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UNIT - 2 - The Sound of Music Part - 2 - The Shehnai of Bismillah Khan — ENGLISH STD 9 — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9ENGLISHUNIT - 2 - The Sound of Music Part - 2 - The Shehnai of Bismillah Khan2 Marks
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How did bismillah khan take to playing the shenai$?$
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Answer

  • Bismillah Khan was born in a family of well-known musicians.
  • As a five year old boy he played gilli-danda near a pond in the ancient estate of Dumraon in Bihar.
  • He would also go to the Bihariji Temple to sing the Bhojpuri Chaita' and he would earn a big laddu weighing $1.25$ kg as a prize from the local Maharaj.
  • At the age of three he was fascinated to see his uncles practise the shehnai and he started taking lesson to play it.

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