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. Aurangzeb banned the playing of the pungi because it had a shrill and unpleasant sound .
2. A shennai is a pipe with the natural hollow that is longer and broader than a pungi. It has 7 holes on the body of the pipe .
3. The shehnai was traditionally played in royal courts, temples and weddings. Ustaad Bismillah khan changed the tradition by bringing this instrument onto the classical stage.
4. Bismillah khan got his big break in 1938. The All India Radio opened in Lucknow and Bismillah khan played shehnai on radio. He soon became an often heard player on radio. He became the first Indian to greet the nation with his shehnai from the Red Fort on 15 August, 1947.
5. Bismillah Khan played the shehnai on 15 August 1947 at Red Fort. The event was historic as the audience including Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi were celebrating the Independence of India from the Britishers. Khan was honoured to greet the independent Indians with his Raag Kafi.
6. Bismillah Khan refused one of his student's request to start a shehnai school in the U.S.A. because he would not live away from Hindustan, specifically, from Benaras, the River Ganga and Dumraon.
7. ☝ The first instance was when he
☝ The first instance was when herefused to start a Shehnai school
☝ The first instance was when herefused to start a Shehnai schoolin USA when his students offered
☝ The first instance was when herefused to start a Shehnai schoolin USA when his students offeredhim .
☝ The first instance was when herefused to start a Shehnai schoolin USA when his students offeredhim . ✌The second instance was when
☝ The first instance was when herefused to start a Shehnai schoolin USA when his students offeredhim . ✌The second instance was whenShekhar Gupta asked to Khan saab
☝ The first instance was when herefused to start a Shehnai schoolin USA when his students offeredhim . ✌The second instance was whenShekhar Gupta asked to Khan saabto move to Pakistan during partition
☝ The first instance was when herefused to start a Shehnai schoolin USA when his students offeredhim . ✌The second instance was whenShekhar Gupta asked to Khan saabto move to Pakistan during partitionbut he refused by telling that, he
☝ The first instance was when herefused to start a Shehnai schoolin USA when his students offeredhim . ✌The second instance was whenShekhar Gupta asked to Khan saabto move to Pakistan during partitionbut he refused by telling that, hewill not leave Banaras ever.
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