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Who is credited with developing the modern notation system for Hindustani classical music and documenting compositions in the Kramik Pustak Maalika?

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The correct answer is

Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande of Bombay

Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (1860–1936), based in Bombay, systematised Hindustani classical music in the early 20th century. He devised the modern notation (the Bhatkhande Swar Lipi) and the influential ten-thaat classification of ragas.

He compiled hundreds of compositions in his six-volume work Hindustani Sangeet Paddhati Kramik Pustak Maalika, which remains a standard reference for Hindustani music students.

Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar contributed his own notation system but is best remembered for founding the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya music schools; Tyagaraja is a Carnatic (not Hindustani) composer; Allauddin Khan was a sarod and instrumental maestro.

Hence the correct answer is Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande of Bombay.

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