Mallikarjun Mansur

Mallikarjun Bheemrayappa Mansur (31 December 1910 – 12 September 1992) was an Indian classical khyal singer in the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana singing style. Mallikarjun was born on New Year's Eve of 1910, at Mansur, a village five kilometres west of Dharwad, Karnataka. His father, Bheemaraayappa, was the village headman, a farmer by occupation and an ardent lover and patron of music. He had four brothers and three sisters. His elder brother Basavaraj owned a theatre troupe, and thus at age nine Mallikarjun did a small role in a play.