Shehnai is a tradional musical instrument. associated with occasions like marriages and temple processions. Whose name is associated with Shehnai?

Ustad Bismillah Khan

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The correct option is A Ustad Bismillah Khan
Shehnai is a South Asian music instrument which is normally played at marriages and other ceremonies, rites and rituals. It is usually made of wood and it has to be blown like a flute to play it.
Ustaad Bismillah Khan is considered as the maestro of Shehnai. He is credited with popularizing the shehnai and bringing it to the concert stage.

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Answer these questions in 30 – 40 words.

1. Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi?

2. How is a shehnai different from a pungi?

3. Where was the shehnai played traditionally? How did Bismillah Khan change this?

4. When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break?

5. Where did Bismillah Khan play the shehnai on 15 August 1947? Why was the event historic?

6. Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a shehnai school in the U.S.A.?

7. Find at least two instances in the text which tell you that Bismillah Khan loves India and Benaras.

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1. The (shehnai, pungi) was a ‘reeded noisemaker.’

2. (Bismillah Khan, A barber, Ali Bux) transformed the pungi into a shehnai.

3. Bismillah Khan’s paternal ancestors were (barbers, professional musicians).

4. Bismillah Khan learnt to play the shehnai from (Ali Bux, Paigambar Bux, Ustad Faiyaaz Khan).

5. Bismillah Khan’s first trip abroad was to (Afghanistan, U.S.A., Canada).

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