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Q: Who among the following was popularly known as the Parrot of India ?
  • A. Tansen
  • B. Ibn Battuta
  • C. Amir Khusrau
  • D. Ziauddin Barani
Correct Answer: Option C - Amir Khusrau was a sufi mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya. He lived for 72 years, out of which 60 years he lived in the courts of as many as 7 different rulers of the Delhi Sultanate. He often described his poems as "Pearls'' spilling from his lips and - invoking the bird that symbolized eloquence in the Indo-Persian tradition-referred to himself as the "Parrot of India." He is also known as 'Father of Urdu Literature and Khari boli and 'Father of Qawwali'. It is believed that Tabla was also invented by him. Excerpts of the works done by him are Tughlaq Nama, Wast-ul-Hayat, Nuh Sipihr, Ashiqa, Khamsah, Bagia-Nagia, etc.
C. Amir Khusrau was a sufi mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya. He lived for 72 years, out of which 60 years he lived in the courts of as many as 7 different rulers of the Delhi Sultanate. He often described his poems as "Pearls'' spilling from his lips and - invoking the bird that symbolized eloquence in the Indo-Persian tradition-referred to himself as the "Parrot of India." He is also known as 'Father of Urdu Literature and Khari boli and 'Father of Qawwali'. It is believed that Tabla was also invented by him. Excerpts of the works done by him are Tughlaq Nama, Wast-ul-Hayat, Nuh Sipihr, Ashiqa, Khamsah, Bagia-Nagia, etc.

Explanations:

Amir Khusrau was a sufi mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya. He lived for 72 years, out of which 60 years he lived in the courts of as many as 7 different rulers of the Delhi Sultanate. He often described his poems as "Pearls'' spilling from his lips and - invoking the bird that symbolized eloquence in the Indo-Persian tradition-referred to himself as the "Parrot of India." He is also known as 'Father of Urdu Literature and Khari boli and 'Father of Qawwali'. It is believed that Tabla was also invented by him. Excerpts of the works done by him are Tughlaq Nama, Wast-ul-Hayat, Nuh Sipihr, Ashiqa, Khamsah, Bagia-Nagia, etc.