1938
Born in Jammu on January 13
Under the tutelage of his father , Pandit Uma Dutt Sharma starts learning vocal music, tabla and instruments other than the santoor
Starts learning santoor from his father
1955
- Persuaded by Dr. Karan Singh, gives his first public performance of the santoor at the Sur Singar Samsad\'s Swami Haridas Sammelan in Bombay
- Starts working on the modifications on the santoor over the period of the next 10 years
- Works with music director Vasant Desai and composes and plays several pieces for V. Shantaram\'s film, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje
- Works with several music directors over the next 25 years
First longplaying album released by HMV
Call of the Valley, a raga based thematic album is released. It is to become the largest selling album of Indian Classical music
1980
Composes the full musical score of Yash Chopra\'s film Silsila with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, as part of the musical duo Shiv-Hari
1985
Named honorary citizen of the city of Baltimore
1986
Receives the Sangeet Natak Akademi\'s Award
1987
Nazr-E-Khusro, the Amir Khusro Society of America\'s Award for his contribution to Indian Classical Music
Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskari (Mumbai)
1990
Shatatantri Shiromani (Jodhpur)
Receives the Padmashri Award
1994
Receives the honorary doctorate of letters from Jammu University
1996
Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan Award