What are facts about Indian music?

Answer:
- First Compact Disc Launched in India: Pankaj Udhas's album Shagufta from Music India in December, 1987.
- First Computerized Disc Launched in India: Alisha Chinai's album Baby Doll from HMV in 1988.
- First Folk Album Launched in India: Ila Arun's album Banjaran in 1983.
- First gramophone record in India: Made in Kolkata in 1898.
- First Hindi Rap Album: Harjeet Singh Sehgal's album Thanda Thanda Pani, popularly known as Baba Sehgal.
- First Indian to compose a symphony: Illayaraja, July 1993.
- First Musician to Receive Padma Bhushan: MS Subbulakshmi in 1954.
- First Musician to Receive Padma Vibhushan MS Subbulakshmi in 1975.
- First musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award for Public Service: MS Subbulakshmi in 1974.
- First Indian Music School: Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar established the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Lahore (present-day Pakistan), on May 5th, 1901.
- First Woman Sarod Player of India: Sharan Rani.
- First Woman Shehnai Player of India: Bageshwari Qamar
- Oldest Gharana of Hindustani Music: Gwalior Gharana

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