Indian musician and sitar player (1920–2012) Pandit Ravi Shankar was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known exponent of Indian classical music in the second half of the 20th century, and influenced many musicians in India and throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999. He is also the father of American singer Norah Jones and British-American musician and sitar player Anoushka Shankar. 658,849 views on April 7, 2016 — Wikipedia's most-read article that day. Also most read: The Adventures of Tintin, Rogue One, Merle Haggard, Panama Papers. Wiki link