Begum Akhtar, honoured as Mallika-e-Ghazal, belonged to which city of Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Faizabad
- B.Rampur
- C.Agra
- D.Bareilly
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Faizabad. Begum Akhtar was born at Faizabad in 1914 and made her name at Lucknow as a singer of ghazal, dadra and thumri; she was called Mallika-e-Ghazal, the queen of the ghazal, and her voice shaped the way Urdu poetry is sung in the subcontinent. She also acted in a few early films before returning to music.
Option B, Rampur, has the Rampur Sahaswan gharana of khayal singing and the Raza Library, so it is a plausible musical answer. Option C, Agra, has the Agra gharana of khayal and gave Urdu the poets Mir Taqi Mir and Nazeer Akbarabadi. Option D, Bareilly, has no such link. The chapter needs the pairs of singer and city: Begum Akhtar with Faizabad, Girija Devi with Varanasi and Birju Maharaj with Lucknow.
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