Ali Akbar Khan was born in Shibpur, a small hamlet in present-day Bangladesh, on April 14, 1922 to Acharya Baba Allauddin Khan and Madina Begum.
While he was still a small boy, the family moved to Maihar (in Madhya Pradesh) where his father was employed as a court musician. A renowned taskmaster, Ustad Allauddin Khan initiated his son into ta’lim at the young age of three, starting with vocal music before sending young Ali Akbar to study with his brother Fakir Aftabuddin Khan who taught percussion and flute to the young boy.
Once Ali Akbar came back to Maihar, his father took over his studies and trained him on various instruments before deciding upon the Sarod as the instrument that he would concentrate on and play for the rest of his life. As Khansahib recalled much later in life, “Baba taught me for 20 years after my return from Bengal. I would have to study up to 18 hours a day. In fact, practically all my waking hours would be filled with music.”
In 1936, at the age of 13, Khansahib gave his first public performance at a music conference in Allahabad. Although his ta’lim would continue intensely for many years
— source thewire.in | Irfan Zuberi | 23/Apr/2022