The pungi instrument was a reeded noisemaker.
A barber remodeled the pungi into a shehnai.
Bismillah khan’s father ancestors were musicians by profession.
Bismillah khan learnt to play the shehnai instrument from ali bux.
Bismillah khan’s first trip abroad was to Afghanistan.
The playing of the pungi is was banned by Aurangzeb as it made unpleasant shrill sound.
Shehnai has a better sound quality than pungi when played. Pungi‘s are known to be a little shorter and bulging in the center whereas shehnai is a long and broader at the end in shape.
The shehnai instrument was traditionally played in royal courts, temples and the weddings or on occasions. Ustaadbismillah khan was a monarch of shehnai who brought this instrument onto the classical stage to play.
Bismillah khan got his big break in Year 1938. The allindia radio started in lucknow and Bismillah kan played shehnai instrument on the radio. He then became very famous on radio and become the first Indian to greet the nation with his shehnai at the red fort on Independence day at 15 August, 1947.
On 15 august 1947, Bismillah khan played the raag kaafi on his shehnai instrument at the red fort. The event was a historical moment because it was the occasion of india’s independence from the british rule.
Bismillah khan denied the request to take initiative for the shehnai school in U.S.A as he would not live far away from Hindustan, specifically from banaras, the river ganga and dumraon.
The first example is when he denied his students to start a shehnai instrument school in U.S.A. The second example is when khansaab was told by shekhar gupta about going to Pakistan during the partition but he said that he would never leave Banaras.
The completion of following sentences are:
1. To win the match.
2. To succeed in our life.
3. Consult a doctor.
4. Construct the building.
5. To open a school for children.
These are the words that matches these sentences:
1. The home of royal people the royal residence.
2. The state of being alone solitude.
3. A part which is absolutely necessary indispensable.
4. To do something not done before invent.
5. Without much effort effortlessly.
6. Quickly and in large quantities thick and fast.
1. When something is revived it lives again.
2. When a government bans something it wants it stopped.
3. When something is considered auspicious welcome it.
4. When we take to something we find it interesting.
5. When you appreciate something you find it good and useful.
6. When you replicate something you do it for the second time.
7. When we come to terms with something it is no longer upsetting.
Some sentences using these adjectives are as follows:
1. She is indispensable for the successful completion of the project.
2. Sunita was impressed by my singing
3. He is afraid of the dark.
4. Come to india and enjoy the great outdoors.
5. I enjoy the company of my paternal uncle.
6. Gennie was showered with countless gifts.
7. My grandmother gave me a priceless piece of advice.
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