Maheshwar, the handloom town of the Maheshwari saree, lies in which district?
- A.Khargone
- B.Khandwa
- C.Dewas
- D.Indore
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The correct answer is A, Khargone. Maheshwar is a town of Khargone district, formerly called West Nimar, on the north bank of the Narmada. It was the capital of Ahilyabai Holkar, and the fort, the ghats and the temples she built stand above the river; the handloom societies of the town weave the Maheshwari saree, which has a geographical indication of its own.
Option B, Khandwa, formerly East Nimar, is the district of Omkareshwar and of the Indira Sagar project. Option C, Dewas, is known for its hill temple and the bank note press. Option D, Indore, is the nearest large city and the Holkar capital of the later period, which is why candidates often place Maheshwar in Indore district; the town is close to Indore but belongs to Khargone. The pair to memorise is Chanderi with Ashoknagar and Maheshwar with Khargone.
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Practice Questions
View allChanderi, famous for its sheer handwoven fabric, is a town of which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Ashoknagar
- B.Guna
- C.Shivpuri
- D.Vidisha
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Chanderi lies in Ashoknagar district, in the Betwa belt on the old boundary between Malwa and Bundelkhand, and its weavers make the light, glossy, almost transparent Chanderi fabric in cotton, in silk and in the silk and cotton mix for which the town is best known.
Read the full explanation →The Maheshwari saree is woven at Maheshwar, which stands on the bank of which river?
- A.Betwa
- B.Narmada
- C.Tapti
- D.Chambal
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Maheshwar stands on the north bank of the Narmada in Khargone district and was the capital of Ahilyabai Holkar in the eighteenth century.
Read the full explanation →The weaving of the Maheshwari saree is traditionally traced to the patronage of which ruler?
- A.Rani Durgavati
- B.Ahilyabai Holkar
- C.Rani Kamlapati
- D.Begum Shah Jahan of Bhopal
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Ahilyabai Holkar ruled Malwa from Maheshwar in the eighteenth century and is credited with establishing the weaving of the town, bringing in weavers and having borders designed from the carving of the local temples and fort.
Read the full explanation →Bagh print, the block printing done with vegetable dyes, belongs to which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Dhar
- B.Jhabua
- C.Barwani
- D.Khandwa
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Bagh print takes its name from the village of Bagh in Dhar district, where the Khatri families print cotton and silk with hand cut wooden blocks and dye it in vegetable colours, chiefly alizarin from the madder root for red and indigo for blue.
Read the full explanation →Kadaknath, the black meat chicken carrying a GI tag, is associated with which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Jhabua
- B.Dindori
- C.Balaghat
- D.Mandla
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The Kadaknath is a breed of fowl of the Jhabua and Alirajpur tribal belt in western Madhya Pradesh, with dark flesh, dark bones and a very low fat content, and it is reared by the Bhil and Bhilala families of the region.
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