academy’s “Free Check-up scheme for Artists”. We are specially grateful to the panel of specialized Doctors, who gave their consent to make our scheme successful and also helped practically. This year we are sure to get more specialized Doctors on our panel, who will help us practically to materialize our “Free check-up-Scheme”.

The Academy has decided to organise “PARAMPARA” a Gharana Music Feast to make the world aware of the great contributions of the traditional Gharanas and their stalwarts towards the progress, popularity and development of the Indian Classical Music, Vocal and Instrumental both. The “PARAMPARA” Music Festival will be a permanent annual feature of the Academy.

We feel proud in honoring Ustad Yakub Hussain Khan Sahab, a Veteran Vocalist and an accomplished Music Scholar in the Music Festival. We are also very happy to felicitate Prof. A. A. Syed a dedicated teacher and music lover. Our intention is very clear and practical and as done in the past several years, we have taken many positive steps to preserve and promote our Indian Music & Arts. We do have all the potentials to do it on a very large scale. It is obvious that the Academy depends on the munificence of the citizens of Mumbai, music lovers, disciples and the admirers of Ustad Azmat Hussain Khan “Dilrang”.