Why did Bismillah Khan change his name?
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Bismillah Khan was named Qamaruddin to sound like his elder brother’s name – Shamsuddin. However, when his grandfather Rasool Baksh Khan saw him as a baby, he uttered the word ‘Bismillah’, and hence he came to be known as
Bismillah Khan.