The first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music training school, was set up in 1901 by Vishnu Digambar Pa

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The first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music training school, was set up in 1901 by Vishnu Digambar Paluskar in:

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Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (18 August 1872 – 21 August 1931) was a Hindustani musician. He sang the original version of the bhajan Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram. He is also credited with arranging India's national song, Vande Mātaram, as it is heard today. The first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya was established by him on 5 May 1901 at Lahore. Gandharva Mahavidyalaya New Delhi is an institution established in 1939 to popularize Indian classical music and dance. The Mahavidyalaya (school) came into being to perpetuate the memory of Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, the great reviver of Hindustani classical music, and to keep up the ideals set down by him.