Question 3 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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2) A shehnai has is a hollow pipe like structure that is longer and broader as compared to pungi and had more holes than a pungi
3) Shehnai traditionally was played in North Indian wedding and in Hindu Temples. It was also played in Royal Courts in old times.
Bismillah Khan is credited for bringing shehnai on the classical stage. He used Shehnai for music in a film "Gunj Uthi Shehnai" and in a song "Dil ka Khilona hai toot Gaya"
4) In 1938, with the opening of the All India Radio in Lucknow Bismillah's big break came. He became an often heard Shehnai player on Radio
5) He played the Shehnai from the Red Fort on 15 August 1947. The even became historic as he was the first Indian to greet nation with his Shehnai. The then Prime ministerJawaharlal Nehru was one of his listener.
6) He refused to go start a school in the USA because he said that real Shehnai can be played on the land of the Holy Ganga. He said he will miss the Ganga if he opens a school in the USA.
7) Two instances which shows he loved India and Banaras are :-
(i) He said that whenever he is in a foreign country, he keep yearning to see Hindustan. While in Mumbai, he thought only of Benaras.
(ii) When he got the Bharat Ratna he said that All he wanted to say was to teach their children music, it was Hindustan's richest tradition; even the west is coming to learn our tradition.
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Chapter - 2
The Sound of Music
Part - 2 Nd ( The Shennai of Bismillah Khan )
Answerers :
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 Chennai was played traditionally in the temple at the royal quotes and on the wedding occasions . The credit must go to Bismillah Khan to take this instrument on to the classical stage .
4) Bismillah Khan got his big break with the opening of all India radio in Lucknow in 1938.
5) Bismillah Khan played the Shehnai on 15th August 1947 at Red Fort . He who was the first Indian to greet the nation with his musical instrument. This event was historic because we got independence on that day. He rowdies a heart out in the presence of number of people including Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru .
6) He refused to start at shennai school in the USA because he never wanted to leave India.
He loved India so much and he did not want to settle anywhere except India. That is my whenever he was in a foreign country he kept yearning to see Hindustan.
7) Bismillah Khan loves India and Banaras from the bottom of heart . He says that he misses the holy Ganga and India when he goes abroad. While in Mumbai he thinks of only Banaras and the holy river. And when he was in Banaras he remembers the unique Mattha of Dumraon.
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